waterproof ink for Canon

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Howdy, I'm looking for waterproof inkjet cartridges for my Canon Pixma
iP4000. Anyone know where i can find???

much appreciation
 
Howdy, I'm looking for waterproof inkjet cartridges for my Canon Pixma
iP4000. Anyone know where i can find???

much appreciation
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I thought the cartridges were all waterproof by default - otherwise the
ink would leak out everywhere.

Sorry - my 'smart-ass' switch was left in the ON position after my last
post to measekite. ;-)
 
Howdy, I'm looking for waterproof inkjet cartridges for my Canon Pixma
iP4000. Anyone know where i can find???
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The ip4000 is a good printer in many regards, but in the end it's a
thermal inkjet, which really limits what you can put through the head.
I'm not aware of any waterproof ink which will work in the consumer
canon models... not saying there isn't any just i'm not aware of any.

Perhaps you can share what you intended application is, for example can
you get away with just spraying your prints with a fixative?
 
Howdy, I'm looking for waterproof inkjet cartridges for my Canon Pixma
iP4000. Anyone know where i can find???

much appreciation
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On a microporus paper such as Kirkland (Costco) or Epson, Canon ink is
waterproof (just put it under the tap), On a different type of paper,
such as Kodak, Canon ink will wash right off.
 
Howdy, I'm looking for waterproof inkjet cartridges for my Canon Pixma
iP4000. Anyone know where i can find???

much appreciation
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The pigment black ink will most likely have some water resistance, but
the colors are all dyebased, and it doesn't matter what kind of refill
ink you buy, they will all be dyebased and non-waterproof as well.

Onlinelabels.com sells 'waterproof inkjet labels' that 'encapsulate'
the ink to make it waterproof. I've never bought any myself (I have a
sample sitting around here that I haven't tried, but my only working
printer is an Epson R340). You may want to go to their website and
request samples to see if it will do what you want. You can print on
the label, then stick it to something else if you want to make a sign,
etc.

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Howdy, I'm looking for waterproof inkjet cartridges for my Canon Pixma
iP4000. Anyone know where i can find???
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If you want waterproof ink for something like envelopes, then you won't
find any for your specific printer.

However, if you mean you want waterproof ink for photos, then you're in
for a surprise - the paper type is what makes the prints waterproof, not
the inks. Give this a read:

http://www.ilford.com/html/us_english/prod_html/galerie/htm/gtp/how_suits.htm
 
Howdy, I'm looking for waterproof inkjet cartridges for my Canon
Pixma iP4000. Anyone know where i can find???
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If you are printing photo's you might try Canon Photo Paper Pro. As
others have noted microporus photo paper has good waterfastness. The
tradeoff is typically less photo quality and more rapid fading. (For
some inks it may be 50x faster fade than with coated paper).

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging
 
zakezuke said:
The ip4000 is a good printer in many regards, but in the end it's a
thermal inkjet, which really limits what you can put through the head.
I'm not aware of any waterproof ink which will work in the consumer
canon models... not saying there isn't any just i'm not aware of any.

Perhaps you can share what you intended application is, for example can
you get away with just spraying your prints with a fixative?
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The pigmented black is waterproof. Of course the
paper isn't waterproof, so a sheet of printed
paper will eventually just wash away.
 
Bob said:
If you are printing photo's you might try Canon Photo Paper Pro. As
others have noted microporus photo paper has good waterfastness. The
tradeoff is typically less photo quality and more rapid fading. (For
some inks it may be 50x faster fade than with coated paper).

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging
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"Tee"-shirt transfer paper seems to make the ink pretty waterproof
You could print on this (reversed of course) and iron the image onto
the final substrate
 
On a microporus paper such as Kirkland (Costco) or Epson, Canon ink is
waterproof (just put it under the tap), On a different type of paper,
such as Kodak, Canon ink will wash right off.
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Found this to be true for 8x10 sheet of Kirkland but not
true for their 4x6 paper. Good indication these 2 papers
are not the same. Also find the colors differ slightly
between the 2 papers.

Mickey
 
If you are printing photo's you might try Canon Photo Paper Pro. As
others have noted microporus photo paper has good waterfastness. The
tradeoff is typically less photo quality and more rapid fading. (For
some inks it may be 50x faster fade than with coated paper).

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging
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Bob, while trying not to be snide ( knowing your association with HP)
I found out several years ago that the nanoporous Ilford papers faded
much worse with HP inks than with Canon. Really never understood why,
but guess you just told me.

Olin McDaniel
 
Bob, while trying not to be snide ( knowing your association with HP)
I found out several years ago that the nanoporous Ilford papers faded
much worse with HP inks than with Canon. Really never understood why,
but guess you just told me.
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I do not know that I said anything that would indicate HP inks would
fade faster than Canon, I said that typically the porous papers have
worse (and perhaps much worse) fade than the swellable media. If you
are really interested in comparative fade under controlled conditions
see Henry Wilhelm's site at http://www.wilhelm-research.com/ where he
has five hundred or so articles over a period of years reporting on test
results for a wide range of systems.
http://www.wilhelm-research.com/pdf/PCWorld_FadeFactor_Nov_2002.pdf has
some results from "a few years ago" that compare HP, Canon, Epson, and
Lexmark on several different papers.

Regards,
Bob Headrick, MS MVP Printing/Imaging
 
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