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@Ink stained Fingers all of this is obvious, most of the points you mentioned are beside the point of this thread. Here I just wanted to outline the simplest scenario for those who want to improve photo output on glossy papers from DURABrite printers. In fact I replaced all colors in my test...

Here I will try to answer this question, but first of all - why in hell would one even consider doing this? Well.. DURABrite family of printers has evolved over the years tremendously. Years ago they were slow and primitive but now they have some very interesting printers among them which can...

@Nigel My man right here! Great idea, nothing crazy about it, just shows you are a creative person. I get ideas like that every other day! ;) You could try that, if you can pull it out. I think it would be a totally workable solution. That's why we have forums like this one - retailers are...

@Nigel Your best bet would be a few sets of original cartridges modified for refilling and a resetter. I found a resetter here, but this company only does wholesale, but if they have it, the Chinese should have it to -...

Ok, this is how it all unfolded. I replaced matte black with photo black on my Epson WF 7610 and after profiling it produced amazing photo quality prints. Surprised me that color transitions were smoother and dot patterns became much finer on glossy paper comparing to printing with matte black...

@The Hat Of course, quality has to be good or at least good enough. Lots of nozzles means you can produce that good quality in less time.

@The Hat Ok, I will report back in a different thread. I have already done some preliminary speed tests with my WF 7610 (same printer, just A3 size.) 4x6 in Standard quality with borders 36 sec. Not bad. You would think it would be quicker considering what a crazy amount of nozzles this printer...

The conundrum is that pigment is cheap but RC paper for it is expensive (2-2.5 times more expensive, to be exact), of course it is a much better paper. On the other hand dyes are more expensive (about 5-10 times more expensive) than pigment, but paper is much cheaper. After careful consideration...

Thank you for your input, Ink stained Fingers, I really appreciate it.

That's what I tend to think as well. Ok, that's very useful info, thank you. You can't bit statistics. Yep, that's exactly what I'm talking about .. Once shipped to Oz, they become ~ $150AU/700ml, fine for photos but way too expensive for leaflet printing. Have you noticed that even laser...

Hi Ink stained Fingers. Thank you for your ideas. Yes, I covered this in my original message in 1. I called these inks 'stable'. I would go with these if there was a steady supply of them on eBay or Amazon at low prices, but there isn't. Retail price for them in large cartridges is still high...

Ok, it goes something like this - right now I have a couple of Canon printers with CISSs and dye ink that I use for printing leaflets and other promotional type material for people. I use double sided media that produces photographic quality prints on both sides and I'm very happy with it. The...

This is how pro printers or big printing houses store their ink - in dedicated fridges. around 10 degrees Celsius should keep your ink in good condition for a long time. Another tip for those who buy OEM ink in large cartridges and extract it for use. Common practice is to extract ink from...

@The Hat I have looked into the HP Officejet Pro X range of printers and there are two reasons why I don't consider them now: 1. they don't print borderless and 2. all the reviews I've read say they print with faint lines across pages, not sure if the new HP PageWide Pro range is better in this...

@The Hat Thanks for the info. Yes, I know about gloss differential - have been printing with it for many years. I've eventually decided not to go with IX7000 because it's a beast and space in my mans cave is extremely valuable - I have 5 large formats (4 of which are 44') 3 Epson 3880 and a...

@The Hat Thank you. Sorry, what do you mean by 'the 550 series printers'? The Canon printers I mentioned above run on 650 carts, if that's what you refer to. I don't need pigment black channel at all. I didn't realize this at first and filled it with proper pigment. Now on the 6860 it's almost...

It is strange how different people can sometimes have different, even completely opposite experience with the same tech. I know general consensus is that Canon's don't work with CISSs and that if one wants to run a CISS he should get an Epson printer. In the last two years I've experienced...

I hear what you are saying and I know you are speaking from experience. I have two Canon printers right now among many others - ix6860 (about 6000 pages, all photo quality) and ip7260 (about 4500 pages, the same). I'm just beginning a second set of Inktec 1l bottles for these printers, which...

Thank you all of you for sharing.. The German test that Ink stained Fingers posted, linked to another test of MX7600 printer that had a very nice picture showing how clear ink is deposited: @palombian - in Australia IX7000 is still for sale from Canon, there's a bunch of them new on eBay for...

@Ink stained Fingers Yes, I know that PGI-9 Clear coat is not gloss optimizer some printers use. I use this clear coat to coat some traditional fine art papers (Saunders Waterford and so on..) to make them compatible with pigment inks. It's just I have no clue how this printer applies it onto...