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01 November 2007
Now the Canon Pixma iP3300 inkjet is giving feeding problems. The old cheap Lexmark Z-25 was a lot more reliable than the much more expensive HP and Canon printers.
Addendum
Not merely feeding problems, ink tank recognition problems!
2 comments:
Anonymous
said...
This is sad to hear. I used to recommend Canon printers wholeheartedly in the days when they first pioneered individual ink tanks. Then, HP and Epson were reluctant to sell anything besides their profit-first chip-controlled inks.
Now it's come full circle. The newest Canon's MAY still use the minimum of 4 tanks, but they are from the expensive BCI-8 microchipped-ink system which cost nearly $20 a piece compared to $12-13 for the original BCI-3/6 inks. All their claims about 100-year print longevity are moot if all I need are simple office prints!
Conversely, current Epson inks are more reasonably priced at $14.
2 comments:
This is sad to hear. I used to recommend Canon printers wholeheartedly in the days when they first pioneered individual ink tanks. Then, HP and Epson were reluctant to sell anything besides their profit-first chip-controlled inks.
Now it's come full circle. The newest Canon's MAY still use the minimum of 4 tanks, but they are from the expensive BCI-8 microchipped-ink system which cost nearly $20 a piece compared to $12-13 for the original BCI-3/6 inks. All their claims about 100-year print longevity are moot if all I need are simple office prints!
Conversely, current Epson inks are more reasonably priced at $14.
Sigh.
I had a BJC-200 and BC-10 a long time ago and they had served me well despite the expensive cartridges.
I had switched to Epson after but Epson had a life span which was short and not terribly reliable.
The ink tank recognition problems continue. I had to re-install the tank again and again.
And the feed is another problem. The printer switches feed (top feed and front feed) without warning!
Yes, you are right about needing simple office prints.
Do all the major makers use chip-controlled cartridges these days?
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