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Canon i850 price update
I purchased a Canon i850s (version sold at Sam's Club) yesterday, and
although the price on the display unit still said $136 & change, when it scanned at the register it priced out at $118.63. I also bought a box of Ilford "Galerie" pro paper there, and the combination works great together. -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/ If you really want to reply via email, my valid address is available on my web site. |
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How much was the Ilford paper? I haven't been to my local Sam's for a week
or so. All I've seen at Sam's has been Royal Brites, a low end Jet Print, and Kodak Ultima. None of them compare favorably to Red River or Office Depot Premium. -- Ron Cohen "Charlie" wrote in message ... I purchased a Canon i850s (version sold at Sam's Club) yesterday, and although the price on the display unit still said $136 & change, when it scanned at the register it priced out at $118.63. I also bought a box of Ilford "Galerie" pro paper there, and the combination works great together. -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/ If you really want to reply via email, my valid address is available on my web site. |
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On 27 Jun 2003 10:02:50 -0700, (Wayne) wrote:
I just got the i850 day before yesterday, so I haven't run a lot of paper through it yet. I did try some old Canon High-Resolution paper (HR-101) that I had left over from my old 610, and it was just lousy. The images really look much better on plain high white laserjet paper than on the HR-101 stuff. The printer came with several 4 x 6 sheets of Canon Photo Pro, and I really cannot see any difference between it and the Illford. However, withthe Canon paper I just use the default settings, whereas with the Illford, I use the settings they specify for use with the i-series Canons. I have no idea if the water resistance is good or bad. I use Canon's Hr-101 coated paper very often and the results are excellent. Terrific images - no grain, superb, vivid colours, razor sharp text, etc. Maybe you're using wrong settings? Pr-101 lasts 25 years or even longer. Illford fades significantly quicker. Wayne Wayne, Maybe my setting are wrong, then, because my results are pretty bad with HR-101. What setting are you using? I just accepted the default settings, since there were no recommendations on the paper package like there was for the Illford. -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/ If you really want to reply via email, my valid address is available on my web site. |
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Wayne,
Maybe my setting are wrong, then, because my results are pretty bad with HR-101. What setting are you using? I just accepted the default settings, since there were no recommendations on the paper package like there was for the Illford. In the printer's driver MAIN tab, select HIGH RESOLUTION PAPER as MEDIA TYPE and set quality to standard (or high - but you will have to wait a bit longer for the printout). If it doesn't help, try to buy a new pack of this paper. And be sure that you also check NOZZLE PATTERN and do the PRINTHEAD ALIGNMENT. Wayne |
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Hmmm, those are EXACTLY the settings that I used, and there is
definitely too much red in the pictures. Maybe the paper has changed because it's so old (going on 5 years since I bought that pack). I may be able to compensate for the redness by setting colors manually, like I do with the Illford, but in this case it would be just trial & error, whereas with the Illford, the recommended settings worked just fine. I really doubt that the nozzle pattern or head alignment is out of wack, since I just set it up two days ago, and adjusted the alignment on setup, and I get great images on the Canon Photo Pro and Illford papers. BTW, a couple of posts back you mentioned that Illford paper fades "significantly quicker" (than the 25 years expected for the Canon Pro). Can you give me an idea what you mean by that? Do you mean the same degree of fading after 1 year? 5 years? I can probably accept 10+ years, but I'd cringe if it's only 1 year to 5. That's probably why you get such poor resoluts - buy a new pack. Illford papers can last with Canon i950/i850 inks from about 3-10 years. After that peroid you may observe some fading on your printouts. Except using Canon PR-101, I also use (i850/i950) papers from Olympus (Pictorico series - they are the same if not better than pr-101 - I strongly recommend that you try those papers!) and Red River papers (also great). Papers I don't recommend: - epson - kodak - office depot (except high gloss film) - konica - tdk So, if you want hi-quality photos that will last, try Olympus Pictorico papers and Red River papers (and of course pr-101). Wayne |
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