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While I can't address your concerns directly, I've noticed that various bulk ink supplierprovide inks hugely different, one to another. Meaning, you look at the ink in the bottle or in the cartridge, all very different. Yet, they all appear to print the same!

And good for you and all the millions of English as a second language speakers that show up on the intertubes! I have huge regards for the Dutch people which I won't star a political firestorm on this printer forum!

@ink stained: The Brightness measurement includes and accounts for optical brighteners. In fact, without them, all papers would probably fall into the 85-90 category. BTW, no one looks at prints in UV light. I think that most paper purveyors give huge hints about how white their papers are...

Just because the Idiocracy has arrived, doesn't mean I need to participate. (Look for the trailers on Youtube for the movie of the same name. Average intelligence 20th century man is forgotten in an experiment, then is re-awakened 500 years later. He is now the smartest man on the planet.)...

As (almost) always, I agree with you and your additional points. And well phrased!

Well, 48 hours after asking for a price with your linked seller, Grazer5, and 24 hours after finding another one that says they sell single sets, I've yet to hear back from either of them. No email directly, no messages for me at Alibaba. Not even "We'll get back to you ASAP." Heck of a way...

I admit I am a Grammar Gestapo. It comes with decades of trying to write better and better prose; from accurate eBay listings to essays to short novels. Without particulars, if a written communication makes my head hurt, something's wrong. In this particular case (I went back and looked)...

@Ink stained Fingers: I think your observations of how many pigment inks Epson alone has had over time, and your experiments pretty well substantiate my claims. Holy cow, no ICC profiles or other objective standards needed to substantiate my observations. In the same time period you...

I don't think it's as bad as you bemoan, Roy. First, Whiteness has a standard that virtually every office type paper uses. Sadly, not as near many photo papers do. But the fact is, is that unless you are looking at really amped up white (96) compared to pretty much natural bleached (85), most...

I want to backtrack. I was wrong. After printing certain images on two Luster finishes, let alone many other surfaces, the Canon Luster is the step below Glossy. Don't know how I concluded otherwise. I just picked up a box of 50 letter sized sheets on Amazon for a bit under $18. This Luster...

Could you please, kindly use standard grammar? I want to hear you and perhaps make valuable comment, but your syntax prevents me w/o hug head banging. Maybe I'm just old.

I know this isn't the hottest, burning topic. But..... I need to update. Per some Amazon reviewers, there seems to have been a paper change along the line. I just used up the last of my original box of 200 and opened the new box of 100. The reviewers are correct, they are not the same...

Man, these postings make me nervous. My first post-dot matrix printer was a Canon, so archaic maintenance was done with buttons on the printer, not via computer interface. Something 600? I've gone through BCI-3 and BCI-6 and CLI-8 evolutions. Have never had more than incidental head clogging...

@martin0reg: Just you wait until I publish more on my Florida sunshine tests! Coming up soon. Yes, the CLI-42 inks are definitely superior to the CLI-8 by 2:1, although sure, far short of pigment. Some unexpected surprises that I've not sorted out yet. For instance, where the clear...

I completely agree. It's why I said to someone, I wouldn't buy a printer because of this. Them's bonus points.

@Smile: "Well I like the perfect round dots that piezo heads make, blows canon away." Ummmm..... and this shows when you look at a print? I hardly think so. One and two picoliter droplet sizes are impossible to discern the shape of. Brother doesn't make the printer you want because they...

No need to. K.I.S.S. I wouldn't select a printer based on hibernation abilities, that's for sure. I've had to replace a few Canon heads along the way. Can't tell you in hindsight whether the problems were clogging, electrical, or the heaters burned out. But at least with a Canon, you can...

@websnail: Thanks for that, I had no idea how the chips work. But trying to nuance a question with the Chinese is often impossible. So I'll take what I can get and then check them out. If the trend has been from one to the other, one can hope. The Chinese are great at changing their...

My Canon 9000 MK II sat for at least two years. Turned it on, put a piece of paper in it and ran a nozzle test. Perfect. Try that, Mr. Epson.

OP, how much did that set cost you? I've contacted them via your link to do same thing. I've asked them if they are ARC chips; some other CLI-42 cartridge vendors specifically so state. With the cost of the CLI-42 resetters, I'd sure like to just go ARC. I've noticed that my old trick of...