also thinking the same

I have this printer and I now use Fotospeed papers. They supply ICC profiles for their papers with your specific Canon iP8750 and it does make a big difference. You print off their test page on any Fotospeed papers you would like to use, send them off and they will email you all the necessary ICC profiles after they have made calibrations from the prints. Instructions are on their website.

Hi. So far I have only changed the ink cartridges in the 3 years of owning it. I don’t use it all the time, but I’ve had no issues apart from initial magenta cast on printing my black and whites. I use genuine Canon cartridges, I do this as when I had an Epsom printer and used non standard inks I had so many issues. Poland, wow KZbin reaches all over 👍

ICC profiles are usually supplied by the paper manufacturer. Unfortunately some like the paper I use don’t have any, so you would need to experiment with the nearest canon settings. Hope that makes sense and helps a little

David, I don't know if you'll see this or not, but thought I'd try. I've had the ip8750 for just over a year and overall love it. I chose it mainly on its ability to produce good black-and-white prints on a budget. My initial prints were pretty stunning, with crisp neutral blacks and some nicely subtle distinctions between greys. Some of those prints are hanging and have not discernibly changed. My problem came months later when I started getting b/w prints that would change over a week or two from sharp blacks to a muddier quasi-magenta. It seems this may have coincided with the original Canon inks running out and my replacing them with a third-party brand. Without making this too laborious, I just wanted to know if you use exclusively Canon brand inks or if you've found a more budget-friendly substitute which produces - and maintains - nice results. I've only used one brand of different inks so far, so thought maybe a different one might offer better results. Canon brand inks are sooo expensive, but those initial prints were really great. Thank you for any help. All the best. Ed

@@EgbertWilliams I have had this printer for 5 years (on the 2nd one now) I printed 4000 prints with the 1st one with original canon inks and the 2nd printer I got as a backup for a canon pro-1000. The 2nd one i put through various compatibles and all results were muted, no vibrancy and just not good for sending to customers. I am having big problems with color banding with the pro-1000 so im back onto the ip8750 this week with original inks again. The results are amazing and in my honest opinion its not worth putting compatibles in this printer at all. Yes the originals are expensive but using compatibles even after tweaking the color profiles a lot you will not get a decent print. Its frustrating but this printer should only be used with originals in my opinion. The canon pro-1000 works fine with compatibles but a full set of compatibles is 300 vs 600 pounds and the results are good (Not amazing though)

oh for your information I have never used canon papers mainly Marrutt lustre and matt@@EgbertWilliams