Your post piqued my curiosity, because I came very close to buying an MX922 instead of my HP Photosmart.
I wonder if you wouldn't do all right by just keeping the 922. I noticed in the German reviews, the MX922 showed very nice, smooth grain, better than most. And the parrot was among the...
Are you kidding? Refilling my HP saved me hundreds and hundreds of dollars. With some care and testing, I have ink that is relatively fade-resistant (and UV-free home lighting!). To match OEM colors and improve stability I use OEM magenta and photo black. Happy as a clam.
Pigment can flocculate if the composition of the fluid is not quite right, and if that happens, your print head is toast. When you mix anything with pigment ink, you are in terra incognita. I'm happy for you that you have had success with it, but I still wouldn't advise it. I especially...
Of course, my printer does waste most of the ink. So I suppose if you are buying ink in liter bottles and don't mind the fuss, the risk, and the reduced quality, go ahead and reuse it.
But for most people, it makes no sense to recycle. Ink will get old long before you get to the bottom of the...
No they don't get mixed. The printer deposits the colors as separate dots. And even if the dots happen to coincide on the paper, they were separate in the print head.
Try reusing ink with a 5-color printer and then tell us what you think. If anyone ever mixes pigment and dye ink, that is...
I sure wouldn't reuse ink. It's so carefully formulated, and then you go mixing it haphazardly. You're likely to get mediocre results, and you are risking damage to the printer. Ink is so cheap that it doesn't make any sense to reuse it.
Vincent Van Gogh has a fading problem.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150310123544.htm
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mystery-behind-fading-van-goghs-solved/
http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-03-09/why-are-van-goghs-paintings-slowly-turning-white
I wonder if this is a good time to mention Gimp. I don't know much about these programs, and I can't compare them, but Gimp has met my simple needs so far. It also has advanced features, and the price is right.
By the way, I have an old PS that I've never installed, as well as a recent PS...
Welcome, Gaetan. Buy what you want, and if you are satisfied, please tell us how satisfied you are with it. But please also be careful about negative opinions. This is a nice, friendly forum, and we like it that way. :)
Gaetan74, Mike provides high-quality products. He also works hard to provide outstanding service, and I am very willing to pay for that. Compared to the cost of Canon ink, and the total cost of printing including paper, I regard the small price difference to be negligible.
Thanks for the offer, but I'm making a bit of progress and I could easily waste a lot of your time. There's a lot of good stuff in what you and Stratman gave me already, especially if I follow the links, and I've made some changes already. I'll post back when I know a bit more -- and probably...