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I recently got a Megatank G1520 printer by a friend of mine, he told me to install and activate the printer and use it for a while, he got the printer as a bargain but actually is looking for some other model with a scanner and more options. This was an opportunity to do some testing with this...

that could be an idea to promote a particular paper - Canon adds a nice smell to one of their papers - I would prefer most the smell 'Ocean Breeze' over 'Spring Flowers'. The consumer goods industry is already perfuming lots of their products today

If you want to know more about the effects of optical brighteners in prints you may read this publication https://www.aardenburg-imaging.com/optical-brighteners-obas/ This is a subject which is completely separate from the question whether pigment inks would last longer than dye inks which is...

Let me slhow you what happens with the optical brigtheners during the fading process, optical brighteners are added to the coating of lots of photo papers - typically the standard glossy or semiglossy types. OBA's may be omitted on some matte papers and lots of the FineArt types but you need to...

Let me update the results of the fading test now after 2 weeks - with 4 papers and 4 inks, I'm not running any cheaper 3rd party inks like InkTec in this test, and I don't repeat tests from over the last years with the lower end Epson and Canon bottled inks like Epson 664 or 102 or Canon GI-51...

I happened to get a G1520 Megatank printer for a while and will post some comments separately; Yes, the GI51 is pigmented, and the GI-53 of the G550 photo printer is a dye ink, but please be aware of one more detail - the GI-51 PGBK delivers a pretty weak - dark gray black print, the GI-53 as a...

You can try to move a piece of kitchen paper under the printhead and wet the paper with some window cleaner and let it sit there for a while. But beyond that I would go and claim warranty for such a printer since you say it's a new printer.

I checked and scanned a few patch sheets already after 5 days to verfiy if there are still some inconsistencies in the data , I couldn't find any, data are already diverging pretty clearly depending on the ink/paper combinations - but that is actually expected . I'll give the patch sheets an...

Can you print in B/W mode and raise brightness to eliminate the gray background, and you may increase the contrast as needed in the driver .

You are addressing a problem about every user has - to get performance data of inks and papers , it is virtually not possible even for OEM products, and even less for 3rd party products , so you have to make a guess or just go by the brand names hoping to get a good product. You may find the...

I reprinted the patchsheets and measured the media blackpoints again, I added a Canon PT 101 Pro Platinum to the test, and I'm getting these results: The data don't vary much against the data in the original table , the Epson inks all run pretty closely, the Canon GI-53 performs somewhat...

I did a small check how the fading proceeds after 5 days and found some problems/inconsistencies in the data, ink in a yellow cartridge was contaminated and patch sheets wrongly labelled, I don't know to which extend some colors are affected so I'll restart the test in the next days and hope...

What's wrong with the L850 ? Do you rather like a larger A3 printer ? But back to your question - yes - you may use the L850 ink in another printer, but please be aware that there might be (small) color differences which you would have to correct via the color adjustments in the driver or with...

That's always the nice thing with printing and testing - there are hidden surprises here and there. I don't test in this cycle any Canon paper - who knows how that would perform ....... This just shows that general statements about inks or papers must be viewed very much with caution

I started a litle fading test with these Epson and Canon inks - Epson 106 114 T54C and Canon GI-53, all inks used in some type of Epson or Canon photo printers, I'm using these papers for this test - a HP Premium Plus Photo Paper - a Glossy 300 RC paper via ac-concept/Ebay and a cc-paper...

Ecotank ink bottles only come in one size - about 70 ml, the ET-18100 photo printer uses the 107 inks which include LC and LM. Or you use the 106 or 114 inks and create the light inks with a dilutant - a clear ink base.

Please be aware that Epson is offering at lest 2 families of inksets with different longevity levels - one family of inks runs on the 'photo' printers like the ET-8550 or ET-7700 or ET-18100 which are all megatank printers with bottles for Ecotank inks. Another family of inks encompasses those...

Can you run the Epson software updater to check that you have the latest software versions, and did you run already the connection checker ? https://epson-printer-connection-checker.updatestar.com/de

I'm not familiar with the refill options for your printer, you would need to check with a seller in your country, here is an overview of items - carts - chips which are available in Germany https://www.octopus-office.de/shop/en/search?p=2&sSearch=xp-970 You have the choice of the inks - you...

You probably don't need long term stability for all of your prints but the problem with 3rd party inks and cartridges is that you don't know at all what you get. And yes as @ptprintfan writes it can be just a matter of days or few weeks that your prints change their color, I have seen prints...