Question re Canon iP1500
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From: measekite on 12 Apr 2006 02:26 Taliesyn wrote: MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY IS EITHER A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL OR AN OLD MAID CAUSE NOBODY COULD STAND BEING WITH HER. IF BRAINS WERE DYNAMITE SHE WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO BLOW HER NOSE. > zakezuke wrote: > >>> I am still wondring about the large two pack black being $20.00 for two >>> when I was pretty sure in the store that it was $20.00 for one. >>> There is >>> usually not that much difference in price from the store and online. >>> they are much the same usually. >> >> >> >> Oh I should add it looks like atlantic inkjet is a spiffy place to shop >> for compatables in the US and Canada. >> http://www.atlanticinkjet.com/canon.asp?Nation=CAN >> >> Ip-1500 CDN $2.45 black 1.6c/page >> ip-1500 cdn $4.45 color >> >> $6.9 plus shipping >> 3x = $20.70 plus shipping >> >> ip-4000 >> Big black >> BCI-3e BK $3.95 0.8c/page >> color and small black $3.85 each >> >> 19.35 plus shipping >> >> I'm too lazy to work out the math but it looks like three ip1500 tanks >> is close enough to the same price as 1 set of ip4000 tanks that the >> difference is smallish, except the black i'm pretty sure is double the >> cost for the ip1500 from this reseller per page. >> >> But either way these guys IIRC beat out staples even when taking >> shipping into account. I've not bought from these guys yet, but the >> price is reasonable esp since the price is the same in canadian and us >> dollars, so Canadians spend less. >> >> But either way... $28 bucks will get you a good amount of supplies for >> either printer. >> >> >> Shipping CDN $6.49... no ink crossing the border, no customs. >> > > I ordered BCI-3e Blacks from Atlantic last year and they weren't > pigmented. I see no indication on their website that this policy has > changed. > > Best solution is to buy bulk pigmented ink from Atlantic - which is very > good black pigmented ink - and refill empty Canon original cartridges or > new blank compatibles. Their pigmented ink has never given me any > trouble. I do recommend it. > > -Taliesyn
From: zakezuke on 12 Apr 2006 02:54 > But I have slowly come to > think that maybe you and Zak were right about the ip400, that it is a > better printer, but that was after I found out that when I checked in > Staples a couple of days ago and found out the ip4000 carts are not as > expensive as I had thought and maybe won't be as hard on ink as the > Epson I had. The ip4000 is pretty cool, but the ip1500 isn't as bad as all that with the staples compatables. I don't know if the printer replacement will last beyond a year, but getting the referb, doign what you normally do, and saving up for the next good option is not a bad plan. The ip4200 might have compatables by that point. > If I get the refurb one, it would have a different serian number, and I > don't think the Extended warranty that I have on the ip1500 would be > any good as the original receipt has the serial number on it. > I appreciate your viewpoint. It would totally have another serial number, but it's worth talking to Staples about. Say "Look guys, I got this warranty with you because I wanted to keep this printer around, you wouldn't replace it, you don't sell anything else that takes your compatables, so I opted to deal with canon directly. This is your warranty, and this is canon's receipt, can you transfer the remainder of my warranty to the one replaced by Canon". The worst they could say is "no". They may not be under any moral or legal obligation to do so, I don't know, I don't deal with store warranties though if I bought an Epson again i'd surely get one.
From: zakezuke on 12 Apr 2006 02:58 Measekite said: <snipped per request> DY-NO-MITE!
From: zakezuke on 12 Apr 2006 04:42 > Thanks. I will try these. I tried one of them before, but it didn't > work. It doesn't work for all models. I think, from the little I've read, one procedure is for the ip1000 which worked for early revisions of the ip1500, and the later is exclusive to the ip1500. But this is the sort of info one finds in a service manual, the button presses to tell you what version you have, and provided the manual is up to date with what you have, the correct button strokes to get it done. While the websites where one could find the service manual for this printer are no longer about... there are peddlers who sell them. If nothing else this is a learning experence. There are printers out there which people take the time to share service keystrokes, or service software. Epsons for example are covered by a 3rd party software solution called the SSC utility out of Russia. Canons, the models which can print on CDs, have a whole slew of info on the subject due to the fact the feature is disabled in north america. I've never had issue with HP so I can't say anything on that subject, they being an American company there are not any features not offered on American models and i've never had cause to service one. Some have failed or became flacky, but that was after 3-5 years of use.
From: Gary Tait on 12 Apr 2006 13:05
"Mary" <no(a)japamjunk.com> wrote in news:e1hmcv$ba1$1(a)emma.aioe.org: > "Gary Tait" <classicsat(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> >> Yuo have to stop seeing the to buy price and look at the to run price. > > I look at all angles, not just one. You have to look at the whole > picture. > The run price is the whole picture. >> >> That picture is an estimation though. AFAIK, there is no cost > effective >> definate way to measure the fulness of an ink cartridge on a consumer >> inkjet printer. The cheapest way is to could expelled ink droplets. > > Do you mean "count" expelled ink droplets? Yes. Bad typist I be. >> Actually, there are no London Drugs outlets in London, asn LD are a >> western Canada chain. > > I've vaguely heard of it but never knew where they were located. > >> >> I call them "digital photo kiosks" The one I am familiar with > apparently >> has an HP printer. I think they could be run by a Mac. > > Thats another name I have never heard them called. ARe you in Canada? > > Mary > Yes, wester Ontario. |