Tip No 87 - Photo Colours are not "Better" colours

Every month, we get a couple of customers who purchased Canon photo colours (namely Photo Cyan and Photo Magenta) thinking that they are "better" than the normal colours counterpart (cyan and magenta). So this is the clarification: PC and PM are an entirely different cartridge compared to C and M, just like red and yellow are different colours. Photo colours are meant to work in conjunction with normal colours. If you printer did not specify it needs photo colours, then do not use them. It will just screw up your colour settings. In reality, they are a lighter shade compared to regular colours, and are meant to produce better details in shadowy area of a photo (and probably the name photo colours). At least there are no confusion in Epson printers: they name it Light Cyan and Light Magenta.

Tip No 86 - Rumuor about Epson inkjet printers

There is a RUMUOR that Epson has been advising distributors to clear their current batch of cartridges before August. Speculators predict that Epson will be releasing /upgrading a new range of printers, with encoding so powerful that even current batch of OEM cartridges cannot be recognised, let alone generic cartridges. So if you are wanting to buy an Epson and use generic cartridges, this is a heads up for you.

July Special - Buy 3 Get 1 Free is finally back!

This time, everything listed on the www.ecbinkjet.com.au is eligible. Ink cartridges, fax film, paper, laser toners and refill kits - buy any 3 of them and receive a 4th item free. Free item must be of least value. Do not include free item in shopping basket. Instead, send a separate email after your purchase to indicate your choice of the free item.

Tip No 85 - Price Points

Price does not equate to print quality or even durability. Chances are, a manufacturer will only design and build one or two print engines. So you'll probably be getting the same engine and guns from the bottom model through the intermediate models. Price points are usually based on features: faster print speed, oversized paper support, roll paper support, direct printing, and even PC-Card slots for printing directly from a digital camera or pocket drive memory card. In these cases you have to determine which features are most beneficial to you, and if they're worth the added cost.

Tip No 84 - Page Separation

Don't you hate it when you do multiple print jobs, then end up wasting time trying to figure out where the first job ends and the next one starts? Or worse - pulling your print jobs out from a bunch of other jobs sitting in the tray of a network printer. It can drive you nuts.
Before you go and seek the advice of a good therapist, you may want to consider a separator page. You can tell the printer in question to print out a page between each print job. That way, you'll know where one job ends and the next one begins. Sure, you'll eat up a piece of paper each time you print, but look at it this way - it's cheaper than tranquilizers.

Here's how to set it up for most printers:
1. Click the Start button, Settings, Printers
2. Right-click your Printer and select "Properties" from the resulting menu
The General tab should be displayed.
3. Next, from the "Separator page" drop down box, select either Simple or Full ('Full' makes a prettier page). Win 2000 users will find they probably need the Advanced tab, "Separator page" button to do this.
4. Click the Apply button and hit the Print Test Page button.
A separator page will print, then your test page. From now on, no more trying to figure out what pages go with which job.

Cool huh?

June Special - 5% Discount for paying by Bank Deposit

Pay by bank deposit and receive a 5% discount (exclude postage). To order, go to www.ecbinkjet.com.au and compile a list of items you wanted. Then send your list to sales@ecbinkjet.com.au and request to pay by bank deposit.

Tip No 83 - Just for laughs, printer problem

If your printer doesn't work, just photocopy your monitor!