I purchased a Canon i850s (version sold at Sam's Club) yesterday, and
although the price on the display unit still said $136 & change, when
it scanned at the register it priced out at $118.63. I also bought a
box of Ilford "Galerie" pro paper there, and the combination works
great together.
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How much was the Ilford paper? I haven't been to my local Sam's for a week
or so. All I've seen at Sam's has been Royal Brites, a low end Jet Print,
and Kodak Ultima. None of them compare favorably to Red River or Office
Depot Premium.
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Ron Cohen
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"Charlie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I purchased a Canon i850s (version sold at Sam's Club) yesterday, and
> although the price on the display unit still said $136 & change, when
> it scanned at the register it priced out at $118.63. I also bought a
> box of Ilford "Galerie" pro paper there, and the combination works
> great together.
> --
> Charlie Hoffpauir
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
> If you really want to reply via email, my valid
> address is available on my web site.

Red River has a wide range of papers. Check out the web site at
http://redriverpaper.com/ If the Ilford paper is any good, that's a great
price. How is it on water resistance? Office Depot and Red River are very
water resistant. Kodak and the other two disintegrate in water. OTH, I don't
think I'll be buying any more paper for a long time. Office Depot had letter
size Premium High Gloss Photo Paper on their web site for a couple of days
at $8.19 per 100 sheets. I got 16 boxes and the shipping was free and I
still have a large quantity of Red River Ultra Pro Gloss and Satin. .
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Ron Cohen
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"Charlie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 13:41:01 -0500, "Ron Cohen" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >How much was the Ilford paper? I haven't been to my local Sam's for a
week
> >or so. All I've seen at Sam's has been Royal Brites, a low end Jet
Print,
> >and Kodak Ultima. None of them compare favorably to Red River or Office
> >Depot Premium.
>
> $24 for a 100 sheet box. I also saw the Royal Brite and Kodak there.
> How much is the Red River?
> --
> Charlie Hoffpauir
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/
> If you really want to reply via email, my valid
> address is available on my web site.

On 27 Jun 2003 10:02:50 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (Wayne) wrote:

>> I just got the i850 day before yesterday, so I haven't run a lot of
>> paper through it yet. I did try some old Canon High-Resolution paper
>> (HR-101) that I had left over from my old 610, and it was just lousy.
>> The images really look much better on plain high white laserjet paper
>> than on the HR-101 stuff. The printer came with several 4 x 6 sheets
>> of Canon Photo Pro, and I really cannot see any difference between it
>> and the Illford. However, withthe Canon paper I just use the default
>> settings, whereas with the Illford, I use the settings they specify
>> for use with the i-series Canons.
>>
>> I have no idea if the water resistance is good or bad.
>
>
>I use Canon's Hr-101 coated paper very often and the results are
>excellent. Terrific images - no grain, superb, vivid colours, razor
>sharp text, etc.
>Maybe you're using wrong settings?
>
>Pr-101 lasts 25 years or even longer. Illford fades significantly
>quicker.
>
>Wayne

Wayne,

Maybe my setting are wrong, then, because my results are pretty bad
with HR-101. What setting are you using? I just accepted the default
settings, since there were no recommendations on the paper package
like there was for the Illford.
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Charlie Hoffpauir
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> Wayne,
>
> Maybe my setting are wrong, then, because my results are pretty bad
> with HR-101. What setting are you using? I just accepted the default
> settings, since there were no recommendations on the paper package
> like there was for the Illford.


In the printer's driver MAIN tab, select HIGH RESOLUTION PAPER as
MEDIA TYPE and set quality to standard (or high - but you will have to
wait a bit longer for the printout).
If it doesn't help, try to buy a new pack of this paper.
And be sure that you also check NOZZLE PATTERN and do the PRINTHEAD
ALIGNMENT.

Wayne

> Hmmm, those are EXACTLY the settings that I used, and there is
> definitely too much red in the pictures. Maybe the paper has changed
> because it's so old (going on 5 years since I bought that pack).
>
> I may be able to compensate for the redness by setting colors
> manually, like I do with the Illford, but in this case it would be
> just trial & error, whereas with the Illford, the recommended settings
> worked just fine.
>
> I really doubt that the nozzle pattern or head alignment is out of
> wack, since I just set it up two days ago, and adjusted the alignment
> on setup, and I get great images on the Canon Photo Pro and Illford
> papers.
>
> BTW, a couple of posts back you mentioned that Illford paper fades
> "significantly quicker" (than the 25 years expected for the Canon
> Pro). Can you give me an idea what you mean by that? Do you mean the
> same degree of fading after 1 year? 5 years? I can probably accept 10+
> years, but I'd cringe if it's only 1 year to 5.



That's probably why you get such poor resoluts - buy a new pack.

Illford papers can last with Canon i950/i850 inks from about 3-10
years. After that peroid you may observe some fading on your
printouts.

Except using Canon PR-101, I also use (i850/i950) papers from Olympus
(Pictorico series - they are the same if not better than pr-101 - I
strongly recommend that you try those papers!) and Red River papers
(also great).

Papers I don't recommend:

- epson
- kodak
- office depot (except high gloss film)
- konica
- tdk

So, if you want hi-quality photos that will last, try Olympus
Pictorico papers and Red River papers (and of course pr-101).

Wayne