On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 18:02:06 +0000, John Rumm
wrote:
T i m wrote:
So then Canon printers were put forward but again we are talking a
fixed pint head (on newer models possibly) and again the 'blocked
nozzles' thing comes up.
I have used Epsons inkjets myself for many years and have generally not
had issues with clogging, that a cleaning cycle or two would not fix.
Don't you find it hammers the ink though John? I put two new carts in
my daughters C44 and by the time we'd got it printing nicely the
status mon told us the colour car was half empty (or was it half full)
;-)
Having said that, I have had a couple of clients with dead Epsons
recently - both C82s - that no amount of cleaning would fix.
And what I'm afaid of .. maybe they were a bad model ..?
The HP's seem to have less issues with this and if you should get a
blocked nozzle a new cart sorts that ;-)
Yup, the price you pay is the cost of the cart.
And actually pretty good value .. I wouldn't like to drill all those
nozzle holes and fit all them heater coils for 20 quid!
I looked at the Epson Stylus C66 (44+Vat in Makro, no stock) and from
there the Canon IP4000 (at nearly double the price) that has 5 carts
and can print CD's etc (also feels very substantial) ;-)
I installed a Canon Pixmar? IP3000 recently. That was actually quite
impressive. Uses sepearate ink tanks (no print head, no chip!), these
are clear so you can see the ink level inside them nicely. The canon
originals are only something like 5.50 each. Compatible carts can be had
for under a quid! Hence running costs are very low.
I think someone said we could say "the running costs *should* be low"
... as (he said) it's all down to the page yield rate / pound etc?
The print head itself a plug in module, and hence also redilly
replaceable - this would seem to be a good solution to the "printhead
in cart" dilemma.
Ah, now *that* is good news John. The lady in 'Cartridge World' (see I
know how to live g) said that certainly was the case for the pre ip
seres of Canon's .. maybe theu just stopped doing it on the lower ones
...?
Lower paper tray type feed (I don't like the paper sticking up at the
back)
The above mentioned canon has a lower tray (like a laser),
I found that on the one in makro .. When #I first pulled the tray out
it looked too small to take A45 portrait. Then I extended the tray and
it all made sense (in would then stick out the front but would be (as
mentioned elswhere) pretty dust proof.
the
traditional vertical slot at the back,
Might that be better for 'stiffer' paper / card?
and also a CD printing slot at
the front.
That *would* be a novelty ;-) I wonder if it's like the envelope
printing feature on this DJ840c .. that I think I tried once when I
first got it ....
USB (for simplicity) and Parallel (cheap net printservers ertc).
USB certainly, can't remember if it had parallel.
3000 no, 4000 yes ;-)
Quick startup and print (not fast printing as such) the Epsons seem to
go off on their own thing for 5 mins ..)
Seemed to be under 5 secs.
Thattl do for me .. ;-)
All the best ..
T i m
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