Suggested video – comparing the budget inks to Official ones

[Davehaslanded]

 So I preface this by saying that I am a photographer, and for most paid and corporate work I use a printing company. However I do have a high quality printer for my own personal work and in case I need to provide a client with a print quicker than I could use in third party company. 

 

 One thing that is very difficult to find out, and I'm assuming perhaps difficult to test as well, is the real difference between third party, cheap, thinks that are available on Amazon and eBay, and those that printer companies officially sell themselves. I have myself tested this a few times across a couple of printers. My own opinion was that the quality of the final product relied more heavily on the quality of the paper and not that of the ink. However, there was no real  'Science' to my tests. 

 

 I could see this kind of investigation being perfect for Luke's workshop series and/or a great video for somebody like Brandon who has an interest in photography and videography. 

 

 I have considered printing the same image using official inks, and unofficial thinks and then leaving them in somewhere like a conservatory to see how they fair against constant direct sunlight.  The problem is, to do this I would need two separate, identical printers with two sets of different inks in them. 

 

 I have done a little bit of searching are crossed Google and YouTube, and despite many opinion pieces, there is very little content about it. Again another reason why I think this would make a great video and would probably draw eating a lots of viewers from the photography community   

[LogicalDrm]

As video idea this is one of those I think are more "meh". Most people print text and low quality pics for anything to matter much.

 

I've used both official, 3rd arty and filled cartridges. Official ones are always best, but only because they last longest. I could pick cheap ones for half the price, but they only last about 75% from official ones. Same goes with filled ones, but they cost only fraction from official ones. I haven't noticed anything special about quality.