CLI-221 and the CLI-226 both use the same type of ink ?

[PeterBJ]

According to this site, OCP inks are the same for PGI-x20/CLI-x21 and PGI-x25/CLI-x26 cartridges. Scroll down to the OCP inks.: http://www.octopus-office.de/en/shop/l/c/printer-ink-canon-pgi-520-cli-521/

I have Canon printers using the BCI-3e/6 , PGI-5/CLI-8 and PGI-520/CLI-521 cartridges, so before ordering IS inks from Octoink UK I compiled a list of inks from their website. I have now added PGI-x25/CLI-x26 to this list:

Note that for IS ink the cyan is different for the PGI-x520/CLI-x21 and the PGI-x25/CLIx26 inksets. I am very happy with the IS inks, colors appear to be spot on without tweaking. I don't know about the OCP inks.

 

[dvdit]

PeterBJ,

Thanks. I would like to get the ink that is close to Canon OEM using Canon's ICC profile. I don't want to deal with custom profile or lots of tweaking. Of course, longevity/fade resistance is important as well. I have narrowed it down to IS and OCP.

 

[The Hat]

PeterBJ,

Thanks. I would like to get the ink that is close to Canon OEM using Canon's ICC profile. I don't want to deal with custom profile or lots of tweaking. Of course, longevity/fade resistance is important as well. I have narrowed it down to IS and OCP.

It doesnt matter whether youre using OEM, OCP or IS inks; longevity can simply be down to your paper choice.
Example If you use OEM ink and OEM paper then youre more likely to get far better longevity/fade resistance
than using any third party inks no matter which one you choose.

The question of longevity/fade resistance come in to play only when you not using OEM papers.
Third party inks fair extremely well and in some cases be better than OEM ink when printed on the huge variety of papers
available to you at a fraction of the cost of the overpriced OEM paper.

So dont be afraid to experiment with different paper/ ink combinations to get the best looking prints you can get
and if longevity/fade resistance is a major factor for you then only use OEM paper/inks and print very little because youll be broke in no time.
You might even get a Christmas card from Canon inc. for being such a loyal customer..

 

[dvdit]

The Hat,

You are too much I was able to get Canon paper for cheap so I have enough supply to last me for years. So the paper I use is Canon Photo Glossy.

 

[OutOFtheinkwell]

Years ago I got a job for the summer when I was 16 and in school and they put me to work painting this huge "pot shaped tank that they mixed dish soap in! Part of my job was moving 55 gallon drums of chemicals around that eventually were added to that pot!
That job opened my eyes to how most of the brand names of the soaps used then came to be because the people running that business filled over 10 different brands of soaps from the same pot. Years later I went to work at a dairy that had equipment to make cottage cheese for their brand but they had a working arrangement with another company, (different brand) to use their workers at the plant and they filled both our brand of cottage cheese and their brand from the same vats! I sold our brand and it would bring a smile to my face when people would tell me how they liked our brand so much better than the other brand. Why am I talking about this?
Because I found out that all the brands of ink for inkjet printers come from a big pot in the backyard of a chinese farmer in Canton. Of course, that last part is my little joke and not true, but? Who Knows? Happy Printing, Outoftheinkwell!

 

[jtoolman]

That's likely true fro those so called "Universal" inks but not at all for the real quality 3rd party inks.
A lot of reselers will spend tons of time creating special blend that will match OEM remarkably well. That way the user can continue to print using The printer's native profiles.

Most of us here will still create custom profiles and further refine the output of these top quality inks.

 

[Tin Ho]

Because I found out that all the brands of ink for inkjet printers come from a big pot in the backyard of a chinese farmer in Canton. Of course, that last part is my little joke and not true, but? Who Knows? Happy Printing, Outoftheinkwell!

Interesting thought. I once participated in a seminar hosted by a start up specialty inkjet company which was developing an oil based inkjet ink for printing LCD color masks. It failed a few years later. But I learned a lot from the CEO one of the speakers of the seminar about inkjet technologies. I remember he said there are only a handful of companies in the world specializing color dyes and pigments for inkjet inks. Some Chinese companies have been developing color dyes and pigments too. I guess sooner or later they will make good inks too. LOL.