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| Thread ID: 84915 | 2007-11-23 03:14:00 | Canon printer print heads | Stupot (7562) | Press F1 |
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| 614251 | 2007-11-23 03:14:00 | I really don't know if this is the right forum but there's nearly always someone at PressF1 who knows lots. A group of old pensioners way up north here all have Canon S200 model printers. We need new printheads and I've Googled everywhere to find a supplier with no result. Does anyone know of a Canon printer importer in NZ who may be able to supply? Thanks stupot |
Stupot (7562) | ||
| 614252 | 2007-11-23 03:27:00 | www.aquilatech.co.nz $70, prohably not worth it for that printer. There is a company importing aftermarket printheads (dont have the contact sorry) but they werent cheap either hate to say it but.... www.pricespy.co.nz new printers for less than $40 |
thehalfbee (13054) | ||
| 614253 | 2007-11-23 03:28:00 | I think you'll find that the cost of a new print head will be pretty much the same as the cost of a new printer, that's why no one usually stocks them. | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 614254 | 2007-11-23 03:31:00 | OK, I'll put my neck on the line! There is no way you could buy heads and pay someone to install and align them for less than the cost of a new printer. Printers are ridiculously cheap and come with new cartridges! It can cost more for the cartridges than for the whole printer. My advice is to look for a new printer. |
linw (53) | ||
| 614255 | 2007-11-23 04:26:00 | A group of old pensioners way up north here all have Canon S200 model printers. We need new printheads I'll stick my neck out too. How do you know for sure that they all need new print heads? Unless they are all doing something terribly wrong, or all use the same butcher for printer servicing, it would be extraordinary to have five needing replacements in one group. Cheers Billy 8-{) :confused: |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 614256 | 2007-11-24 19:40:00 | Thanks for your help. The reason that all the printheads wear out is because canon has permanent printheads while most printers have a new head in each cartridge. looks like we're all in for new printers. |
Stupot (7562) | ||
| 614257 | 2007-11-24 22:13:00 | Thanks for your help. The reason that all the printheads wear out is because canon has permanent printheads while most printers have a new head in each cartridge. I agree on the construction, but disagree on your causative analysis. I have used Canon inkjets exclusively in my business for 12 years with huge amounts of colour printing and have a massive carton of empty cartridges to show for it. I have spent literally many thousands of dollars on ink but never had a printhead failure, and have only changed printers for mechanical failures (2) or when significant quality and speed upgrades became available. I stand by my original opinion: a bunch of pensioners could not thrash five printheads to death all in the one group unless they were printing on sandpaper or using cheap and nasty ink made fron reject car batteries acid. Alternatively, do they print so rarely that the ink dries up in the head? I'm curious; how much printing do they do, what is the printing environment, and what is the nature of the "head failures"? Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 614258 | 2007-11-24 22:28:00 | sounds very odd.......... cant' remember the s200 but I have an s520 and i've done this on other printers.......if you can remove the head carrier completely (the s520 one just 'clicks' out) then you can wash the head in HOT water and/or alcohol that'll clean em out if they're blocked......... |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 614259 | 2007-11-24 22:58:00 | Yeah unless they were printing on sandpaper I don't believe they need new print heads... they're probably just blocked (and cleaning them requires only to press the 'clean' button in the printer control panel) Sounds suspiciously like some idiot has no idea or is trying to rip these people off, thinking they don't know any better. As for aligning the print heads, all you need is 1 sheet of paper & ink, and to run the canon 'head align' test. doesn't cost a cent Who said they needed new print heads anyway? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 614260 | 2007-11-25 00:35:00 | I'd suspect that the problem is not-enough use, rather than any form of abuse . A head which has become clogged and "cleaned" is probably never going to give good results afterwards . "Printing" with an empty cartridge can burn out the heating elements in a "bubblejet" printer . Cleaning won't fix that . Billy has used his printers . Someone who prints a few pages once a month is not going to get good head life . |
Graham L (2) | ||
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