carl hervol Loc: jacksonville florida

I use it in my canon 9500 for 6 years never had probable

NormPR

Epson says their ink will not fade for a hundred years, and I am sure that Canon inks have similar inks. I will not take a chance for the few dollars to make a beautiful print and to hang it on the wall and have it fade after five or six years. I went to the Las vegas Photoshop Expo and the Epson rep told me that the external tank printers are not for photo quality prints, they are made for office and industrial printing, he did not recommend them for photography.

The Watcher

Like I said in my earlier post, I've done lots of research on third party inks.

A supplier called Precision Colors impressed me with what they had to offer. It's my understanding, their inks come from Image Specialists, a global company. LD inks could be one of their products.

One of the things you need to consider when switching inks are paper profiles for those inks. Otherwise you could waste a lot of ink coming up with a suitable print. Your printing skills would also be a factor.

From what I read, some third party inks are formulated very similar to OEM inks. So the paper profiles in the printer software could give you a near suitable print.

If you want to see how ink-paper profiles work, make a print for reference. Then tell the printer you are going to use a different paper and make another print. The outcome should be noticeable.

Here's what Precision Color offers for your printer.

http://www.precisioncolors.com/PC42.html

http://www.image-specialists.com/

DavidM Loc: New Orleans, LA

Thanks for the info Watcher! While reading the reviews on LD ink at Amazon I came across the following negative review which gives me pause for concern in using there ink. Although maybe he wasn's using the correct profile?

Maybe he shouldn't have mixed OEM with 3rd party ink? Anyone have experience mixing cartridges while using up your OEM ink?

One Amazon users review:

I have only purchased one cartridge of this brand ink so far because I wanted to test it before I purchase more. This brand states that it has the chip which will allow you to see the ink volume remaining on your computer...and it does. That is a very important feature for me and I will not buy any ink that does not allow you to see the ink volume remaining on your computer because of the risk of running out and ruining the print head. So for that feature, this ink meets my needs. Of course, color compatibility is also of major importance. I can tell no difference in my prints using this ink so again it meets my needs. But the last thing I look for is real value, and although the price is low the amount of ink in the cartridge is lower than the OEM cartridge. The OEM cartridge is 14 ML, and this cartridge is 12 ML. The product description claims that there is 13 ML in the cartridge, but when the cartridge arrived it plainly states 12 ML ink volume. While this may be a minor issue, I do not like incorrect information in the product description. If the cartridge only contains 12 ML of ink, say that in the description...don't say it has 13 ML if it has 12. For this reason, I am only giving the ink 4 stars. It is good ink at a good price, but there is 14% less ink in the cartridge than the OEM cartridge.

UPDATE: MAY 23, 2015
I originally gave this ink a 4 star rating, but sadly I find myself today dropping the rating to only 2 stars. After believing that this ink would save me money, I purchased about a dozen cartridges of various colors. As I began using these cartridges and phasing out my OEM cartridges, I started to notice problems with the colors. Twice I had to throw away cartridges that were causing severe color abnormalities

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You get what you pay for. I knew when I bought my printer how much the ink cost, and I am happy to pay it. I finally purchased a printer that cost more than the ink.