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Re: [APML] Most printer for your bucks!
Hello Jerry:
Thanks for your comments regarding your Canon printer.
Michael Stecker
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Lodriguss" <jerry@astropix.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 11:45 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] Most printer for your bucks!
> 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
> >
> >My Web Site:
> >http://www.homestead.com/mstecker/index.html (INDEX)
> >http://www.homestead.com/mstecker/astrogallery.html (Astroimage Index)
> >http://www.homestead.com/mstecker/placesindex.html (Places Index)
> >
> >
> >
> >----- 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.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Photoshop for Astrophotographers -
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