Black Diamond ink and paper

I have been visiting computer fairs and seen the aggressive marketing
by Black Diamond for their ink cartridges and inkjet paper. At the
shows they continously run 3-4 printers churning out very high quality
glossy photos which impress everybody.

I have tried their cartridges and paper and have had really horrible
results. When I print photos, they come out not glossy but rather like
somebody had hand painted them on a canvas. Their ink cartridges have
a higher incidents of blockages. In fact I had wasted one set of
cartridges trying to clean the 'blocked nozzle'. Eventually I had to
throw them away and start with a new set and waste quite a bit of ink
trying to clean the system.

I have tried this on 2 different Epson printers and I get same
horrible results. I actually asked the guy at ther Black Diamond stand
and showed him the photos. He could not offer me an explanation and
just asked me to try different settings which I tried and made no
difference.

Has anyone had these problems? How do they manage to get brilliant
printouts on their stands yet I am struggling to get one decent photo
printed?

 

Tried the same cartridges and have been getting superb results, repeatedly,
will be buying another batch soon.

I'm getting results indistinguishable from other inks incuding Epson's own.
Sure I do get the ocassional blockage certainly no more than before, but
this is because I leave my printer on (sometime for days) which dries out
the heads.

Certainly never found the Black Diamond staff aggresive in their marketing,
when I've visited their stand, in fact just the opposite. They have the
printers running with their cartridges to show that consistent results can
achieved, which is impressive.

Like you I have had problems with inks drying on certain papers, but only
when I used Staples compatible cartridges on Staples own Silk Photopaper.

All I can say is that I'm getting extremely high quality consistent prints
with Black Diamond inks on a variety of quality papers Ilford Galerie Smooth
Pearl, Fuji Multijet & some A3 unbranded Black Diamond paper.

Ian

 

How do Stigma lenses get such good reviews in magazines
when those you buy in the shop perform like cheap junk?

;-)

Why are people so naive?

 

Hi, @ SK,
Perhaps it's something wrong with your printer and profile??

I'm using blackdiamonds A3 photo paper 180gram on a Brother MFC-J5910dw, with cityinkexpress ciss, fotorite ink, settings for profile in serif and windows is 'other photo paper' and the quality is phenominal. I've been printing posters for my retailers which has a royal blue crystal background with scarlet block wording across it, and the depth is so outstanding it looks like the wording is floating off the surface.

I''ll be trying out the 'canvas' next, the only trouble I have is at my end with my printer that struggles with anything above 220gram paper trying to bend it back on itself.

Dekz.