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Even without ink this is a steal. I live in Spain but I really don't want to throw 350 euro away. What do you guys think? 350 euro, free shipping, no paypal, and only a couple of feedbacks...

Well, I love the huge color gamut of dye inks. That's the main reason. I never tried the pigtment inks you mentioned...but I suppose the gamut still doesn't reach the results of dye inks? Did you ever compare an identical print from your Canon and Epson? My main concerns are Dmax and the gamut...

I'm also awaiting delivery of mine :) Pharmacist, as you are the ink expert here I have some questions for you: As I like the look of dye inks on certain papers I'm planning to buy 2 sets of refillable cartridges: 1 for pigment inks (inkrepublics IRK-4 nano VM) and 1 set for dye inks (most...

Good news: Wel-try has fininshed the development of the Epson R2000/R3000 refillable cartridges and CIS with auto-reset chips. I'll get some more info and get back ASAP.

Update. I just got a reply from Wel-Try. It seems they still have some problems with the cartridges and we'll have to wait a bit longer until they are worked out. I'll keep you guys posted.

As far as i know the OEM inksets of both printers are the same. Pharmacist tested the IRK-4 inks for his 3800 so maybe he can give us seem in depth info on this?

I'm sure it's no problem to ask for some "samples". If we pay the shipping you can usually order whatever amount you desire. As for the inkset: I was planning to use the Inkrepublics IRK-4 nano inkset for the Epson 3880. If possible I'd like to have 2 sets of cartridges actually: 1 pigment set...

I tried to contact wel-try before (through Alibaba). No reply from them. Did any of you had success in reaching them? I'm interested in some R3000 cartridges as well. IF anyone could get through we might buy some stuff together...

Just noticed that using a very cheap microporous paper without RC coating shows no signs of banding at all!! How is this possible? Both papers are the same weight (280g)? I always used Sihl paper and was happy with it....strange. What do you guys think?

Thanks for the reply. I use purged original Canon cartridges. The look fine...so I'm not sure if ink starvation could be the issue. I can try to swap carts to see if that's the problem. I alligned the after taking it out for cleaning and putting it back in the printer. What are the possible...

Hi everyone, I've been printing pictures with my ip8500 for some years now. Printing blue skies or smooth blue areas has been a (small) problem ever since actually. Recently it became worse and my prints are not useable at the moment. I'll describe my hardware setup, workflow and...

Hi again! I cleaned the timing strip (although it was clean) and did a complete head cleaning. I took the head out and put in a small plastic container with a solution of 40% ethanol, 10% ammonia (strength 10%) and 50% dem. water. After an initial soak of 4 hours in the container with a small...

Thanks for the answers. I'll check the timing strip this evening. I did print another normal nozzle check yesterday and when the PM is examined with a mag. glass under a bright light source I can see a very faint white line running through it. I guess this is the nozzle which is clogged or has...

The banding seems to occur in all colors, but is most easily visible in blue gradients or darker areas of the picture. So at first sight the magenta doesn't seem to be involved...yesterday I tried to print a very light magenta gradient and...yep, slight banding again. I guess the banding is...

I can't upload a scan at the moment (no scanner or digicam here), but I did "simulate" the problem: This is how the photomagenta looks like. I know the IP8500 has a slightly shorter but wider grid, but I think this illustration is clear. The grids of the other colors are 100% intact. I did...

Hi all! I noticed some light banding on my IP8500 prints lately and decided to do a nozzle check. The normal nozzle check page is perfect but on the extended service check I can see 1 single nozzle of the photomagenta head refusing to work (1 little square in the grid is missing). The rest of...