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Burt wrote:
>If you have a Costco nearby go and purchase a package of their Kirkland
>glossy photo paper. $18.95 for 125 sheets and it prints beautifully with the
>canon ink. at about 15 cents a sheet that you can cut into 3 4x6's
>with a paper cutter you can do a lot of prints to experiment at 5 cents a
>pop. For a real bargain refilling with OEM inks at $1 per cartridge for a
>refill lets you print all day long and not worry about cost! That is what
>I've been using in my i260 for almost a year with problems and OEM
>ink-like results. First you should solve your color problems with the OEM
>inks that came with the printer to be sure you are not introducing another
>variable in case there is a problem with the printer.
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>"JPD" <InvalidAddress@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>>Thanks Burt. I will try these out. I don't mind experimenting, but I
>>am starting to go thru a lot of photo paper! I will let you know what
>>happens.
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>>On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 23:50:26 GMT, "Burt" <sfbjgNOSPAM@pacbell.net>
>>wrote:
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>>>When you have an image ready for printing click file, page setup, select
>>>the
>>>paper size and orientation (portrait or landscape) and then click
>>>"printer".
>>>This will bring up the printer dialog box from the printer driver. On the
>>>main page select manual color adjustment and then click "set". This
>>>brings
>>>up the color adjustment screen. There are sliders that you can operate
>>>with
>>>your mouse to increase or decrease individual ink colors or overall
>>>intensity. I have seen one person suggest -7 for Magenta. You can play
>>>with this adjustment to get the feel for the degree of change you want.
>>>It
>>>might be based, in part, on the red tones in the photo subject's skin. To
>>>accept the adjustments you click "ok" in each screen as you exit this
>>>dialog
>>>box. You can then either click the printer ikon on the menu bar or click
>>>file, printer. When the dialog box pops up click OK.
>>>
>>>Another adjustment area to check is the "effects" page in the printer
>>>dialog
>>>box. Do not check any of the special effects as the printer then controls
>>>the color instead of you.
>>>
>>>With some programs you can get to the printer dialog box by clicking the
>>>printer ikon on the menu bar. On some other programs you will not get a
>>>dialog box but will immediately do the print job.
>>>
>>>I have read that the printing program that comes with the Canon printers
>>>doesn't accept color profiles. I don't use it so I don't know if it will
>>>permit the color adjustments noted above. It is convenient for someone
>>>who
>>>simply wants to print a photo, but it is a dumbed-down program to allow
>>>someone to use it with little computer knowledge or experience. There are
>>>programs that are better suited to digital photography and provide better
>>>color and image control. I use Photoshop Elements 3 which contains a
>>>subset
>>>of the larger Photoshop program. Elements is inexpensive and has all the
>>>capabilities I need as a non-professional user.
>>>"JPD" <InvalidAddress@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>>>>Burt, You caught my attention with your i960, I am having the problem
>>>>with red fleshtones (you did reply to my original post regarding
>>>>Tiger). I would rather keep my 960 if possible if there is some
>>>>setting I can adjust. Would you be so kind to give me a step by step
>>>>instr on how to adjust the Magenta or PM (or if you know of a web
>>>>site, please send the link instead!) Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>>John D.
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>>>>On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 16:16:19 GMT, "Burt" <sfbjgNOSPAM@pacbell.net>
>>>>wrote:
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>>>>>Go onto the MIS web site and download the purge files. Use the one for
>>>>>the
>>>>>number of carts your printer has. Using the cleaning cycles adds to the
>>>>>waste ink "tank" and adds a few more cycles to the counter in the
>>>>>printer
>>>>>that eventually disables the printer until the waste tank is cleaned
>>>>>and/or
>>>>>the counter is reset.
>>>>>
>>>>>Depending on how close to OEM colors the compatable carts are, you may
>>>>>be
>>>>>getting as close as you will with the OEM carts. Setting the color to
>>>>>manual instead of automatic, you can tweak OEM or non-OEM prints. Even
>>>>>with
>>>>>OEM carts each of the Canon printers has a "bias" toward certain colors.
>>>>>The i960, my printer, leans slightly to Magenta. On some pictures of
>>>>>people with a bit more red in their skin tones I back off the Magenta
>>>>>slightly. My refilled carts with MIS inks compare favorably with the
>>>>>OEM
>>>>>colors in side-by-side photo print comparisons.
>>>>>
>>>>><wrreisen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I've been using compatible cartridges with my canon i850 for economy.
>>>>>>I
>>>>>>need to print something that looks as perfect as possible so have
>>>>>>bought some original cartridges. Is the only way to move through the
>>>>>>previous noncompatible cartridge ink to print lots of test pages?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Any advice welcome thansk.
>>>>>>
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