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Not sure when I can get around to running another nozzle check, but the fact of the matter is that when I ran one after reloading the carts, yellow was fine, only the gray and light gray had banding. Not sure how such a thing would impact the results I have. Same hue, color or B&W.

Really. Doesn't seem logical, but what do I know? I thought that trying to mix to get black was the Achilles heel of cheap photo printers. Versus dedicated photo black (and grays.)

A nozzle check is how I learned of the banding of gray and light gray. Yellow was fine. Further, if I check the box for "B&W," I presume there is no use of yellow, magenta or cyan inks. Black, gray, light gray only. No?

I was a regular here a few years ago, now back with a major problem. I hope you can help! This could not have happened at a worse time! I have a display of 24 images going up at my library this month and my trusty PRO-100 suddenly won't print true! The narrative bottom line is that there is a...

Regardless of the original paper finish, it will end up whatever the spray is. The two ends of the surface spectrum, gloss and matte, come out reliably close to original with a spray of the same name. Even there, and overlooking possible defects like dust or runs, the finish will vary with...

I have a very good friend, a Brooks trained photographer, and we have been having discussions for several years about the whole Retro movement in technology. He is now into tube (valves to you who speak funny English) audio amplifiers. There are companies designing and building new tube/valve...

While I readily admit that The Hat knows a hell of a lot more than I do about inkjet printing, I also have to say that he is strongly prejudiced about certain matters without evidence. In this case, aftermarket cartridges. He dismisses them as "colored water," as if they drop food coloring and...

As I said, this isn't the first time I've found outright errors or other variances in MSDS's. No, no print protector that I've ever actually seen, investigated, or used uses isoproyl alcohol or acetone. None, ever. Old fashioned hair spray is lacquer, I think. Can't prove it and not worth my...

@Smile: Yes, it would hurt to buy PT-101 and then spray it! Nevertheless, if mounting naked, it's the smart thing to do. Or, smarter thing to do, put behind glass. Spray lacquer comes in both glossy and semi-gloss from the hardware store at about half the price of Print Shield even w/o...

I have used it. Or, more accurately, tried to. Overkill for many needs. One of the most accomplished professional photographers I know uses ACDSee. No PS except for rare occasions. And even if you want most of what it can do, there are a lot of less expensive options from Corel, for...

Photoshop is a drug. Everyone bows deferentially and presumes one absolutely must be able to use all of its (mostly useless) functions. As I've mentioned on other threads, I totally lack the Adobe gene. Nothing, in any of their programs, is even slightly intuitive for me. And that's not even...

Vinnie is a Canon consultant.............

I still use, I'm guessing, 15 year old inks. No problemo. I recently dumped a bunch of very old inks but mostly to reduce inventory, as it were. I think ink expiration dating is a bogus fear factor. I'm also willing to admit that my experience may not match others. YMMV.

Try a new Canon cartridge. That will tell you for under $20 if it is the cartridge or something else. My PRO-100 is barely sullied. My intention is to run official Canon inks except for the black and grays. I have those ready from PC. My philosophy is that if you are running a "pro" printer...

The latest in my series of tests in the Florida sun. As before, Canon PRO-100 CLI-42 ink images taped to windows on the SW side of the house. Not as before, the windows are now open, so the angularity in relationship to the sun is more direct. Probably a nuance and not critical to the...

I got a "new" pro camcorder, ca. 2000. I downloaded the manual from Sony, set it up to print two pages to each side of a sheet of paper, print from the back, voila! Took it to Staples for a $3 binding, I'm happy. Thank you Canon!

I looked up "nuff nuffs" and I found, "Passive, led around by their nose rings consumers without a sense of moral or social obligations or having a whit of creativity, hell bent for living a life of the lowest common denominator. See: http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/" Was my source close?

I think home photo printing is on the Big Wain. Why print photos when quantity on your "device" is more important that selection and quality? In my small city of 50,000 plus surrounding county, Walgreens has shut all the minilabs except one. The closed ones are now drop-off sites. They...

Can't see any reason to disagree, barfl2. I hope to keep my CLI-8 iP4500 and CLI-42 PRO-100 going for many, many years. And I have a backup iP4300.

So, how do you think that complicated, highly engineered, amazing thing you call your inkjet printer is priced so low? You may feel ripped off on the cartridges, but did you write Canon a letter thanking them for selling their printers so inexpensively? Mr. Gillette of razor fame figured out...