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I'd advice against using heat mounting with RC inkjet paper, the heat not only will probably deform the coating but can also release gases that will affect the longevity of the print. Depending on which substrate you will be mounting the prints on, I'd suggest using pressure activated double...

It's not stupid, I should have clarified that. The Inktec Powerchrome is actually a K3 "Vivid" inkset, it's designed for printers similar to the R3000 you have (current K3 models are the R3000, 3880 and R2880). The 4900 uses the Ultrachrome HDR inkset, which is essentially K3 plus orange and...

A member here asked me to do a comparison between the OEM and Inktec Magentas, here is the result. I also included the newer and older OCP version for comparison (as we all know the older version was more of a red hue rather than magenta): Here are also two gamut comparisons, one is of the...

No problem! I got the ink from this place: http://www.lfp-products.com/ I believe they are the distributors in Europe, whereas the link you provided is probably a reseller, hence the inflated prices. But anyhow, 60-70GBP per litre is still a very reasonable price, OCP is the only (good) ink...

I emailed them, yes. You are going to have to apply for an account with them if you are interested (they are B2B). They sell 1L bottles at the minimum and only accept bank transfers... There are a couple more places I know of that stock Inktec inks...

Here: http://www.lfp-products.com/ The inks came from the UK, they cost me 39eur per litre, plus 40 or so for shipping.

I've got 55000 on an Epson P50, 42000 on an R2000, 30000 on a 1400, and most were photos :) I guess Epsons are much more resilient with their permanent heads... I only had one printer (an R2000) die on me so far, and that at under 10K pages...

Any pigment inkjet would be much better in terms o fade resistance (the Brother you mention uses only black pigment, the rest of the colours are dyes, they are going to fade pretty fast in the sun). The ideal would be to print using an all pigment printer and then laminate the print. As for...

Sure, let me know when you need some.

All of the colours in the inkset exhibit glossiness superior to anything I've tried before. I would not be able to distinguish prints made with this inkset on glossy paper from those made with OEM ink. I can't compare gamut directly, as I don't have a pure K3 printer, but I have the three...

You are welcome. They do produce ink for the Canons too, and if that performs similarly to their Epson counterparts I tried, it should be a terrific Canon compatible inkset.

I recently came across a pdf document, from the Korean ink manufacturing company, Inktec, regarding their K3 pigment equivalent inkset, claiming they are resin coated, with minimal bronzing, scratch resistance and other qualities previously achieved only by OEM inks. I have to admit I had been...

Do you need the manual or the service program? I'm not sure the specific one would work with your 1900, but if you are interested PM me and I can send it to you by email. The service manual can be found online here: www.timtaylor.net/ServiceManual-EPSON-R1900-R2000-R2880.pdf

I finally managed to resolve the problem, turns out it has nothing to do with the CISS setup (I did try what mikling and The Hat suggested, many thanks to them for their help). I did a google search for "vertical banding", and got a hit from an entry in the R2000 service manual. It's mentioned...

The R2000 has Red and Orange inks in addition to CMYK, so it's a bit more complicated to figure which causes the problem. I tried printing solid blocks of CMY colours, the problem is always there, although it's more pronounced when printing dark grey tones. Here are 4 pictures of the cartridge...

I always keep the lid open when printing, so that's not the problem. I'm not sure how I could put the extension bar on the right side of the printer as per your suggestion though (do you mean on the far right, over the cartridges?). That would leave a big section of the tubing loose, and a big...

Here's a picture: If this is indeed related to the tubes flexing, shouldn't it happen during the whole length of the print? If I print an 80cm long image for example, it only happens for the first few inches, the rest is perfect...

The paper doesn't seem to be causing the problem, it happened with two different types of paper and also with paper cut from the same roll and fed into the printer first in portrait and then in landscape orientation.

No, they are at a 90-degree angle to what lines from clogged nozzles would be (they are perpendicular to the print head travel). The strange thing is they are always at the same point (more or less in the middle of the printer's width), and only occur somewhere in the first few centimeters of...

Just this morning my R2000 started printing some weird lines on all the prints, not the thin lines associated to clogged nozzles, but wide (~1cm) lines running vertically to the paper path, and always on the same place on the prints (have a look at the following picture). The problem appears...