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Hello all,

Several years ago I have bought Epson Photo 790 and I would be quite
happy with it if not for persisting problem of drying head. If I have
not printed for, say, couple of weeks -- the printing head would dry
out and it required a lot of time (and of expensive ink) to clean it
up. So the last time that happened I said "ehough" and stopped using
the printer. But When I bought the printer I have been forewarned: this
is (was?) a known problem of Epson printers.

Now I'm looking at new Canon Photo printers (iP4000 in particular) and
considering getting one. Has anybody encountered the similar problem
with Canon _new_ line of printers? If yes -- how bad it is? Is any one
of them is better or worse than others? Please, share your
experience/knowledge.

TIA

I have the Pixma 5000(after three Epsons and have not had the same Probs I
had with the Eppy
It is so easy to just take the Whole Head out of the machine anyway..and the
Carts are the easiest I have ever encountered to Refill
If you are down in the Pacific or Europe you get the adedbonus that this
Printer prints directly to CD,,and does so awsomely too
<> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>
> Several years ago I have bought Epson Photo 790 and I would be quite
> happy with it if not for persisting problem of drying head. If I have
> not printed for, say, couple of weeks -- the printing head would dry
> out and it required a lot of time (and of expensive ink) to clean it
> up. So the last time that happened I said "ehough" and stopped using
> the printer. But When I bought the printer I have been forewarned: this
> is (was?) a known problem of Epson printers.
>
> Now I'm looking at new Canon Photo printers (iP4000 in particular) and
> considering getting one. Has anybody encountered the similar problem
> with Canon _new_ line of printers? If yes -- how bad it is? Is any one
> of them is better or worse than others? Please, share your
> experience/knowledge.
>
> TIA
>

If you use OEM inks then you should not have a problem. If you use
after market inks than caveat emptor.

wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>Several years ago I have bought Epson Photo 790 and I would be quite
>happy with it if not for persisting problem of drying head. If I have
>not printed for, say, couple of weeks -- the printing head would dry
>out and it required a lot of time (and of expensive ink) to clean it
>up. So the last time that happened I said "ehough" and stopped using
>the printer. But When I bought the printer I have been forewarned: this
>is (was?) a known problem of Epson printers.
>
>Now I'm looking at new Canon Photo printers (iP4000 in particular) and
>considering getting one. Has anybody encountered the similar problem
>with Canon _new_ line of printers? If yes -- how bad it is? Is any one
>of them is better or worse than others? Please, share your
>experience/knowledge.
>
>TIA
>
>
>

Inkjet printers have the potential to get clogged heads with their own brand
inks as well as quality aftermarket inks. The two major issues are 1) the
quality of the aftermarket inks and cartridges and 2) the frequency with
which you print. In addition, there is always some buildup of dried ink on
the underside of printheads that can sometimes cause clogs with months or
years of normal, regular use. It would be a good idea to become more
educated regarding these printers, inks and cartridges. Measekite is right
that there are some poor quality inks out there, but he is critical of the
vendors, small businesses that repackage other brand inks and sell them with
their own labels on the internet, and he writes about them in a disparaging
manner. Moreover, he has never used these products and yet makes
authoritative statements based on what he has selectively gleaned from
reading posts on newsgroups. Although few of the vendors advertise which
inks they are selling, there are a few who do let you know. I have
personally used MIS inks to refill Canon carts and have been very happy with
the product (which I have been told is Image Specialist ink). Look through
this newsgroup for posts by Ron Cohen and Taliesyn for info about their
personal excellent experiences with third party inks. Following are a few
sites that have excellent information by people who don't just give you
their opinionated response - they have used these products successfully, and
they also report when they have had problems. Neil Slade's info on Canon
printers, papers, and inks is at
http://www.neilslade.com/papers/inkjetstuff.html. Then follow the link he
gives near the top of that site to http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/ for
the forum on ink jet stuff. Lots of information there as well. It's a good
idea to know how to trouble shoot printer problems that can occur with any
ink and that information is on those sites. Sensient Formulabs inks are
available bulk and also in prefilled cartridges, and this ink has quite a
good reputation with people who have used it and reported on this and other
forums. Formulabs ink is in cartridges sold by Alotofthings (their Arrow
carts, not Rainbow), Weink (carts that have the CRU id in their product
listings), and, I have been told, Wiredbeans carts which are available on
ebay. You can contact each of them to verify that their cartridges are
filled with Formulabs inks before purchasing. Do sign in to the Nifty-stuff
forum and ask any questions of them that you wish. They are very helpful.
There are also some extremely helpful participants on this newsgroup as
well, but you can also experience the invective and snide remarks of a few
people on this NG that might tend to discourage you from pursuing this
issue.

"measekite" <> wrote in message
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> If you use OEM inks then you should not have a problem. If you use after
> market inks than caveat emptor.
>
> wrote:
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>>Several years ago I have bought Epson Photo 790 and I would be quite
>>happy with it if not for persisting problem of drying head. If I have
>>not printed for, say, couple of weeks -- the printing head would dry
>>out and it required a lot of time (and of expensive ink) to clean it
>>up. So the last time that happened I said "ehough" and stopped using
>>the printer. But When I bought the printer I have been forewarned: this
>>is (was?) a known problem of Epson printers.
>>
>>Now I'm looking at new Canon Photo printers (iP4000 in particular) and
>>considering getting one. Has anybody encountered the similar problem
>>with Canon _new_ line of printers? If yes -- how bad it is? Is any one
>>of them is better or worse than others? Please, share your
>>experience/knowledge.
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>

I had a Lexmark that would dry out if I didn't use it for a week. I could
never get things to print right with it (I have a Lexmark laser that I
really like, but the inkjet I had just didn't cut it.)

I now have a Canon that has never dried out (I just returned from 3 months
in Florida and started printing without any problems. Two things, on both
pritners I used the manufacture's inks and never let the ink run completely
dry (I change it when told to by the printer.)

<> wrote in message
news: oups.com...
> Hello all,
>
> Several years ago I have bought Epson Photo 790 and I would be quite
> happy with it if not for persisting problem of drying head. If I have
> not printed for, say, couple of weeks -- the printing head would dry
> out and it required a lot of time (and of expensive ink) to clean it
> up. So the last time that happened I said "ehough" and stopped using
> the printer. But When I bought the printer I have been forewarned: this
> is (was?) a known problem of Epson printers.
>
> Now I'm looking at new Canon Photo printers (iP4000 in particular) and
> considering getting one. Has anybody encountered the similar problem
> with Canon _new_ line of printers? If yes -- how bad it is? Is any one
> of them is better or worse than others? Please, share your
> experience/knowledge.
>
> TIA
>

news-radius.core.com wrote:

>I had a Lexmark that would dry out if I didn't use it for a week. I could
>never get things to print right with it (I have a Lexmark laser that I
>really like, but the inkjet I had just didn't cut it.)
>
>I now have a Canon that has never dried out (I just returned from 3 months
>in Florida and started printing without any problems. Two things, on both
>pritners I used the manufacture's inks
>

Another smart one. With OEM inks there is less to worry about. They
were designed by the manufacturer of the Printer to work best with their
print head and they know the engineering of this print head then a 3rd
party hawker. At least you can go to 10 stores and an equal number of
websites and say I want Canon ink and you will get the same exact thing
where every you buy. And Canon puts its name on the product also.

>and never let the ink run completely
>dry (I change it when told to by the printer.)
>
><> wrote in message
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>
>
>>Hello all,
>>
>>Several years ago I have bought Epson Photo 790 and I would be quite
>>happy with it if not for persisting problem of drying head. If I have
>>not printed for, say, couple of weeks -- the printing head would dry
>>out and it required a lot of time (and of expensive ink) to clean it
>>up. So the last time that happened I said "ehough" and stopped using
>>the printer. But When I bought the printer I have been forewarned: this
>>is (was?) a known problem of Epson printers.
>>
>>Now I'm looking at new Canon Photo printers (iP4000 in particular) and
>>considering getting one. Has anybody encountered the similar problem
>>with Canon _new_ line of printers? If yes -- how bad it is? Is any one
>>of them is better or worse than others? Please, share your
>>experience/knowledge.
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>

measekite wrote:

>
>
> news-radius.core.com wrote:
>
>>I had a Lexmark that would dry out if I didn't use it for a week. I could
>>never get things to print right with it (I have a Lexmark laser that I
>>really like, but the inkjet I had just didn't cut it.)
>>
>>I now have a Canon that has never dried out (I just returned from 3 months
>>in Florida and started printing without any problems. Two things, on both
>>pritners I used the manufacture's inks
>>
>
> Another smart one. With OEM inks there is less to worry about. They
> were designed by the manufacturer of the Printer to work best with their
> print head and they know the engineering of this print head then a 3rd
> party hawker. At least you can go to 10 stores and an equal number of
> websites and say I want Canon ink and you will get the same exact thing
> where every you buy. And Canon puts its name on the product also.
>

Assuming you actually get ink made by Canon that is -
http://pcworld.about.com/news/May212003id110835.htm

On 25 Apr 2005 02:33:22 -0700, wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>Several years ago I have bought Epson Photo 790 and I would be quite
>happy with it if not for persisting problem of drying head. If I have
>not printed for, say, couple of weeks -- the printing head would dry
>out and it required a lot of time (and of expensive ink) to clean it
>up. So the last time that happened I said "ehough" and stopped using
>the printer. But When I bought the printer I have been forewarned: this
>is (was?) a known problem of Epson printers.
>
>Now I'm looking at new Canon Photo printers (iP4000 in particular) and
>considering getting one. Has anybody encountered the similar problem
>with Canon _new_ line of printers? If yes -- how bad it is? Is any one
>of them is better or worse than others? Please, share your
>experience/knowledge.
>
>TIA

No, the Canon's don't have the drying head problem. They have the head
burn out problem instead.

--

Hecate - The Real One

Fashion: Buying things you don't need, with money
you don't have, to impress people you don't like...

Hecate wrote:

>
> No, the Canon's don't have the drying head problem. They have the head
> burn out problem instead.

It's better to burn than to fade out.
Frank

Frank wrote:

> Hecate wrote:
>
>>
>> No, the Canon's don't have the drying head problem. They have the head
>> burn out problem instead.
>
>
> It's better to burn than to fade out.
> Frank


Hey Frank,

Pick your choice