Question re Canon iP1500
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From: measekite on 12 Apr 2006 02:21 MARY AND TATER TOT AND BOTH HAVE OCD Mary wrote: >"Gary Tait" <classicsat(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >news:Xns97A275348F372wonkynillmailnil(a)142.77.1.194... > > >>"Mary" <no(a)japamjunk.com> wrote in news:e1f2nb$pa7$1(a)emma.aioe.org: >> >> >> >>>the bci 3ebk carts are for the ip4000 arent they? >>> >>> >>They are for a lot of printers. Fromthe transition to the 3e to 6 >> >> >carts, > > >>they probably felt no need to upgrade the pigment black. >> >> >> >>>I wish they wouldn't >>>number the carts like that as they are hard to remember. they should >>>just put the model number of the printer on the box (for compatibles >>> >>> >>or >> >> >>>other) and you could find them much quicker. >>> >>> >>It would take a lot of space, or fine printing to make that happen. >> >> >The > > >>store should have a compatibility chanrt, and if you are looking at >> >> >new > > >>printers, the cart models are usually printed on the box. >> >> > >Thst would be fine if the boxes were also there, but they are not. Most >times only have the demo printers on the shelves and keep the boxed new >ones in the back. They don't have enough room to always have the boxes. >At least thats the way it is at some Staples I've been at. Last week I >looked at several printers and asked about the carts and the sale guy >had to go back and forth to check the cart numbers. I said to him it >would be much easier if they put the model number of the printer on the >carts, or put the cart number on the models, not on the boxes which are >often not there, but maybe a sticker on the demos. It would save a lot >of running around for the customer and the sales guy. I think it could >be done.Just my view. > > > >>>I spent ages going back and >>>forth last week trying to figure out which printer used which carts >>> >>> >as > > >>I >> >> >>>didn't know the cartridge numbers for the printers I was looking at. >>> >>> >>Its >> >> >>>a pain. >>> >>> >>Do that research at home. >> >> > >Yes, you could do that, but sometimes you see a different printer at the >store that you hadn't researched. If the cart numbers were on the demos, >you wouldn't need to research at home. You can't remember everything. > > > >
From: measekite on 12 Apr 2006 02:21 MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY HAS OCD Mary wrote: >"Gary Tait" <classicsat(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >news:Xns97A27C0741330wonkynillmailnil(a)142.77.1.194... > > >>"Mary" <no(a)japamjunk.com> wrote in news:e1fa85$ls9$1(a)emma.aioe.org: >> >> >> >>>"zakezuke" <zakezuke_us(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >>>news:1144724742.805658.317500(a)i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... >>>Some HP printers must have bigger carts that are not too expensive. >>>The ip1600 seemed to have expensive ink tanks when I checked >>> >>> >before - > > >>>and no compatibles. More expensive than ip4000 though the ip1600 is >>>cheaper to buy. >>> >>> >>Yuo have to stop seeing the to buy price and look at the to run price. >> >> > >I look at all angles, not just one. You have to look at the whole >picture. > > > >>>>Well, at least looking at the tanks you "know' how much is left. >>>> >>>> >In > > >>>>the case of Epson it's totally an estimate. The ip4000 at the very >>>>least uses a prism that alerts you when it's down to 20%, and you >>>> >>>> >>know >> >> >>>>full well you have 20% left. There isn't a meter that give you >>>> >>>> >>scaled >> >> >>>>levels. The ip4200 does but this would be disabled if you refill >>>>manualy. I have no more data yet on this series... only had one >>>> >>>> >for > > >>a >> >> >>>>week. >>>> >>>> >>>Yes, you could see what is left, but you can do that onscreen by >>> >>> >using > > >>>the printer monitor which shows a picture of whats left in carts. >>> >>> >and > > >>>that way,you don't have to take the cart out of the printer to look. >>> >>> >I > > >>>would probably end up looking at the carts though. >>> >>> >>That picture is an estimation though. AFAIK, there is no cost >> >> >effective > > >>definate way to measure the fulness of an ink cartridge on a consumer >>inkjet printer. The cheapest way is to could expelled ink droplets. >> >> > >Do you mean "count" expelled ink droplets? > > > >>>>The ip4200 is basicly the same thing as the ip4000 as far as the >>>> >>>> >>carts >> >> >>>>go, same as your ip1500 except bigger and it takes 5 tanks, clear >>>>simple tupperware... except they include chips which keep track of >>>> >>>> >>how >> >> >>>>much ink you used. >>>> >>>> >>>Is that to discourage you from refilling them yourself? >>> >>> >>The warnings it gives might though. >> >> > >Maybe. > > > >>>Yeah, the multi tank seems less tanks to think about, and its been >>> >>> >ok > > >>on >> >> >>>the ip1500 but I might have to get something else. I am not sure >>> >>> >what > > >>I >> >> >>>want to do and only have a couple of days to >>>decide if I want to get the refurb. ip1500.. >>> >>> >>You are going to pay to not have to think about tanks. >> >> > >We all have our own ways to do things. > > > >>>We don't have London Drugs in Toronto. I guess they would be in >>> >>> >>London, >> >> >>>Ontario which is not near Toronto. London is closer to Windsor, >>> >>> >which > > >>is >> >> >>Actually, there are no London Drugs outlets in London, asn LD are a >>western Canada chain. >> >> > >I've vaguely heard of it but never knew where they were located. > > > >>>close to Detroit. They might call them this in London and some >>> >>> >other > > >>>cities and towns, but its a big country, and in Western or Eastern >>>Canada, maybe they call them something else altogether, like pic >>>stations :) I've only hear people say I am going to the picture >>> >>> >>machine >> >> >>>in Walmart or wherever or I am going to print photos on one of those >>>photo printing machines. I think people use different terms for it. >>> >>> >We > > >>>haven't had these machines all that long to get a uniform name for >>> >>> >>them. >> >>I call them "digital photo kiosks" The one I am familiar with >> >> >apparently > > >>has an HP printer. I think they could be run by a Mac. >> >> > >Thats another name I have never heard them called. ARe you in Canada? > >Mary > > >
From: measekite on 12 Apr 2006 02:24 Taliesyn wrote: > zakezuke wrote: > >>> I am still wondring about the large two pack black being $20.00 for two >>> when I was pretty sure in the store that it was $20.00 for one. >>> There is >>> usually not that much difference in price from the store and online. >>> they are much the same usually. >> >> >> >> Oh I should add it looks like atlantic inkjet is a spiffy place to shop >> for compatables in the US and Canada. > YOU ARE A JERK >> http://www.atlanticinkjet.com/canon.asp?Nation=CAN >> >> Ip-1500 CDN $2.45 black 1.6c/page >> ip-1500 cdn $4.45 color >> >> $6.9 plus shipping >> 3x = $20.70 plus shipping >> >> ip-4000 >> Big black >> BCI-3e BK $3.95 0.8c/page >> color and small black $3.85 each >> >> 19.35 plus shipping >> >> I'm too lazy > OH YEAH >> to work out the math but it looks like three ip1500 tanks >> is close enough to the same price as 1 set of ip4000 tanks that the >> difference is smallish, except the black i'm pretty sure is double the >> cost for the ip1500 from this reseller per page. >> >> But either way these guys IIRC beat out staples even when taking >> shipping into account. I've not bought from these guys yet, > WHO CARES >> but the >> price is reasonable esp since the price is the same in canadian and us >> dollars, so Canadians spend less. >> >> But either way... $28 bucks will get you a good amount of supplies for >> either printer. >> >> >> Shipping CDN $6.49... no ink crossing the border, no customs. >> > > I ordered BCI-3e Blacks from Atlantic last year and they weren't > pigmented. I see no indication on their website that this policy has > changed. LIKE DA UDDERS DAY R A LIAR LIAR WID DA PANTS ON FIRE > > Best solution is to buy bulk pigmented ink from Atlantic - which is very > good black pigmented ink - and refill empty Canon original cartridges SO YOU CAN GET A REAL GOOD CLOG > or > new blank compatibles. Their pigmented ink has never given me any > trouble. I do recommend it. BUT DA JERK DID GRADUATE JR HIGH SCHOOL > > -Taliesyn
From: measekite on 12 Apr 2006 02:25 Taliesyn wrote: > Mary wrote: > >> "Taliesyn" <taliesyn4(a)netscape.net> wrote in message >> news:123ocvucpqddh10(a)corp.supernews.com... >> >>> measekite wrote: >>> >>> >>>> MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY IS EITHER A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL OR AN OLD >>>> MAID CAUSE NOBODY COULD STAND BEING WITH HER. IF BRAINS WERE >>>> DYNAMITE SHE WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO BLOW HER NOSE. >>> >>> >>> I didn't change any of the original text except to remove the >>> unnecessary long winded wording. It makes a lot more sense now when >> >> >> you >> >>> remove the gibberish . . . >>> >>> -Taliesyn >> >> >> >> Is this a compliment or an insult? >> >> Mary >> > > Insult? No insult. > > Measetyke wrote some near-incomprehensible gibberish, as usual, so I did > my best to translate (decipher and guess) what he truly wanted to say > to you :-). But without altering the original article! No, I have no > reason to insult. I'm not a troll. I'm simply one of the resident > members of this newsgroup who refills his own cartridges. This act alone > frightens Measekite to death as he keeps insisting it'll ruin my > printer (he has nothing better to do). It's a typical troll response > because he's never used any non-Canon inks so he has zero experience > and zero credibility. I've been using them for near 10 years now. It > costs > me a buck or something to fill a cartridge. Probably a bit higher now > that I've gone to smaller refill bottles from a different source > (HobbiColors). I stopped counting as my cost is "near negligible" when > compared to what it would cost me if had I used genuine Canon cartridges > - about $120 CAD in Canada for a set of 5. That's an insane price to ask > anyone to pay for something as stupid as ink!!!! I enjoy the feeling of > being able to print out entire phone books, if I had to, and not wince > at the cost. I run two printers this way (plus I have one in storage). > > -Taliesyn
From: measekite on 12 Apr 2006 02:25
Taliesyn wrote: > measekite wrote: > >> MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY IS EITHER A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL OR AN OLD MAID >> CAUSE NOBODY COULD STAND BEING WITH HER. IF BRAINS WERE DYNAMITE SHE >> WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO BLOW HER NOSE. > > > I didn't change any of the original text except to remove the > unnecessary long winded wording. It makes a lot more sense now when > you remove the gibberish . . . > > -Taliesyn > |