Question re Canon iP1500
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From: Mary on 3 Apr 2006 18:53 "measekite" <inkystinky(a)oem.com> wrote in message news:FSbYf.63835 > Mary wrote: Burt: > >Yes, your canon ip1500 is a low end printer, but if it does > > > > > >>everything you need it to do, there's nothing wrong with your enjoying > >> > >> > >it. > > > >Exactly my point. I've had it a year and it has worked fine during that > >time > > > > >till I got a new Staples compatible > > > THATS WHAT I MEAN. You had to quote the whole message just to say 4 words? If you had read what I said below this paragraph I am typing you would have noticed that I said that I had ALWAYS used Staples compatibles. I have never used Canon brand name cartridges since I got the computer a year ago. When I said my printer worked fine since I got the printer tilll I got a new Staples compatible, I meant to emphasize the word "NEW" meaning it was a new cartridge. It was not meant to be that STaples cartridge was new to me. I used Staples compatible cartridges ever since I had the printer. I only tried a Canon name brand because the Staples cartridge had this pink tinge to my photos and I wanted to see if the Canon carts did the same and they did. The Staples carts which I've used all along, never had that pink cast before and I've used tons of Staples cartridges. > >but that is what I have always > >used, so I couldn't figure out why my colored photos would have a > >pinkish cast, when they never had that before and I only got the Canon > >brand to see if it showed the same pinkish cast as the Staples > >compatible, which it does, so that leaves me thinking maybe its > >something to do with the printer.
From: Mary on 3 Apr 2006 18:56 "Tony" <TonytheTigurrrrr(a)aim.com> wrote in message > You can e-mail me at > > TonytheTigurrrrr(a)aim.com I thought that was a spamblocked address :) > The waste ink counter problem is not related to the poor quality print. > The waste pads are actually deep inside the printer on the base plate, or near > enough. So you mean you can't see it from just looking inside the printer. its not the two square things in the white plastic container. Don't worry about the ink sitting in the capping station that is normal. > It is likely that the pads are not full yet and that if you reset them you > would be OK until the next time you get the message, at that time pad > replacement is a must or you may get ink spillage. Thats when I would get another printer. > The symptoms you describe (poor print quality) indicates to me that the > printhead is failing so I strongly suggest that you get it in for warranty > replacement as soon as you can. They may just provide you with a new printhead > which is simple to replace (it comes with full instructions), it does not come > with new ink cartridges. Thats not how its done at Staples here. If its a cheaper printer, if it breaks down in the first year while under warranty with the manufacturer, Staples gives you a new printer, either the same if the model is still around, or you can pay a little extra and get a different printer. For more expensive printers, you probably have to go to the manufacturer or an authorized dealer to get it repaired. As far as I know, you can't just order a new printhead, as they want to have the authorized dealer check to make sure thats what it is since it might be also something else. I am not positive about that though. > Compatible ink does not damage printheads whatever our low life says, he knows > next to nothing about printers, Burt and I and many others here know heaps. > The ip1600 uses cartridges with integrated print heads so you get one black and > one tricolour cartridge and when they run out of ink you get a new printhead as > well, unfortunately there are no compatible cartridges for that model yet but > they can be refilled (I don't know how easy or effective it is). The cartridges no doubt would be more money than if you had a built in printhead. I already complain about the price of cartridges, even compatibles. Its ridiculous. Its too bad the iP1600 needs a new printhead every time. The printer is a good price but the carts will cost a lot. I guess Canon didn't make enough money on their printers with printheads you can take out. I have a thing against printer manufacturers and their high cost of cartrdiges. I would rather they made the printers more money and the cartridges a lot less money. > If you do want to try the reset I will send you the utility but cannot post it > to a non-binary newsgroup so I would need your e-mail address, if you prefer > not to do that I will post it to a free server and post the url here. > Tony I will email you from my hotmail account in a little while. I would like to try the reset though I am not sure it will work. This is what I get for printing too many photos lately. I broke my printer :) Actually, I don't use the printer all that often to print photos. But when I do, I get a bit carried away, but maybe I will have to stop printing so many photos.Its just since I got a digital camera 5 months ago. I really dont want a printer that is more than I want to pay. Mary
From: Mary on 3 Apr 2006 18:56 "Burt" <sfbjgNOSPAM(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message news:WN2Yf.63729$Jd.50379(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net... > > "Mary" <no(a)japamjunk.com> wrote in message > news:e0qbbh$3fb$1(a)emma.aioe.org... > > "Burt" <sfbjgNOSPAM(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message news:ct1Yf.65766 > The best news of all is that you are still under warranty. I did buy three > i5000 printers a few months ago at two staples stores in our area. They > were unadvertised and just happened to be on a closeout for $100 US each. > Don't reject the separate color carts idea yet - if you can find an ip4000, > ip5000, or the mp printer I mentioned in a previous post, you can buy > prefilled aftermarket carts online for $3 US or less and they hold a lot > more ink than your present printer carts. I don't remember the exact > volume, but I think that your present cart only has something like 7 ml. of > ink per color and when one runs out you throw the whole thing away. The > bci-6 carts have 13 to 14 ml of ink each - about double, and the aftermarket > ones I'll mention below are less than $3 US each (plus shipping, of course.) > For Canadian sources of aftermarket inks or for info on which companies ship > to Canada, send an email to Taliesyn - you can find some of his posts on > this newsgroup. > > Look at the following sites for more information: > > http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/ > > http://www.neilslade.com/papers/badink.html > > G&G and Procolor carts from Alotofthings.com were tested by Neil Slade and > his test photos are on his site. You will save considerably more money on > these inks with the five separate cart printers if you can find one > available. You might have your staples store check their warehouse facility > for a stray ip5000 if they don't have one in stock and you may just be able > to have them give it to you to satisfy the extended warranty. If > aftermarket carts were currently available I would then suggest the ip4200 > or ip5200. I'll have to see what printers are available here and go from there. We are more limited for variety of printers you have. You have 10 times the population we have, so you have more competition, which means cheaper prices, and more variety. I have 4 Staples stores not too far away from where I live, and notice that in different Staples they have some different models that other stores don't have on display. I don't know if they would have iP 5000 or not, but if iP 4000 is more than I want to pay, iP 5000 would be even more money. From my experience with Epson, I vowed never to get 4 different cartridges again. I really don't want to buy carts online if I don't have to. I am not sure what I am going to get yet and would have to look around. Staples in Canada have an online site and have iP 4000 advertised there but its about twice the price I paid for the one I have, so I would have to pay about $60.00 Can. plus 15% tax which is what we pay, so thats $80.00 Can. =$68.30 US. I can't really afford that right now, and may have to stop printing photos at home. The cartridges are too expensive, and I need to start using the Kodak machines you get at Walmart and other places. Mary *** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com *** *** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from http://www.SecureIX.com ***
From: Burt on 3 Apr 2006 17:57 "Mary" <no(a)japamjunk.com> wrote in message news:e0s59k$lsu$1(a)emma.aioe.org... > "measekite" <inkystinky(a)oem.com> wrote in message news:FSbYf.63835 > >> Mary wrote: > > Burt: > >> >Yes, your canon ip1500 is a low end printer, but if it does >> > >> > >> >>everything you need it to do, there's nothing wrong with your > enjoying >> >> >> >> >> >it. >> > >> >Exactly my point. I've had it a year and it has worked fine during > that >> >time >> > >> >> >till I got a new Staples compatible >> > >> THATS WHAT I MEAN. > > You had to quote the whole message just to say 4 words? > > If you had read what I said below this paragraph I am typing you would > have noticed that I said that I had ALWAYS used Staples compatibles. I > have never used Canon brand name cartridges since I got the computer a > year ago. When I said my printer worked fine since I got the printer > tilll I got a new Staples compatible, I meant to emphasize the word > "NEW" meaning it was a new cartridge. It was not meant to be that > STaples cartridge was new to me. I used Staples compatible cartridges > ever since I had the printer. I only tried a Canon name brand because > the Staples cartridge had this pink tinge to my photos and I wanted to > see if the Canon carts did the same and they did. The Staples carts > which I've used all along, never had that pink cast before and I've used > tons of Staples cartridges. > >> >but that is what I have always >> >used, so I couldn't figure out why my colored photos would have a >> >pinkish cast, when they never had that before and I only got the > Canon >> >brand to see if it showed the same pinkish cast as the Staples >> >compatible, which it does, so that leaves me thinking maybe its >> >something to do with the printer. > Mary - you are new to this newsgroup and feel compelled to try to reason with our troll. Don't waste the keystrokes! You'll just get more of the same back from him. Killfile him in your newsgroup reader.
From: Burt on 3 Apr 2006 18:07
"Mary" <no(a)japamjunk.com> wrote in message news:e0s5ea$n4o$1(a)emma.aioe.org... > "Tony" <TonytheTigurrrrr(a)aim.com> wrote in message > You can e-mail me (snip) > > I will email you from my hotmail account in a little while. I would like > to try the reset though I am not sure it will work. This is what I get > for printing too many photos lately. I broke my printer :) > Actually, I don't use the printer all that often to print photos. > But when I do, I get a bit carried away, but maybe I will have to stop > printing so many photos.Its just since I got a digital camera 5 months > ago. > I really dont want a printer that is more than I want to pay. > > Mary > Mary - The printer companies sell their lower end printers at a low price to assure themselves of a customer who will spend a great deal over the life of the printer on their high priced ink. If you can find the printers I mentioned and spend a bit more on one of them than the ip1500 or the ip1600 you will reap the benefit of REALLY cheap ink instead of the very modest savings you had with the Staples carts. Also, if you have a Costco store where you live you can buy excellent glossy photo paper, either 4x6 (about five cents US a sheet) or 8.5x11 (125 sheets for $19 US), and cut the price of your printing down so much that you will enjoy your digital camera even more. If you really want to save money you can learn to refill your cartridges with bulk inks especially formulated for your printer at a cost of about $1 US per refill. At that rate it is almost free! With the money you will save you can buy another printer and not even worry about the old one failing. |