Originally posted by T Evergreen I don't recall whether Canon provided instructions for the sample paper with the Pro-100, but fortunately everything went smoothly when I printed the initial sheets of Luster paper. For the Luster paper and for other glossy-type papers, you print on the shiner surface and it is placed shiny side up in the print tray. Some of the papers have the Canon logo on the back side. With Matte paper, it's the whiter side for printing.
Now I'm totally lost. I realize I mistakenly said load it printing side down - that's wrong. It's printing side up. But I'm confused because I was pretty sure the Luster was shinier on the non-printed side. I'll have to revisit this later.
Canon has a lot to learn about labeling. The label on the print trays is very confusing to me it appeared to say print side down - because they failed to put lines indicating printing on the icon. So I assumed the colored in part which was clearly down was the print side (photo after all) but that's not the case.
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Originally posted by T Evergreen I purchased the Precision Colors refill inks but haven't used them yet. The site had detailed instructions and videos on the refilling process, including how to reset the chips on the individual ink cartridges. I bought the squeeze bottle package with chip resetter. The only cavet regarding refilling the cartridges is that you can't mix the PC yellow ink with the Canon yellow. With the other colors you can. With the yellow, you need to use a replacement cartridge that is thoroughly flushed of the Canon ink. Otherwise, the print head might get clogged. With PC inks and Canon paper purchased on sale, it's really inexpensive to photo print with the Pro-100.
Just in case you haven't seen the videos - there is a another series of videos from Precision that shows what happens when you print until the cartridge reads empty. The sponge fills with foam and fails to refill correctly. You will need to refill when the low ink warning comes up - do not wait - unless you plan to flush the cartridges which can be done to refresh the sponge.
Last edited by UncleVanya; 12-29-2015 at 11:09 AM.