Epson Inks

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Jan,
Pigment is much more difficult than dye. And trust me the epson pigment inks
(both durabrite and ultrachrome are very good!). You will see the results of
the pigment ink to the 1800 very soon.
On the other hand, if someone uses aftermarket inks usually consumes more.
This gives an advance and the printhead last more.


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Yianni
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And a question, are you sure the inks you use for the 1800 are pigment? The
pigment inks are "milky". The yellow is easy distinguishable, the pigment is
opaque, the dye transparent.

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ggreekx said:
so ..... ? what is your point?
I printed on epson premium gloss 255gr , heavy weight matte and
canon's PPpro
Same results..... i managed to take 3-4 months life prints on matte
paper but 2 months or 5 months for me is the same.
Check at wilhelm research site.You'll see that the ink is the number
ONE factor and then comes the paper.
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When garbage hits paper thats what happens.
 
ggreekx said:
Every print faded after a few months.So the maggior factor is the ink
and not the paper.
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The churchgoers will not admit that aftermarket ink is not as good and
can be damaging as OEM ink. That said, in an HP where the print cart is
built into the ink tank it may be OK to use it for printing webpages,
maps etc that you will shortly throw away and that is providing the
carts do not leak.
 
Not my experience. Do you have a lot of UV exposure in your room?
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Not at all!
But anyway 1-2 months are really nothing!
But with archival GP inks i got decent prints.
 
measekite wrote:

... his usual inane drivel!

Wipe the drool off your chin, do your flies up and get someone to tie
your shoelaces, measekite. If you smarten yourself up perhaps you could
fool the casual observer into thinking you had an IQ in double figures!

Jim Ford
 
measekite said:
The churchgoers will not admit that aftermarket ink is not as good and
can be damaging as OEM ink.
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The idiots (we mean only you of course) that have never, ever used after
market inks are full of shit and know nothing at all about them.
So who you gonna believe? Experienced users or losers like you?
Guess!
Frank
 
I searched for the ink manufacturer MIS and didn't come up with a
manufacturer's site, only Inksupply. I found Inksupply's web site very
difficult to navigate for my printer (Epson CX4600); after 20 minutes, I
realized that the info I need is not on the site.

What I'd like to know is if Inksupply is a true manufacturer, a
wholesaler, retailer, two of these things? And/or who is the real
manufacturer of this ink and where are they located? Or, is MIS a
proprietary name put onto products by a distributor for ink made by
someone else.

Anyone have the answers?

Thanks.

Richard
 
Richard Steinfeld said:
I searched for the ink manufacturer MIS and didn't come up with a
manufacturer's site, only Inksupply. I found Inksupply's web site very
difficult to navigate for my printer (Epson CX4600); after 20 minutes, I
realized that the info I need is not on the site.

What I'd like to know is if Inksupply is a true manufacturer, a
wholesaler, retailer, two of these things? And/or who is the real
manufacturer of this ink and where are they located? Or, is MIS a
proprietary name put onto products by a distributor for ink made by
someone else.

Anyone have the answers?

Thanks.

Richard
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MIS is listed as a vendor on the Image Specialist web site. IS is an ink
manufacturer. There may also be mention of IS on the MIS site. I've
communicated with a fellow who sells only IS inks and identifies them as
such on his site. He said that a vendor who sells IS inks can only mention
the IS name if he sells only IS inks. That's all I know. MIS does have a
good range of inks for Epson printers, but I don't know much about those
products as I am presently using Canon printers. I have purchased ink from
MIS for about three years plus. their prices went up fairly recently so I
made my last purchase from the fellow I mentioned. He may only sell Canon
compatable inks - I don't know. He is in Canada, but he ships to the US and
is very reasonable.
 
That may be because the firmware is designed to implement more thorough
cleanings or do so more often than a dye printer would. I somewhat
doubt it is due to head design, for instance.

Art
 
Some inks have good fade resistance by themselves, and some work best in
a paper/ink combination, and some inks won't survive regardless of the
paper.

As a general rule, I would say the combo with dye inks is nearly a 40/60
relationship. A reasonable dye ink place don a well mordanted paper
type can lock in the ink very well. All dye ink is somewhat fugitive if
not tied down to the paper surface chemically, and a poorly designed
paper may lack the features to hold the dye molecules onto it.

Art
 
Burt wrote I've
communicated with a fellow who sells only IS inks and identifies them as
such on his site.
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Thanks, Burt.

Can you please identify the fellow in Canada.
Thanks.

Ruchard
 
Richard Steinfeld said:
Burt wrote I've

Thanks, Burt.

Can you please identify the fellow in Canada.
Thanks.

Ruchard
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The company is Precision Colors and the link is http://home.eol.ca/~mikling/
.. Mikling is the name the fellow uses on the Nifty stuff forum. He has
been very helpful on that forum with advice on printhead maintenance and
refilling. He has never mentioned, in any of his posts, the fact that he
sells inks. The site is included in his signature at the bottom of the
post. Not exactly pushing his products. I emailed him and asked several
questions which he answered by return email. So far, I've only seen ink
sets for sale, but I'm sure he would send different quantities of individual
colors. On my six color Canon i960 I use twice the amount of the light
dye-load photo cyan and photo Magenta and 1 1/2 times the yellow as magenta
and cyan. Black is used somewhat less. I also refill carts for my wife's
Canon ip5000, a CMYK plus black pigmented ink printer. This does tend to
balance out the quantities of ink usage of each of six colors from refilling
for both printers.
 
Richard said:
I searched for the ink manufacturer MIS and didn't come up with a
manufacturer's site, only Inksupply.
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Of course you could not find out. They do not want you to know and they
will not disclose what they are selling. At least you admit that is the
case.
I found Inksupply's web site very difficult to navigate for my printer
(Epson CX4600); after 20 minutes, I realized that the info I need is
not on the site.
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That is what I have been saying for a long time. Gee you are two for two.
What I'd like to know is if Inksupply is a true manufacturer, No
a wholesaler, retailer, two of these things? And/or who is the real
manufacturer of this ink and where are they located?
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They will not tell you. And it may very well be there is multiple mfg
going under the same name.
 
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