G&G inkjet Canon Carts
And NEW INK SHOOTOUT
April 1, 2006
The leaks occur when the printer sits for any length of time, or even right after you install the cart. It does not occur with all G&G carts and all colors, but is rather unpredictable. No damage to the printer occurs, but the defective carts need to be removed and replaced when and if you find them.
Below, we see one yellow cart contaminated by a leaky magenta cart.
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Okay, for a while there, G&G after market ink carts for Canon printers (BCI-6 ) were problematic, and leaking ink. This problem was addressed by the company and I just received and tested new carts direct from the factory in China, and everything is fixed. This problem was a temporary interruption in an otherwise excellent product, and does not pertain to all cartridges from G&G, nor to any product distributed previous to approximately February 2006. I would not recommend a wholesale return of G&G carts, but rather address any problem as it makes itself evident. There is no risk of damage to the printer from these carts. If you find a leaky cart, simply remove it, wipe off the bottom of the print head, and replace with another cart. The NEW and GOOD carts regardless of color have a uniform RED LABEL on top of the plastic cartridge. The boxes look the same. If you notice any carts leaking ink, contaminating other colors, or draining ink unexpectedly, contact your distributor or dealer for a return or replacement for the new carts.
G&G makes the best matching color ink to Canon OEM inks that I've found (outside of MIS bulk ink for refilling your own carts or used carts. MIS PRE-FILLED carts use a different formula than their bulk in by the way.) In fact, I have not found another brand of pre-filled discount aftermarket carts that I would even consider using for my printing. I print tens of thousands of documents, color book covers, and CD labels each year, and accuracy and color matching to original quality Canon carts is of great importance to me.
************ The test below will be moved to the INK TEST SHOOTOUT PAGE in a few days.. Today, I did a new aftermarket ink shoot out for Canon BCI6 inks, and the results are below- so, as long as you can get the dependable new cartridges of G&G ink, its a no brainer- they make the best ink of the three I tried. I began my test using G&G, Procolor, Arrow, and BPI. Unfortunately I ran out of a couple of colors on the Arrow ink, and wasn't able to complete all tests with Arrow, so I've left the Arrow results out. It may be good also- but at this point, no opinion here.
I compared
three inks, G&G, BPI, and Procolor in 3 Canon i960
printers on various papers and settings, using various
test images.
I switched the inks between printers
to detect if any one printer was problematic, and found
that they all worked uniformly. Any problems with any
ink remained regardless of the individual printer
used.
I'll be posting the results as
images on my web site later this week.
As you know, I have no financial or
political stake in preferring one brand over another.
My task is simply to find- and then use for my business
the ink that prints the best overall on CD labels
(photo matte paper), color plain paper documents, and
color book covers (photo paper).
I very much appreciate the feedback
and help I've recieved from everyone.
I ran the test using a CD label that
had four neutral shades of gray on it, printing on
plain paper- plain Canon profile, then on matte paper
using both a plain and matte paper profile, and then on
photo paper using a photo paper profile and the highest
quality settings. If color problems arose, I
alternatively used an "improper" profile to see if this
helped.
Papers
used:
Xerox plain paper,
24 pound, 100 brightness
Fellowes Matte Photo
Quality CD label paper (this is exceptionally good
stuff)
Kirkland Heavy
Weight Professional Glossy Photo Paper (again, really
good stuff- rumour has it than Ilford makes this for
Costco)
The Canon profiles
simply apply different levels of ink depending on the
media, to match the media's absorbtion quality.
My ratings simply
reflect accuracy of color, or gray neutrality in
relation to the original image.
After Market Ink RATINGS:
#1 Best Overall: G&G
#2 2nd Best Overall: Procolor
#3 Last Place: BPI
Bear in mind, the photos below are only accurate on your computer in regards to how accurately your computer monitor is set up. The best way to judge (as I did) was looking in person at the actual prints. The photos below, however, should give any internet visitor a pretty good idea how these compare.
DETAILS
G&G-- This was pretty much a
no-brainer once you lay out all the prints next to each
other. G&G worked satisfactorily, or
excellent with all types of paper- plain, matte,
or photo using the proper default Canon profiles for
each- as used for Canon OEM ink.
Plain paper using the
default plain paper profile:
Neutral Grays: Although the neutral
gray tones had a very slight tinge of red compared to
the other two inks, it was relatively minor, and only
noticable when there was no other color besides gray in
the print.
Colors- When printing a full color
photo on plain paper, it was the clear winner- vibrant,
deep, and accurate. This was more impressive using an
actual photo with skin and real objects. One might miss
how much better this was just from a color chart
profile.
Matte paper using the
default matte paper profile:
Neutral Grays- When using the
default matte paper profile, G&G was good and
acceptable, with a very slight cyan/green tinge.
Colors- Very good.
Photo paper using the
default glossy photo paper profile:
Neutral Grays: Excellent, and
clearly the best of the three inks. Neutral in light
grays, a bit of green/cyan in the mid tones.
Colors- Excellent, again, the
best.
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Procolor-- Overall, a good ink, and best when
printing on plain paper. On matte or photo, clearly not
as good as G&G, On photo paper, its a washout,
literally. HOWEVER, if one judged color by ONLY looking
at a color chart, you might be fooled. The Procolor ink
looks good on a chart-- but I learned long ago, do not
judge an ink merely by gazing at pure color charts- you
will be deceived and charts will not accurately give
you an idea of how the color works when printing
graphics or photos. My guess is that the people who
make Procolor are using nothing but charts to formulate
their ink. Bad idea.
Plain
paper using the default plain paper
profile:
Neutral Grays:
Excellent, and nearly the bestfor neutral gray on
plain paper. Very deep and nice blacks. BPI slightly
better.
Colors- Good, but
not great. Color prints of skin tones and objects are
not deep enough and lack saturation. Looks a bit
washed out. Nothing to write home about.
Matte
paper using the default matte paper
profile:
Neutral Grays- The
grays take on a pretty strong cyan tinge noticable in
the lighter grays. Not real great. On a color chart
looks okay- but print a graphic, and you see
tinge.
Colors- Looks good
on the color chart
Photo
paper using the default glossy photo paper
profile:
Neutral Grays:
Better results than on matte paper, but still a
tendency towards cyan/green in light, and mid
tones.
Colors- Not very
good really, unacceptable. The plain paper color is
much better. Washed out.
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BPI-- At first I thought this stuff was a winner---
using plain paper. Looked good- then I tried
this ink on matte and photo paper. Unbelievably
bad.
Plain
paper using the default plain paper
profile:
Neutral Grays:
Excellent, no doubt about it.
Colors- Good,
but not great. Not deep or saturated enought, the
black was not deep enough, skin tone on the red
side.
Matte
paper using the default matte paper
profile:
Neutral Grays-
At first I thought something was wrong with my
printer. So I switched printers- totally off with
massive magenta/purple tinge. You would think the
ink carts were all screwed up. Totally totally
unusable. I switched to the plain paper profile
using matte paper- and VOILA- it looked
fantastic. The most accurate and best of all!!
So, the best ink on matte paper- providing you
only use the plain paper profile.
Colors- Again,
using the matte paper profile, so BAD you
wouldn't believe it. Use the plain paper profile-
the color chart looked GREAT!
Photo
paper using the default glossy photo paper
profile:
Neutral Grays:
Whoever is doing the color formulation at BPI
needs to be fired, period. This is
outrageous.
Colors- Fire
the color guys, now. So red-- its like SUNBURN.
And switching to plain paper profile with photo
paper doesn't help. BPI is unable to print on
glossy paper, period. It's not my paper either,
Canon ink looks FANTASTIC on Kirkland paper, on
Fellowes Matte Paper, as does G&G.
So there you have it.
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If you find ink unexpectedly draining from a cartridge, remove the carts and examine the underside of the print head. If you find a color blob like that shown below, gently wipe off the bottom of the cart with a paper towel or Kleanex, making sure not to leave any remnants of paper, remove the cart and replace. Check the inside top of the cart for excessive ink as well and pat dry if necessary.
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