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Don't bother with Ilford paper & Canon i9950
Hi all,
I've got a Canon i9950 printer and I thought I would try the Ilford Classic Pearl paper seeing as Ilford bother to make profiles for their paper and your printer and it's a fair bit cheaper than the Canon Photo Paper Pro yet still has good print longevity claims. Pity the ink pools (coalesces) regardless of the paper type setting in the printer driver, effectively reducing the print resolution to nothing near the 4800x2400 dpi that this printer is capable of. I expect the same problem would be observed with the i990 as well as it probably has the same print head. I wouldn't be surprised if the problem is observed with any of the really fast latest ones actually. I spoke to Ilford and they claim they can't test every printer so it's unfortunate that the best results aren't atainable with this printer & paper combination. Pesonally I don't think they should mention a printer on the box if they haven't tested it and confirmed that there will be no problems. In Australia there is actually a law that covers this in our Trade Practices Act. Wording to the effect of not of merchantable quality, and doesn't perform as advertised. Basically this paper doesn't work with this printer so don't say it does. Looks like I'll have to stick with the rather expensive Canon Photo Paper Pro which is a real shame because I've been happy with the Ilford paper in the past in an Epson Photo 700. -- Ben Thomas Opinions, conclusions, and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my firm shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. |
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"BenOne©" wrote in message
... Hi all, I've got a Canon i9950 printer and I thought I would try the Ilford Classic Pearl paper seeing as Ilford bother to make profiles for their paper and your printer and it's a fair bit cheaper than the Canon Photo Paper Pro yet still has good print longevity claims. Pity the ink pools (coalesces) regardless of the paper type setting in the printer driver, effectively reducing the print resolution to nothing near the 4800x2400 dpi that this printer is capable of. I expect the same problem would be observed with the i990 as well as it probably has the same print head. I wouldn't be surprised if the problem is observed with any of the really fast latest ones actually. I spoke to Ilford and they claim they can't test every printer so it's unfortunate that the best results aren't atainable with this printer & paper combination. Pesonally I don't think they should mention a printer on the box if they haven't tested it and confirmed that there will be no problems. In Australia there is actually a law that covers this in our Trade Practices Act. Wording to the effect of not of merchantable quality, and doesn't perform as advertised. Basically this paper doesn't work with this printer so don't say it does. Looks like I'll have to stick with the rather expensive Canon Photo Paper Pro which is a real shame because I've been happy with the Ilford paper in the past in an Epson Photo 700. -- Ben Thomas Opinions, conclusions, and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my firm shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. How odd, since I've had stellar results with the Canon 9000 and that very paper. -- Skip Middleton http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com |
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"BenOne©" wrote in message
... Hi all, I've got a Canon i9950 printer and I thought I would try the Ilford Classic Pearl paper seeing as Ilford bother to make profiles for their paper and your printer and it's a fair bit cheaper than the Canon Photo Paper Pro yet still has good print longevity claims. Pity the ink pools (coalesces) regardless of the paper type setting in the printer driver, effectively reducing the print resolution to nothing near the 4800x2400 dpi that this printer is capable of. I expect the same problem would be observed with the i990 as well as it probably has the same print head. I wouldn't be surprised if the problem is observed with any of the really fast latest ones actually. I spoke to Ilford and they claim they can't test every printer so it's unfortunate that the best results aren't atainable with this printer & paper combination. Pesonally I don't think they should mention a printer on the box if they haven't tested it and confirmed that there will be no problems. In Australia there is actually a law that covers this in our Trade Practices Act. Wording to the effect of not of merchantable quality, and doesn't perform as advertised. Basically this paper doesn't work with this printer so don't say it does. Looks like I'll have to stick with the rather expensive Canon Photo Paper Pro which is a real shame because I've been happy with the Ilford paper in the past in an Epson Photo 700. -- Ben Thomas Opinions, conclusions, and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my firm shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. How odd, since I've had stellar results with the Canon 9000 and that very paper. -- Skip Middleton http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com |
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Same here I love that paper with my Canon i9100. It is Kodak paper that is
crap for me. John |
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Same here I love that paper with my Canon i9100. It is Kodak paper that is
crap for me. John |
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Hi John,
Sorry to hear that your Kodak paper did not work for you? Did you use the settings noted for your printer on the Kodak site. Kodak has gone to the trouble of testing every printer that is released and providing settings for them specific to the type of Kodak paper you might be using (printers tested over a couple of months time). If you use the EasyShare software it is built in. Check the Kodak site for Inkjet and get the latest settings for your printer. The i9100 is of course, included. Give the settings a try. They should improve your results. Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company "John Doe" wrote in message ... Same here I love that paper with my Canon i9100. It is Kodak paper that is crap for me. John |
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Hi John,
Sorry to hear that your Kodak paper did not work for you? Did you use the settings noted for your printer on the Kodak site. Kodak has gone to the trouble of testing every printer that is released and providing settings for them specific to the type of Kodak paper you might be using (printers tested over a couple of months time). If you use the EasyShare software it is built in. Check the Kodak site for Inkjet and get the latest settings for your printer. The i9100 is of course, included. Give the settings a try. They should improve your results. Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company "John Doe" wrote in message ... Same here I love that paper with my Canon i9100. It is Kodak paper that is crap for me. John |
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I had the same problem and finally downloaded the EasyShare software and the
Kodak paper on my Canon I950 returns good results. The only issue was how bloody long it took to download the software. Any chance of a CD so I can use the latest version? Regards Don from Down Under "Ron Baird" wrote in message ... Hi John, Sorry to hear that your Kodak paper did not work for you? Did you use the settings noted for your printer on the Kodak site. Kodak has gone to the trouble of testing every printer that is released and providing settings for them specific to the type of Kodak paper you might be using (printers tested over a couple of months time). If you use the EasyShare software it is built in. Check the Kodak site for Inkjet and get the latest settings for your printer. The i9100 is of course, included. Give the settings a try. They should improve your results. Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company "John Doe" wrote in message ... Same here I love that paper with my Canon i9100. It is Kodak paper that is crap for me. John |
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I had the same problem and finally downloaded the EasyShare software and the
Kodak paper on my Canon I950 returns good results. The only issue was how bloody long it took to download the software. Any chance of a CD so I can use the latest version? Regards Don from Down Under "Ron Baird" wrote in message ... Hi John, Sorry to hear that your Kodak paper did not work for you? Did you use the settings noted for your printer on the Kodak site. Kodak has gone to the trouble of testing every printer that is released and providing settings for them specific to the type of Kodak paper you might be using (printers tested over a couple of months time). If you use the EasyShare software it is built in. Check the Kodak site for Inkjet and get the latest settings for your printer. The i9100 is of course, included. Give the settings a try. They should improve your results. Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company "John Doe" wrote in message ... Same here I love that paper with my Canon i9100. It is Kodak paper that is crap for me. John |
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Greetings Don,
I understand the concern about the long download. But if the full file were posted it would likely take you twice as long as the file would be about twice the size or more. CDs are available, of course, from online retailers $7.95, and with Kodak cameras. You might want to contact our online teams via the local web site (Australia) to see if they can help more directly. If you installed the Kodak Updater when you downloaded and installed EasyShare software, you would only have to do this once. The Kodak Updater works like the Microsoft or Symantec products and updates the Kodak software automatically behind the scenes when a new version is released. This saves you the trouble of downloading an entirely new version every time. Nice feature. So, if you have installed now, you will not need to download or install other versions in the future. Talk to you soon, Don, Ron Baird Eastman Kodak Company I had the same problem and finally downloaded the EasyShare software and the Kodak paper on my Canon I950 returns good results. The only issue was how bloody long it took to download the software. Any chance of a CD so I can use the latest version? Regards Don from Down Under |
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