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| Thread ID: 116931 | 2011-03-26 03:32:00 | Search for a replacement printer to my Canon i550 | halkelorno (14145) | Press F1 |
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| 1189505 | 2011-03-26 03:32:00 | To All. For many years I have happily hung on to my Canon i550 printer.Mainly because it printed well even on Draft, which I used as default because the copies were good ,even for meetings. I was not impressed with the colour in photos as it always seemed washed out even with high quality paper and cartridges. Sad to say while my printer now goes thru all the motions,only clear paper emerges. Once again in spite of replacing all cartridges and doing every clean and maintenance as listed. My query now is , 1. Should I spend some unknown and possibly mind blowing cost on getting it repaired. Has anyone else had and tried this??? or 2. Get myself a new Printer. And here is the big rub, I have spent a ridiculous amount of time on line reading reviews from just about every source I can find, the result...Total confusion. In general, Canon seemed to have the best user opinions, however, seemingly for every good opinion, there were a list of negatives. It seems that many users were more interested in colour picture production.,than text. Many reports listed Canon as poor and fuzzy in text and Draft prints. This was a good feature in my i 550. I have also looked at opinions on Multi Function models, however many folk seem to say they are quite slow on B&W text. Frankly I didn't think that this was going to be such a difficult task. However buying is easy part. You cant try or get a demo before, so you can get stuck. At this stage I would really appreciate all opinions. Many Thanks. |
halkelorno (14145) | ||
| 1189506 | 2011-03-26 03:52:00 | I've got a Canon. MP492 here. A lot cheaper and better than the brother (well cost-wise). Since it uses 2 ink carts and the brother 4. The brother is still here, sitting in the bedroom doing nothing. Only diff is, the brother has a fax, as well And photos are just as good (if not better) than photos. I've done at least 20 A4 size photos and laminated them. And it was cheap (around $94 or something). But, the colour wont last long, if you print a lot of photos. Doesnt have ethernet tho, but its still networked. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1189507 | 2011-03-26 04:11:00 | I have a Canon IP4700. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1189508 | 2011-03-26 06:11:00 | Do you want to do colour as well as B/W ? If you only want to do B/W and are open to other suggestions........... We have just taken delivery of some mono lasers, HP 1102. They were about $84 plus freight. Of course we don't print colour and after wasting too much time waiting for our previous inkjet to warm up and do countless head cleans and then spit out unreadable pages requiring more head cleans, we have found the mono laser a breath of fresh air, very fast & doesn't take up a lot of desk space. Downside is of course $105 for a new cartridge though refills are available for about $74. |
PinoyKiw (9675) | ||
| 1189509 | 2011-03-26 06:12:00 | harvey has a $79 mono laser - xerox | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1189510 | 2011-03-26 19:08:00 | T 2. Get myself a new Printer. In general, Canon seemed to have the best user opinions, however, seemingly for every good opinion, there were a list of negatives. . You'll get the same thing here. I'd stick to the ones with the best reviews for the features you are interested in. There will always be a few negative comments on any product by a few. Choose the one with the least and the most good comments. Not worth fixing, likely to cost more than buying another. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1189511 | 2011-03-26 19:36:00 | I have a Canon IP4700. :) I have this too, It prints very well on B&W as well as colour, prints directly onto CD's or DVD's, has 2 paper trays and does auto duplex. Draft printing is excellent and the software is very configurable. The downside is it takes 5 cartridges, but I have stopped putting genuine cartridges in now that it is out of warranty which almost halved the cost of ink. I have been very happy with it and with the IP3000 it replaced |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1189512 | 2011-03-26 20:16:00 | If you want a color printer for work - color laser. Not sure on what's good thou. Thou maybe not brother, maybe HP or Lexmark thou ... they are used at corporates (the larger versions). Inkjet isn't gonna stack up for office work if you have high demands. Ie., text. If you are looking for color photographs - they need OEM (manufacturer) ink and paper and ideally premium grade photo papers by the manufacturer (ie., Canon). There is also a complete wofkflow in color calibration if you really have high demands. There's even a profession involved there as a job.... Consumer inkjets do tend to print better on glossy type papers - not matte, high end artists printers do better in the fine art or matte papers. Again, premium papers. It also depends on how the picture was like to begin with. If you don't have a calibrated monitor then you don't have a real way or gauging it do you ...... |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1189513 | 2011-03-26 23:45:00 | HP 1. The use of non-HP cartridges in HP printers does not affect the customer warranty. However, if printer failure or damage is attributed to the use of a non-HP cartridge, there may be a charge to service the printer. Canon 1. With respect to warranties for Canon printers, using non-Canon branded ink never by itself invalidates a warranty. However, if unsuitable ink causes damage to the printer then in this situation the printer warranty does not stand for the affected parts and components. Epson [ABRIDGED] 1. Epson generally qualifies this position in the interests of the best possible customer service, so that where the printer problem can be shown to have been caused by the use of non-genuine ink, then the repair of that problem or replacement of the printer is not covered by warranty. Any other problems not related to non-genuine ink use will still be covered by the terms of the warranty. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1189514 | 2011-03-27 20:06:00 | I too use a Canon i550. Even bought another secondhand on Trademe - although it's now troublesome. I replaced the print head in my original model. Considerable expense, but gave it a new lease of life, and since I had a large stock of ink it seemed good value to breathe new life into a good printer. I too did some searching for a replacement. In conclusion, will not buy HP (total rip re the inks), will not by Epsom (total rip re the chipped ink carts). I wanted multifunction, CD printing, and the ability to take cloned inks. For me it's important for economy to have 4 separate ink cartridges, but no more than this. With all these requirements at the time there was only a Canon Pixma that made the cut, but the reviews suggested it drank ink like a teenager guzzles coke.... so I'm still using the i550. There's some minor print driver issues that are affecting MS Access output, but otherwise is still fine on W7 64bit. And since then I've stopped using CDs and DVDs entirely (all media playback is now HDD based) - so the need for the CD printing feature has gone. I'd still appreciate a multifunction with flatbed scanner - but that's the only thing providing any incentive to drop the i550. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
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