HP 99 Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge with Vivera Inks (C9369WN)

Manufacturer:	Hewlett Packard
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HP 99 Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge with Vivera Inks (C9369WN)

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worked well for me

Printing from photoshop elements 3 (both the organizer portion and the editing portion) produced an image that was very close to the screen colors of my calibrated screen. I'm using a laptop which I calibrated with photocal. I chose the correct paper and ink setup in the driver AND made sure to go into printer properties and select for the application to manage color. The prints matched the screen...no problem.(including skintones) The cartridge also includes a plastic cover to cover up the nozzle when you store it. So you can change out cartridges all you want, just put the cover on it and things will be fine.

Now, to the negatives....the cartridge is small, and the default driver setting is for something called colorsmart color matching. ugh....hideous. Set it for the program to handle it instead. I have no idea how many 8x10 prints I'll get out of this cart, but I've printed about 20 so far today.

FWIW, I didn't use HP's image editing software since I own elements. These settings worked like a champ in elements, but I have no idea about how other programs will work. This was also with a hp2710 all in one printer.

HP 99 Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge with Vivera Inks (C9369WN) - Hewlett Packard

Poor reproduction of flesh tones with this cartridge

I was unhappy with the results with the 'six color' printing that occurs when you swap this cartridge for the no. 94 (black) cartridge. I put this in my machine (HP6210) and printed a test on HP paper. I printed a second picture when a put the no. 94 cartridge back (in effect making it a 'four color' device, which is what you would normally have in the printer). The same picture looked better when printed with the four colors. Most notable were the flesh tones-MUCH more lifelike. I would hold off on spending $24 for one of these, primarily because the result is not worth it, but also because the manner which HP designs the ink set-up. It's kind of a nuisance to have to swap out the black cartridge, because if you forget to put it back, you'll end up with a very high cost-per-page for regular printing of documents.

Hewlett Packard - HP 99 Photo Inkjet Print Cartridge with Vivera Inks (C9369WN)

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