Re: [APML] Most printer for your bucks!

[Jerry Lodriguss <jerry@astropix.com>]

Hi Michael,

I don't have the ink clogging problem with my Canon.

The Epsons are notoriously slow. The Canons are much faster.

As for the delay between clicking the print button and when it starts 
printing, that depends on whether you try to start to print with the 
printer off, and the printer driver. There is some chuging with the Canon 
during the warm up cycle.  The Canon also will turn itself off when not 
used for a certain amount of time to save electricity, but you can turn 
that feature off.

Jerry

At 09:24 AM 8/9/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello Chriss Hoffman:
>
>Do the Canon printers have the ink clogging problem like Epson if used
>infrequently?
>
>I have the Epson 820 which gives very good prints, but has a major ink
>clogging problem requiring frequent cleaning of the ink jets.  Also, the
>Epson is extremely slow when printing simple black and white text files.
>While, its actual print speed is the slowest I have ever seen, its major
>problem is the long delay between clicking on the print button and seeing
>the printer actually start printing.  In contrast my old HP722C is much
>faster and almost never clogs.
>
>
>Michael Stecker
>mstecker@dslextreme.com
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Chriss Hoffman" <chrisshoffman@adelphia.net>
>To: "APML" <astro-photo@seds.org>
>Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 2:43 AM
>Subject: Re: [APML] Most printer for your bucks!
>
>
> > Jerry's right on the money on this one see this article for an
>illuminating
> > article on ink jet ink.
> >
> > http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-zay03.html
> >
> > I personally have and use a Canon S9000 and really like it. I have owned
> > Epson 740, 2000, 1200, 1270 printers, the 2000 and 1270 were really nice
>and
> > would still have them if not for a lay off last year from work. I like the
> > Canon ink costs better as the colors are in separate tanks meaning I'm not
> > throwing out good ink when one color runs out.
> > Chriss
> >
> > on 8/9/03 2:22 AM, Jerry Lodriguss at jerry@astropix.com wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > The only things you need to know about the Epsons are that:
> > >
> > > 1. If you do not use them fairly often, you ink costs will be very high
> > > because they use a lot of ink in the cleaning cycle that the printer
>will
> > > insist on running before printing if used infrequently.
> > >
> > > 2. You cannot refill the ink tanks yourself to save money should you
>desire
> > > to because they have a chip inside them.
> > >
> > > Jerry
> > >
> > >> Since I have recieved no answers from the list, I will take it, that my
> > >> choice of printer is the correct one, and that anybody that has advice
> > >> to me about buying a printer totally agrees with me, that the Epson 950
> > >> is just a wonderfull thing. This is nice, so I will go and order the
> > >> printer on Monday. That way, if anybody still has something to say -
> > >> there is time still.
> > >
> > >
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