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I found that Kodak paper did not absorb the ink from either my epson 900
stylus or canon I960 printers. I was in contact with Kodak and tried their
software driver and settings and still had pooling of ink and a bronzing
appearance in dark areas. I encountered about 5/16 inch of banding on the
trailing edge of 4x6 prints using Canon photo paper pro and Costco glossy
photo paper (an excellent paper which I've heard is made by Illford). I
also ocasionally had a slight dark ink smear on the edge of the paper. I
checked on the Canon web site and found a reference to this problem. The
paper had a slight curve which they suggested I should bend to reverse the
curve. I found a better solution. I realized that the paper was taking a
slight curve by being left in the feed area of the printer after a print run
was complete. I now do my printing and then remove the paper and store it
flat in the original box. Problem solved! I had also changed to setting to
accomodate for thicker paper and that worked as well, but it slows down the
printing process as you have to confirm that you want this for each print.
Better to store the paper flat between print runs.
I don't know what the longevity of the prints will be with the costco
Kirkland glossy photo paper, but the print quality is great and the price
for 125 sheets is $19. A little work with a paper cutter and you have 375
4x6 sheets for five cents apiece. I actually liked the prints better than
the ones I did with Canon Photo Paper Pro. I originally used oem inks and
now refill with MIS inks. I can't tell the difference! On the I960, using
the Kirkland paper (Epson glossy photo paper gives similar results) I set
the paper to Glossy photo paper, the next setting to manual (not automatic)
and set the intensity to -4 for best skin tones.
"Eddy" <eamouri_nospam@yahoo.fr> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
>
> When I use the Kodak Ultimate Photo paper pro 4x6(270g/sq mt, there are
> some bands in the low part of the pic. But I use genuine Canon cardridges
> (compatible ones had once clogged the print head :-(((( )
> Canon tech support told me that it was because I did not use Canon paper,
> the only one which fits over 105g/sq mt...
> Is it true ?
>
> Thanks
>