Digital BW, The Print

I have been using Lyson Quadblack inks and a seperate print head to 
print black & white on my Canon i950, but the print head becomes 
clogged and cleaning does not solve the problem.
Is there any solution? If not which is the best printer for black & 
white photographs?

Did you verify with Lyson that their Quad Black inks for Canon printers 
were suitable for the i950?  I have had wonderful results with those inks 
in Canon S9000 and S900 printers (both of which use the same print head) - 
hundreds of 8x10 prints with no clogging issues.  But it is my 
understanding that the i950 uses a different print head, which puts out 
droplets one-half the volume of the 900/9000 head.  It's possible that the 
Canon OEM inks are thin enough to work in both of these heads, but that the 
Lyson Quad Black inks are not.  You might check with Lyson to see what they 
say.

If it turns out that the Quads aren't suitable for the i950, I was told 
today that the S9000 printers are now available (at my local store) for 
$299US.  If I didn't already have a backup (in the form of my S900) I'd be 
in line to get one of these.  No doubt this is a closeout process for 
Canon, now that the 9100 models are out.  But as I say, I've had wonderful 
results with my S9000 and Quad Black inks.

Cheers,
Kip

At 9/16/2003 05:28 PM +0000, you wrote:

>I have been using Lyson Quadblack inks and a seperate print head to
>print black & white on my Canon i950, but the print head becomes
>clogged and cleaning does not solve the problem.
>Is there any solution? If not which is the best printer for black &
>white photographs?