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While not a heavy user yet, here is my usage to date and approximate amount
of ink used:
The Photo Cyan (PC) and Photo Magenta (PM) cartridges will go first followed
by Magenta and Yellow.
After approximately 120 typical pics, mostly 4x6's (full-bleeds) and about a
dozen 8x10's thrown in, my cartridges are:
PM = 60% empty
Red = 10% empty
Black = 10% empty
Green = 10% empty
PC = 60% empty
Cyan = 10% empty
Magenta = 25% empty
Yellow = 25% empty
I don't know how accurate the "Printer Status" ink indicator is but I've
compared this to another table (www.Canon.com) and they pretty much follow
what Canon states for ink usage.
I've done some testing using various papers (Kodak, Canon, GP, Ilford,
RoyalBrights) and making printer profiles using two standard test files.
Found a big difference in the papers with the Canon paper being the best of
what I tested so far.
Bob S.
"Rosi" <hrosita@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> Justin wrote:
> > I just got the i9900 2 days ago and haven't had one thing to complain
> > about. Installation went smoothly and all my prints have turned out
> > excellent. The largest I've gone to is 8.5x11. The jerky paper feed
> > didn't seem to damage the prints in any way. From what I've seen so
> > far, this printer is amazing. Hope this helps.
>
> Hi,
>
> Same here. the i9900 has replaced an Epson 1270 that has done faithfull
> service for the past 4 1/2 years.
> I am amazed at the quality of the prints, even though I am using Epson
> paper. the prints come out dry and you can handle them within a minute
> or so. I am using Qimage to print (also just installed) and the only
> problem I have is that I have to do some calibration because my
> pictures come out darker than the way they look on the monitor.
> I have a question to those that have had this printer for a while.
> In your experience, what are the cartridges that need replacement
> first?
> So far I have printed about 15 8x1.5 and the ink monitor does not seem
> to indicate any usage.
>