I joined in the fun and bought this printer and I am tickled with my results with such limited experience printing. I am now learning results with the enormous selections available on papers, at the moment Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Luster and Red River Ultra Pro Satin 4.0 are producing very pleasing results.
I must also say, the technical support from Red River is outstanding, I have no doubt at anytime I have an issue of any kind that they will gladly and promptly help out and that is important to me at this time.
The ink affordability and longevity really played into this purchase, I am impressed!
Thanks to all that have been contributing to this thread
I've been seeing blue-ish casts on some B&W prints using the Epson Ultra PPP Luster paper. Has anyone had better luck with other papers, or other techniques?
InkOwl now has a set of pigment inks for the 8550. It's recommended to use them with a new printer otherwise you would have to purge your tanks of the dye ink before using them.
Randy Roy wrote:
InkOwl now has a set of pigment inks for the 8550. It's recommended to use them with a new printer otherwise you would have to purge your tanks of the dye ink before using them.
How would someone handle profiles for different papers using the inkowl pigment inks? Surely the pigment inks are not 100% compatible with the dye inks.
You could make your own for each paper.
I used to do that many years ago with my Xrite kit.
Yes, LOTS of work, AND LOTS of monies.
Shrug, that's what I did back then, spend LOTS of monies and time on learning processes, knowing fully well that sending out items to print was far cheaper.
Shrug, part of the ongoing obsession...
chez wrote:
How would someone handle profiles for different papers using the inkowl pigment inks? Surely the pigment inks are not 100% compatible with the dye inks.
buggz wrote:
You could make your own for each paper.
I used to do that many years ago with my Xrite kit.
Yes, LOTS of work, AND LOTS of monies.
Shrug, that's what I did back then, spend LOTS of monies and time on learning processes, knowing fully well that sending out items to print was far cheaper.
Shrug, part of the ongoing obsession...
Yes, one would have to make custom profiles for each paper…cost and tedious time. My guess most people would not and just live with the results.
chez wrote:
How would someone handle profiles for different papers using the inkowl pigment inks? Surely the pigment inks are not 100% compatible with the dye inks.
I have not done the conversion, but I have an X-Rite profiler kit that I bought used for cheap several years ago, so all of the papers I use have a custom ICC.
jwpstl wrote:
Someone said earlier they wouldn’t sell prints from this printer and I’m curious why. Longevity? Quality? Anyone disagree?
Sorry, late to the party.
I am the fellow that will not sell prints from the 8550.
Two reasons-
First I was unsure of longevity. I see some posts here with links to testing- makes me feel better that these will last for a while. But they are not "archival" time periods.
Second- they are close, but they do not look as good- especially on the matt art papers I usually use- as my 12 ink pigment printers. If I print, sign, and sell an image- I will not compromise on quality for price.
But for my own useage, friends, give aways, test prints, etc--- the 8550 just sits there and prints wonderful image.
gary
