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I think all inkjet printers do it, but few publish when and how much. It is an inevitable part of the technique (piezo or thermal). Strange enough recently even our - most appreciated - expert Keith Cooper started to worry about the PRO 1000/1100 wasting too much ink. Inflation ?

The reviews and user reports of the Epson ET-8500 and ET-8550 are extremely positive, for office and photography.

The Koala 250g glossy arrived, the package is only paper and was slightly cracked. It is quoted 4 stars. I opened it and happily enough only the first paper was slightly affected - no problem for profiling. It is RC, but - as with almost all such papers - you can see the paper structure in...

Most probably, I ordered the 50 pack RC and cancelled the first order. Since ink (even 3th party or expired OEM) costs more, I am not inclined to use cast paper in the future. Although I made some very fair 35.5x58.4 cm posters on the A2 Canson 180g (pencil writable on the back) I found in my...

I've found a pack with 7 A4 canvas paper from Action. Took ink very well, but too small to wrap around a frame. I am now exploring affordable paper on larger sizes. Ordered this one: https://www.amazon.com.be/-/nl/KOALA-vellen-glanzend-A3-fotopapier-inkjetprinter/dp/B07HKGD5PY?th=1 But found...

I've found citations and allusions to facts and theories published on this forum too on this site. For me this - most probably AI - approach looked not very trustworthy exactly because you didn't know about when and where. Frustrating that AI steals your efforts, but it is a hobby, you don't...

This reminds me of the times I refilled Canon consumer printers with dye ink (the same category I suppose as the tested HP products). Both brands have the same printhead technology too. I managed with a lot of trial and error to maintain some printers for some time, and the average layman most...

I've cut Canson cast A2 to 355x584mm (with 329x676 one of the maximum sizes on the PRO-10 and PRO-9500) to print a poster. If this could be true in 2025 !

FYI PRO-10 ink levels after a few calendars with "regular" matte high settings. No use of CO and MBK. Wonder if PRO-300 changed something.

You can see this "globbing" on some patches with the PRO-10 too in particular on the PDF (where my scanner tends to exaggerate). In high quality setting the printing is bi-directional, since the total ink consumption is not much higher I suppose less ink is applied at once. Good to hear the...

So after 15 years in store the long time survival of most of my papers should be the same independent of the original quality and price ? Nevertheless you can't hide the huge differences in appearance and color rendition. The yellowing doesn't matter a lot (for most subjects) since I make...

I reorganized my paper stock by surface yesterday, and I placed the Photo Rag Baryta on the SATIN shelf (others are GLOSSY, PEARL, and MATTE). In my opinion, the effect and purpose of these (by @thebestcpu cited) papers are quite different from the high gloss, high white RC papers discussed...

In my observation cast papers can have - probably due to the fabrication process - a smoother surface than many resin coated ones, where in particular for the cheaper ones the paper structure stays more or less visible. But RC papers always have a plastic coating on the back, making them...

I sniffed at my papers again and the KODAK Ultra Premium Photo Paper is most close to the Canon PP-201 Glossy II Photo Paper Plus now on sale at Canon for € 12,24/20 A4 https://store.canon.be/canon-pp-201-glossy-ii-photo-paper-plus-a4-20-vel/2311B019/ Both are 5 star papers. Canon PT-101 Pro...

As reported yesterday, I was very impressed with the KODAK Ultra Premium Photo Paper on sale at Amazon (€ 7.99/20 A4, € 9.99 for 25). If I didn't have enough glossy A4 in stock I would take more (also since the back feels plastic and has the Kodak logo printed, not so nice for photobooks or...

Try to use all my paper and ink before I'm not vertical anymore ;)

Indeed, @pharmacist .

While my Colormunki was doing overtime the Amazon courier delivered a pack 25 A4 KODAK Ultra Premium Photo Paper 280g (€ 9,99, 40ct/sheet). https://www.amazon.com.be/dp/B08YXLX7Y7?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title This is definitely RC - it seems all plastic - the surface is smoother than the...

Qimage is indeed a weird program, but you can do things with it LR cannot. Anyway, my latest tests on cast and matte papers indicate that I won't need the margin hack soon. I made some profiles with "Other Fine Art 1" settings. Canon MBK (genuine LUCIA) does not adhere on the cast papers I...

It seems to me on the PRO-10 the black level of PK is enhanced considerably with the CO coating (the latter not been absorbed fast enough on my casts papers and puddling/smearing). And to have sufficiently high gamut on matte papers you need to use the "Fine Art" settings. These not only use...