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| Thread ID: 100213 | 2009-05-30 09:30:00 | Anyone Tried This Printer Ink System | Trev (427) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 778362 | 2009-05-30 09:30:00 | www.melcotechnologies.co.nz :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 778363 | 2009-05-30 09:42:00 | No. Planning on installing 200 litre tanks on my roof though. I have tried refills in the past but they did not give the quality desired in any event. The other point is that the cartridges may stuff up your printer or printer head. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 778364 | 2009-05-30 10:22:00 | Good refills are great - cheap refills seem like a waste of money. I would like to try these - but it seems a big step. 200 litres? That's a lot of printing ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 778365 | 2009-05-30 11:50:00 | Looking at their FAQ video on installation. It's very brief, not terribly detailed. Couldn't find my inkjet either. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 778366 | 2009-05-30 12:04:00 | Good refills are great - cheap refills seem like a waste of money. I would like to try these - but it seems a big step. 200 litres? That's a lot of printing ;) And the price of ink compared to the price of gold is what? Gold is measured in ounces, diamonds come in carats, ink comes in millilitres, oil comes in barrels, recipes use tsps or tbsps and be careful when adding cayenne pepper as you would soon notice the difference. The point here is that I can't convert an ounce of Gold as it is a solid into a liquid in millilitres to compare unless I actually melt the ounce of gold and pour same into a 17 millilitre container of ink and compare the difference in prices. Perhaps Blam6 should ( being a maths person ) work this out for me. One dose of aspirin may be measured in Milligrams. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 778367 | 2009-05-30 12:15:00 | And the price of ink compared to the price of gold is what? Gold is measured in ounces, diamonds come in carats, ink comes in millilitres, oil comes in barrels, recipes use tsps or tbsps and be careful when adding cayenne pepper as you would soon notice the difference. The point here is that I can't convert an ounce of Gold as it is a solid into a liquid in millilitres to compare unless I actually melt the ounce of gold and pour same into a 17 millilitre container of ink and compare the difference in prices. Perhaps Blam6 should ( being a maths person ) work this out for me. One dose of aspirin may be measured in Milligrams. WolframAlpha? www51.wolframalpha.com |
somebody (208) | ||
| 778368 | 2009-05-30 12:19:00 | Printing with Cayenne pepper would put a bit of spice into "hot off the press" ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 778369 | 2009-05-30 12:39:00 | I wouldn't really trust it. I would trust those who may have good reviews. It is for an inkjet, diagram wise that is a pretty standard for others but the thing I am worried is how the photographs would look like. If the colours are a wack, with paper that combination may be yucky. Then you can get calibration done, some of the good ones may also have them downloadable. If you are just wanting black and white, I would just go for a laser printer, printer to be had for under $100. They look more professional too. I don't like Cartridge World because the edges bleeded or toner leaked, the cartridge is fading now which is good but that 1995 printer the feeding tends to take more than one piece of paper and we have a Canon laser printer and scanner together anyway.. That didn't have a dedicated paper tray either, it was feed via like an photo inkjet printer. The new is :D Plus the older printer may struggle and print blurb out if you send a big pdf to it ... :D Even without the leaking of the toner the blackness just wasn't right. It smudged easier. It was blacker, if one used diff tones of black it was hard to tell them apart. When I printed some pdf brochures out, they were too black that the pictures were not viewable. It was black instead of greytone. Toner for the avg person are cheap enof and the avg person won't print much. Takes us about 2 or 3yr to finish one off. I would just get the real toner. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 778370 | 2009-05-30 12:45:00 | Pantone and stuff like that are some that real photographers use to save ink money. Photographs are where it can be cheaper, doesn't take long to print a lot of inks out. I mean my printer takes 7 colors, a full set cost near $200. Altho half price overseas :D I am just not sure on the above brand. For b/w I would just use a laser printer. Color business work, again color laser - they are cheap now than before. Photo will require inkjets... Lyson is another bulk brand. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 778371 | 2009-06-01 05:01:00 | I was looking closely at these systems after my old system developed problems with colour. While researching a new model of printer I discovered that HP markets each of its inks under FOUR different code numbers - HPs equivalent of region encoding. The region 4 code is sold to places like China. THe region 1 code is sold to the suckers in the affluent parts of the world. In other words, they are jacking up the prices to the most the market in each region will tolerate. Filthy! |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
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