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I am looking into buying an HP Z2100 and use it with aftermarket inks and have two questions about the specific model, hopefully someone more experienced than me with HPs in this forum will be able to help: 1) I can get my hands on ink from a reputable manufacturer producing inks I have already...

Are you actually using a refillable cartridge system? I had no idea one existed for these printers. If you are running OEM cartridges, I seriously doubt they could run empty without the printer letting you know. If there was air in the tubes you'd experience missing nozzles, not this kind of...

Have you tried printing with Bi-D disabled? If that resolves the issue then it's most probably a head alignment problem. If the problem persists it's probably something else. I wouldn't suggest opening up such an expensive printer and looking for the tubes though. Contrary to a DIY CIS system...

Not sure there is such option, but if there is, try an automatic head alignment. From your scanned patterns it looks like the "best" is the "2" or "4", in both Bi-D settings. Try adjusting it manually to that value.

Looks like head misalignment or wrong paper thickness setting.

I'm using an Epson L800 for printing on CD/DVDs, and I can't find any program that supports printing with color management enabled. I'm using pigment ink with the specific model and the colors are completely off when using the bundled software (Epson Print CD). Does anybody know of a different...

It's 5.5 times cheaper than Claria, yet still more expensive than quality 3rd party pigment ink :)

Epson Ultrachrome D6 is NOT pigmented. It's dye based.

I did use the complete OCP set for the R2000 in the past. The results, even with the GO, were not nearly as good as those from the Inktec without GO in terms of glossiness/differential (apart from that dreaded bronzing of the Inktec on some papers). You'll get superior results by using the...

It probable went through a priming cycle, not a cleaning cycle. I had this happen all the time with a CISS installed, not only when the reset switch was pressed. I imagined it was due to the printer not recognizing the chips momentarily for some reason and "thinking" that a cartridge was replaced.

I tried it again, more or less with the same results. It pretty much takes 1+1, or at most 1+2 parts to create the most similar hue. 1+4 comes out much different. The previous test was on luster photo paper. But, the inks I used were Inktec, as I don't have any more OCP magenta and yellow to...

I don't know whether refillable cartridges for the DX100 exist, but if you have them, you could use ink made by Champion photochemicals. They currently produce ink for the Noritsu drylabs, so you'll only get the Cyan, Black, Magenta and Yellow. As far as I know there is no 3rd party Sky Blue...

Well, unless our magentas are very different (what magenta did you use btw, Inktec?), your left swab should be equivalent to my orange. It does look a bit more yellow though. For the second I have no clue what's going on. What do you get with an 1:1 mixture of magenta/yellow? I'll try again...

No, it's correct. It's a photo with flash and auto WB, so the colors maybe a bit off between the red and orange sets. What I did was place 4 drops of magenta on the paper and then add one, two, three and four drops of yellow on top of them and compare visually (and similarly for the other...

You were spot on for the orange. 3 parts yellow + 1 part magenta. For the red 1 yellow + 4 magenta is much more towards magenta than the pure red ink. The closest I could get is with 1 part yellow + 1 part vivid magenta. Pure red/orange inks on the left, mixture on the right in the following...

Yes, but if you are going to use Inktec in the R2000 the results are not going to be that different. It would all depend on the gloss optimizer used. I've tried the IS and the OCP and the OCP was better, but still, you'll have to test it before reaching to a conclusion. You should also give a...

Sure, I'll try it tomorrow and upload a scan. I'd guess that as long as you use quality cyan/magenta/yellow/black inks, the orange and red wouldn't matter much even if not exactly matched to the originals. A good profile should take care of the rest. I searched everywhere for a RIP for the...

No arguments there, I too would love to see a printer with that combination of inks. But the guys at Epson obviously didn't want to go down that route. As much as I hate to admit it though, the special inkset of the R2000 was in fact able to produce the strongest reds I've ever seen from any...

Epson already make 2 printers using the cLcmLmYkLkLLk inks (R2880/R3000), and while those two were intended for the fine art / black and white segment, I'm guessing they meant for the R2000 to excel in more consumer-oriented jobs (high saturation, glossy papers, especially photos including skin...

Yes, you are right. I was thinking of the R1800 when I replied earlier :)