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jesshen
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 19:28
Hi. We are considering a Canon i9900 printer. I was wondering, due to there being 8 cartridges to replace, do most of the ink cartridges run out at about the same rate? What are the chances of needing to replace, say, 6 cartridges at once, or 8 cartridges? I know that this greatly depends on the subject matter printed, whether they are dark pictures, predominantly outdoor pictures, etc. So this may be hard to answer.

What I am looking for is what other people have found they needed in their usage-- i.e. how many cartridges to replace at a time, how much this costs, and how long people go before needing to replace cartridges. In other words, I am looking for the average recurring costs for medium to heavy usage ('course I know that is relative, but I'd like an idea).

Also, where do most people buy their replacement cartridges from?

Thanks,

Jessica
Belmondo
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 19:36
No, they don't wear out at the same rate. For example, I take a lot of photos of Union Pacific locomotives which are predominately yellow. I go through a lot of yellow cartridges. I also have a lot of sky in my photos, so I seem to use a lot of cyan and photocyan.
Longwatcher
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 19:43
I have noted that the cartridges tend to go in pairs,
photo-magenta and black
photo-magenta and photo-cyan
photo-magenta and yellow
magenta and cyan
photo-magenta and green
(you may begin to notice a trend at this point)

The most I have ever had to change out in one batch (ignoring when I was doing 60-80 8.5x11 borderless prints) was three went within a few prints of each other. Otherwise they seem to go about 10-20 prints apart.

Unlike Belmondo, I tend to shoot models with few if any clothes on so that is probably why my Photo-Magenta goes so fast.

Just my experience,
mikesd
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 19:44
Printing mainly portraits, I will empty 2-3 photo cyans and photo magentas to 1 of the other colors.
Belmondo
21st of March 2005 (Mon), 19:45
BTW, I keep 3 spares of each color on hand just to make sure I don't get caught short.
samdring
22nd of March 2005 (Tue), 12:45
BTW, I keep 3 spares of each color on hand just to make sure I don't get caught short.

But on the odd occasion when you do get caught short, how does having spares help :confused:
Dale
22nd of March 2005 (Tue), 13:05
The info contained here may be of help. http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=50706