Printout quality of Calidad Inks for canon printers?

viix · 16th June 2003

Hi!

Has anyone tried calidad's ranges of inks for their printers?
I've been using canon's BJC s8200 and have found their inks extremely expensive.. Calidad seems to offer cheaper inks and I was wondering how good are their inks in terms of accuracy and colour fastness.. I've found that even canon inks cannot withstand becoming washed out/faded after being left in a dim and dark corner in a picture frame after a year of being displayed!
Kinda wasteful considering I'm printing on their top of the line photopaper which is said to last at least 5 years minimum!

It would be nice to know of any tips/recommendations CSers have for photo printing and archiving?

Belle&Sebastain · 16th June 2003

i'm using the same setup as you but with calidad inks in my office. i must say no difference but 820 has a slight green tint. as for keeping the prints i do not ready have a good idea as the printers are bought less than 3 months ago.

the only gripe about calidad inks is that they smell strongly of chemcials!

BigBelly · 16th June 2003

I'm using them for my C61 and C41. Very good value for money.

However I agree that there is a strong smell while printing.

Winston · 2nd July 2003

http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthrea...hlight=Calidad

The Calidad has been discussed in the above thread before.

(P.S: my nick was formerly "newuser")

I was a Calidad ink user, was lured by the low price of the ink, but decided to go back to Canon orinigals.

BigBelly · 3rd July 2003

http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthrea...threadid=38724

16th June 2003	#1
viix Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 534	Printout quality of Calidad Inks for canon printers? Hi! Has anyone tried calidad's ranges of inks for their printers? I've been using canon's BJC s8200 and have found their inks extremely expensive.. Calidad seems to offer cheaper inks and I was wondering how good are their inks in terms of accuracy and colour fastness.. I've found that even canon inks cannot withstand becoming washed out/faded after being left in a dim and dark corner in a picture frame after a year of being displayed! Kinda wasteful considering I'm printing on their top of the line photopaper which is said to last at least 5 years minimum! It would be nice to know of any tips/recommendations CSers have for photo printing and archiving?

16th June 2003	#3
BigBelly Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 599	Re: Printout quality of Calidad Inks for canon printers? I'm using them for my C61 and C41. Very good value for money. However I agree that there is a strong smell while printing.

3rd July 2003	#5
BigBelly Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 599	Sale of Calidad Cartridges http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthrea...threadid=38724

16th June 2003	#2
Belle&Sebastain Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: here Posts: 3,752	i'm using the same setup as you but with calidad inks in my office. i must say no difference but 820 has a slight green tint. as for keeping the prints i do not ready have a good idea as the printers are bought less than 3 months ago. the only gripe about calidad inks is that they smell strongly of chemcials!

2nd July 2003	#4
Winston Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 663	http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthrea...hlight=Calidad The Calidad has been discussed in the above thread before. (P.S: my nick was formerly "newuser") I was a Calidad ink user, was lured by the low price of the ink, but decided to go back to Canon orinigals.