how to conserv ink on Canon ip3000?

[measekite]

Excellent price. The nearest Costco

is as close as your computer. www.costco.com and search for photo papers

 

[Edwin Pawlowski]

is as close as your computer. www.costco.com and search for photo papers

They don't list the 4 x 6 on the web page.

 

[measekite]

They don't list the 4 x 6 on the web page.

that is sold in the stores but i recommend the full sheet.

 

[measekite]

that is a cult like forum that is not objective. basically it is a
club of refillers and some are in the business.

 

[Anastazi]

that information is totally incorrect. my ip4000 has a seperate foto
black cart for color prionting

Try to stay focusing, oh mighty moron. He was talking about the ip3000.

 

[Anastazi]

Are you saying this is true on all color photo printers or just the
IP300? The reason I ask, is that my Pixma 6600D has a black ink
cartridge and it does go down when printing photos. In fact, color
photos is the only thing ever printed on that printer. That black went
someplace.

Pigmented black and regular black.

One is used for grey scale printing and text and one is mixed in with the
other color inks for pictures and photos.

On a 4 color system, the black is only used for grey scale text printing,
all black.
Black needed in a photo is them mixed with the 3 photo inks to make black.

On the ip 4000 and up, there is a seperate black for photos, and the old
BCI3e regular black type of ink for text.

 

[measekite]

Pigmented black and regular black.

One is used for grey scale printing and text and one is mixed in with the
other color inks for pictures and photos.

On a 4 color system, the black is only used for grey scale text printing,
all black.
Black needed in a photo is them mixed with the 3 photo inks to make black.

On the ip 4000 and up, there is a seperate black for photos, and the old
BCI3e regular black type of ink for text.

the ip4000 does provide you with better results and higher contrast photos.

 

[measekite]

measekite <[email protected]>
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my ip4000 is great and much faster on photos than the ip4200

 

[Mapanari]

Thanks for the info. I printed over 300 4 x 6 photos over the past two
weeks. The photo magenta went first, then the photo cyan, last was the
yellow. After all that printing, the new pc and pm are down to about
half, the new yellow is just down a little and the others are down half.
Your numbers show just that.

I was hesitant to buy a dedicated photo printer, but the overall cost is
reasonable and having the ability to do it on demand is very convenient.
Total cost is about $42 for paper and a total of about $60 for OEM ink
works out to 32¢ or so per print. While more than the cost of WalMart,
it does allow for easier experimentation, etc.

I never understand the hesitation between buyers of Photo printers, their
cost, cost of ink etc vs store printed photos.

To me, the 99% advantage of a home photo printer is EDITING!

The idea of printing a photo without cropping it, color balancing it,
rubbing out power line, overlaying a nice sepia or whatever is anaethema to
me.
I can't imagine ever NOT doing it, and so simply dropping off a cd at
Wallyworld for cheap photo prints to me is beyond the pale and not worth
discussion. To me.


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[Mapanari]

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my ip4000 is great and much faster on photos than the ip4200

I managed to find a nice iP4000 from a buyer who didn't know what they had.
Paid pennies for it!

Ebay seems to know the value of the iP 3000/4000!

When people figure out the printers are the same 4000-4200 but the dirty
greedy Canon decided to put a chip in the cart, raise the price 5X and make
a killing, pretty soon people are going to try and start finding the iP4000
where you can get new carts online for under $3.00 @.

Vs $16 @ !!

I'm very disappointed in Canon...they went the greed hwy like Epson and
Lexmark/Dell.
Who would be stupid enough to buy a Lexmark/Dell printer anyway?


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[measekite]

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I managed to find a nice iP4000 from a buyer who didn't know what they had.
Paid pennies for it!

Ebay seems to know the value of the iP 3000/4000!

When people figure out the printers are the same 4000-4200

that is incorrect. they only share similar numbers. the ip4200 is an
upgrade to the ip3000. the ip5200 is an upgrade/replacement to the
ip4000. they have a different (1pl)printhead, take different ink
formulations, but is about the same speed for photos as the ip4000 and
have a similar price point when they were both release respectivly.

but the dirty
greedy Canon decided to put a chip in the cart, raise the price 5X and make
a killing, pretty soon people are going to try and start finding the iP4000
where you can get new carts online for under $3.00 @.

those are printer clogging generic ink whre you do not know what you are
buying.

Vs $16 @ !!

I'm very disappointed in Canon...they went the greed hwy like Epson and
Lexmark/Dell.
Who would be stupid enough to buy a Lexmark/Dell printer anyway?

you can read about that in this ng. there are many.

 

[measekite]

"Edwin Pawlowski" <[email protected]>
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I never understand the hesitation between buyers of Photo printers, their
cost, cost of ink etc vs store printed photos.

To me, the 99% advantage of a home photo printer is EDITING!

correct

The idea of printing a photo without cropping it, color balancing it,
rubbing out power line, overlaying a nice sepia or whatever is anaethema to
me.
I can't imagine ever NOT doing it, and so simply dropping off a cd at
Wallyworld for cheap photo prints to me is beyond the pale and not worth
discussion. To me.

while i do agree with what you said you can use photoshop to edit your
photos and then using only the ones you like create a cd and drop it off
to many of the mass printing labs and have them do your printing on
actual photo paper using a chemical process. i do not want to do that
but it can be done.

 

[Gary Tait]

those are printer clogging generic ink whre you do not know what you are
buying.

Not all Some are rather decent formulated inks and don't cause most users
problems.

Even less likely to be troublesome is a trusted reputable "bulk"
aftermarket formulated ink reseller that have earned customer satisfaction
by selling ink from a premium manufacturer, some which you can find out
with proper research.

 

[measekite]

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Not all Some are rather decent formulated inks and don't cause most users
problems.

pcworld said that over time they all are not up to the snuff of oem.

Even less likely to be troublesome is a trusted reputable "bulk"
aftermarket formulated ink reseller that have earned customer satisfaction
by selling ink from a premium manufacturer, some which you can find out
with proper research.

there aren't any