Ink Cartridges for Canon Pixma Pro-100: OK. So I couldn't pass up the sale (ending June 30) on the Pro-100. However, I notice the cartridges are pretty pricey. Anyone have a less...

Jeff Smith 1 Loc: Pocono Mountains, PA

OK. So I couldn't pass up the sale (ending June 30) on the Pro-100. However, I notice the cartridges are pretty pricey. Anyone have a less expensive alternative? I've always been hesitant to take a chance with non-manufacturer ink. But, if any of you have had good experience with alternatives for the Pro-100, or perhaps better sources than the one I normally use (B&H), I would appreciate hearing about them.
Thanks in advance for your help!

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

Jeff Smith 1 wrote:

OK. So I couldn't pass up the sale (ending June 30) on the Pro-100. However, I notice the cartridges are pretty pricey. Anyone have a less expensive alternative? I've always been hesitant to take a chance with non-manufacturer ink. But, if any of you have had good experience with alternatives for the Pro-100, or perhaps better sources than the one I normally use (B&H), I would appreciate hearing about them.
Thanks in advance for your help!

I use ink farm for my canon printer. It's not the pro 100 but I look at it this way. each completre set saves me about $50 so after 3 or 4 sets I qam playing with house money if the printer fails. All printer companies give away the printers at cost so you can by their inks. But- am not a pro- If you are use canon ink,

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

It is not the price of the cartridge, but the price of the print. I've done all the math I can. Considering quality, the print price of the Pro-100 is competitive.

To keep the total investment down, I keep one set of spares. As I use one, I will order from B&H or Amazon. B&H does not charge sales tax and Amazon has faster shipping. I'm not a high volume printer, so I could probably not keep spares. The low ink warning comes on well before the out of ink warning stops the printing. The low ink warning comes on soon enough that Amazon two day shipping gets to me before I actually run out.

If quality is not the most important and low print price is, there are some new Epsons out that use only 4 colors and the ink comes in large bottles. Photo prints are reviewed as pretty good.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

Jeff Smith 1 wrote:

OK. So I couldn't pass up the sale (ending June 30) on the Pro-100. However, I notice the cartridges are pretty pricey. Anyone have a less expensive alternative? I've always been hesitant to take a chance with non-manufacturer ink. But, if any of you have had good experience with alternatives for the Pro-100, or perhaps better sources than the one I normally use (B&H), I would appreciate hearing about them.
Thanks in advance for your help!

If you decide to stick with the OEM ink, the best prices I've found are at atlex.com.

Jeff Smith 1 Loc: Pocono Mountains, PA

boberic wrote:

I use ink farm for my canon printer. It's not the pro 100 but I look at it this way. each completre set saves me about $50 so after 3 or 4 sets I qam playing with house money if the printer fails. All printer companies give away the printers at cost so you can by their inks. But- am not a pro- If you are use canon ink,

I'm not a pro either, although I do sell prints from time to time and quality is important to me. I'll check out Ink Farm.
Thanks.

Jeff Smith 1 Loc: Pocono Mountains, PA

JohnSwanda wrote:

If you decide to stick with the OEM ink, the best prices I've found are at atlex.com.

Thanks, John. I'll check them out.

Jeff Smith 1 Loc: Pocono Mountains, PA

bsprague wrote:

It is not the price of the cartridge, but the pric... (show quote)

Since the Pro-100 will arrive tomorrow, Epson is not an option. I've had a Canon for many years and it's done well for me.
Thanks for your response.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Jeff Smith 1 wrote:

OK. So I couldn't pass up the sale (ending June 30) on the Pro-100. However, I notice the cartridges are pretty pricey. Anyone have a less expensive alternative? I've always been hesitant to take a chance with non-manufacturer ink. But, if any of you have had good experience with alternatives for the Pro-100, or perhaps better sources than the one I normally use (B&H), I would appreciate hearing about them.
Thanks in advance for your help!

Precision Colors has a line formulated just for the Pro-100, and with custom ICC profiles for the Pro-100.

I got a set of refillable cartridges, chip resetter, ink for 7 refills (4 oz, they sell bottles up to 16oz at $23 each except light gray which is $26) filler tops with syringe, instructions for moving the chip from a Canon cartridge to the refillable one. The 4 oz bottles are squezy bottles which with the filler cap and syringe make filling easy. You refill the 4 oz bottles from the larger ones.

That was $172 including tax and shipping. So about $24.57 per set compared to $124 for Canon ink.

The colors are great and so far no signs of fast fading like with some third party ink.

wolfman

JohnSwanda wrote:

If you decide to stick with the OEM ink, the best prices I've found are at atlex.com.

Actually, B&H is cheaper for the 8 pack.

Jim Bob

Jeff Smith 1 wrote:

OK. So I couldn't pass up the sale (ending June 30) on the Pro-100. However, I notice the cartridges are pretty pricey. Anyone have a less expensive alternative? I've always been hesitant to take a chance with non-manufacturer ink. But, if any of you have had good experience with alternatives for the Pro-100, or perhaps better sources than the one I normally use (B&H), I would appreciate hearing about them.
Thanks in advance for your help!

Use Canon ink or you will regret it.

Jeff Smith 1 Loc: Pocono Mountains, PA

robertjerl wrote:

Precision Colors has a line formulated just for th... (show quote)

Quite a difference! I'll have to look at that. Thanks for the tip. You'd think the manufacturers would lower their margin to something more reasonable so we wouldn't have to search for such alternatives!

Jeff Smith 1 Loc: Pocono Mountains, PA

Jim Bob wrote:

Use Canon ink or you will regret it.

Have you had a bad experience? As I said, I've always been reluctant to try alternatives.

Leitz Loc: Solms

Jeff Smith 1 wrote:

I've always been hesitant to take a chance with non-manufacturer ink.

And well you should be. This from MT Shooter, a camera store owner: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-347157-1.html

Jeff Smith 1 Loc: Pocono Mountains, PA

Leitz wrote:

And well you should be. This from MT Shooter, a camera store owner: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-347157-1.html

Some nasty stuff there. Thanks for forwarding. Guess I'll stick with Canon ink. I do love their printers.

warrior Loc: Paso Robles CA

Jeff Smith 1 wrote:

OK. So I couldn't pass up the sale (ending June 30) on the Pro-100. However, I notice the cartridges are pretty pricey. Anyone have a less expensive alternative? I've always been hesitant to take a chance with non-manufacturer ink. But, if any of you have had good experience with alternatives for the Pro-100, or perhaps better sources than the one I normally use (B&H), I would appreciate hearing about them.
Thanks in advance for your help!

www.inkfarm.com