Question re Canon iP1500
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From: Burt on 3 Apr 2006 18:13 "Mary" <nonon(a)nothin.com> wrote in message news:44318b94$0$28505$6d36acad(a)titian.nntpserver.com... > "Burt" <sfbjgNOSPAM(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message > news:WN2Yf.63729$Jd.50379(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net... >> >> "Mary" <no(a)japamjunk.com> wrote in message >> news:e0qbbh$3fb$1(a)emma.aioe.org... >> > "Burt" <sfbjgNOSPAM(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message news:ct1Yf.65766 >> The best news of all is that you are still under warranty. I did buy > three >> i5000 printers a few months ago at two staples stores in our area. > They >> were unadvertised and just happened to be on a closeout for $100 US > each. >> Don't reject the separate color carts idea yet - if you can find an > ip4000, >> ip5000, or the mp printer I mentioned in a previous post, you can buy >> prefilled aftermarket carts online for $3 US or less and they hold a > lot >> more ink than your present printer carts. I don't remember the exact >> volume, but I think that your present cart only has something like 7 > ml. of >> ink per color and when one runs out you throw the whole thing away. > The >> bci-6 carts have 13 to 14 ml of ink each - about double, and the > aftermarket >> ones I'll mention below are less than $3 US each (plus shipping, of > course.) >> For Canadian sources of aftermarket inks or for info on which > companies ship >> to Canada, send an email to Taliesyn - you can find some of his posts > on >> this newsgroup. >> >> Look at the following sites for more information: >> >> http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/ >> >> http://www.neilslade.com/papers/badink.html >> >> G&G and Procolor carts from Alotofthings.com were tested by Neil > Slade and >> his test photos are on his site. You will save considerably more > money on >> these inks with the five separate cart printers if you can find one >> available. You might have your staples store check their warehouse > facility >> for a stray ip5000 if they don't have one in stock and you may just be > able >> to have them give it to you to satisfy the extended warranty. If >> aftermarket carts were currently available I would then suggest the > ip4200 >> or ip5200. > > I'll have to see what printers are available here and go from there. We > are more limited for variety of printers you have. You have 10 times the > population we have, so you have more competition, which means cheaper > prices, and more variety. I have 4 Staples stores not too far away from > where I live, and notice that in different Staples they have some > different models that other stores don't have on display. I don't know > if they would have iP 5000 or not, but if iP 4000 is more than I want to > pay, iP 5000 would be even more money. From my experience with Epson, I > vowed never to get 4 different cartridges again. I really don't want to > buy carts online if I don't have to. I am not sure what I am going to > get yet and would have to look around. Staples in Canada have an online > site and have iP 4000 advertised there but its about twice the price I > paid for the one I have, so I would have to pay about $60.00 Can. plus > 15% tax which is what we pay, so thats $80.00 Can. =$68.30 US. I can't > really afford that right now, and may have to stop printing photos at > home. The cartridges are too expensive, and I need to start using the > Kodak machines you get at Walmart and other places. > > Mary Of course, this is your decision to make. I just answered a previous post by you and it is also the best answer to this one. If that ip4000 is new and not a refurbished unit that is an absolutely great price! Believe me when I tell you that you will save a ton of money with that printer and aftermarket inks that I mentioned. I've purchased a lot of things on the internet and have never had a problem. Alotofthings is an extremely reliable vendor. Not to worry. I just don't know if they ship to Canada. There was a time when they didn't. I think that Hobbicolors does ship to Canada, but that would be for bulk ink and empty cartridges for you to refill yourself. Simple once you get the hang of it.
From: Mary on 3 Apr 2006 19:41 "zakezuke" <zakezuke_us(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1144042483.733734.186120(a)z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > > I cleaned the printer as much > > as I could taking out the printhead and cleaning it gently, > > according to suggestions I saw on this NG, but nothing helped. Is my > > printer finished? > > First, pay no attention to measekite. He harasses anyone who makes the > choice to use non-oem ink. He seems to harrass people for other reasons as well, though maybe he specializes in "non-oem inks" :) I know nothing about staples ink, never > used it personaly. I've used it for a year and its been OK. > Secondly, Burt's advice is sound. I have the mp760 which is rather > like the mp780. Good printer and infact sold for close to $300 just > last month. $150 plus the vast supply of aftermarket ink might be a > wise investment. The ip4200 seems to fetch as little as $90ish. The > ip5200 I just ordered for $120. This is less than the mp780 for higher > resolution, but there are not any easy aftermarket cartridges for them > yet. Since I am in Canada, some of the models you get will not be available here and many are higher priced. I see the ip4200 on Staples Canada site and its $160..00 Can.$ with tax which is my layout. ( $136.00 US.) (You mention above a figure of $90.00 US so its a lot more here). Your population is much higher than ours so means more competition, which means better prices and more variety. We don't have these same benefits, even though our dollar is much higher than it used to be when compared to the US dollar. I really don't want to pay $160.00 so I might have to just print my photos at a photo machine for 29 cents each. A lot cheaper than buying carts all the time. > Do as Burt sugests, do a nozzle check and make sure the issue is the > nozzles. There is a technique using windex, toilet paper, and pushing > on nifty forums, assuming your warranty has expired. If not, don't > muck about, call canon and get that printhead replaced for free. > > The ip1500 is not their best egg. My niece has an older generation BJ > that is similar in many ways, perfectly acceptable for her needs but > not the sort of printer i'd invest money in parts on. I say this > because the replacement printhead costs $50ish QY6-054-000 if i'm not > mistaken, shared with the i450 i470 iP1500 MP390. Keep in mind that > these printheads do have a limited life, and it's very likely it's > simply burnt out, esp since you've reached a full inkpad. Your niece might have the older one I have and still have around somewhere. Its the BJC 2100 and it was a great printer and the reason I stopped using it was the printhead was something around $50.00 US. It also can be used with a black only bigger type cartridge but its around $35.00 US. so I don't use that printer any more. But it was a much better quality printer than the ip1500 and it was cheap to buy too. > So we have worst case of $50 to fix, assuming your issue is the > printhead, not to speak of the diaper. The ip1600 costs $29.00 on > amazon.com using their slugish super saver shipping. Not that i'd > reccomend the ip1600 as unlike your ip1500 it doesn't use a seperate > head, but rather heads on the cartridge adding to the cost per refill. > I'd have to check to see if it's onpar with the cost of the old ip1500. Its around $60.00 US (price with tax for me) so about the same price as I paid for the ip1500. plus our 15% killer tax I call it.. > But it sounds like you print enough to justify something above and > beyond a $50 model. I'm surprised the ip1600 changed to a cart where you need to buy the printhead each time. That would be expensive. I don't want to pay more than $70.00 US.. > Given that your waste ink pad is "almost full" after 1 year of use, I > would reccomend you at least consider upgrading to a model more geared > tward your use, either that or stick with $50 models and make sure to > use it so much that your waste ink full warnings come before the > warranty expires. I bought an extended warranty which won't be up for another year. I don't print photos very often, but when I do, I print quite a few and looks like the printer has had it. So I might have to get a $60.00 or $70.00 model and print less photos. Either that, or as you say, pay more and get a printer more geared to printing photos. The ip1500 was good in a way as it was more of an all purpose printer. It was fine till I got my digital camera and started to print photos. > -older generation- Cheap easy aftermarket tanks > *-ip3000 Base model, $100 range on e-bay > -ip4000 Same thing but with an extra black for photos. > **-mp780 Same as above, but a beast of a multifuction, bargin at $150 > -ip5000 HIgher resolution, same as the new models but take the old > cartridges > > -current generation- Not so easy to refill > -ip4200 Good entry level printer $90ish to $120 > ***-ip5200 Heavier, faster, more nozzles, more money. $120ish to > $150ish > > * I own > ** I have something damn close > *** I'm waiting for > > I picked the ip5200 because I print a heck of alot of CDs. While my > ip3000 is just peachy, I wanted something with higher resolution and > the price was right. > > Do checkout nifty regarding cleaning, and alternative cartridges for > your printer that are cheaper than the store brand you bought. First thing I have to do is look around some Staples stores. Toronto has a large population and there are 4 Staples stores not far from me, so I need to see which printer models and prices they have , then I check the prices of cartridges for the various models I am interested in and go from there. Thanks for all your good information. Mary
From: Mary on 3 Apr 2006 19:43 "Burt" <sfbjgNOSPAM(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message news:_SgYf.65910$dW3.52425(a)newssvr21.news.prodigy.com... > > "Mary" <no(a)japamjunk.com> wrote in message > news:e0s59k$lsu$1(a)emma.aioe.org... > > "measekite" <inkystinky(a)oem.com> wrote in message news:FSbYf.63835 > > > >> Mary wrote: > > > > Burt: > > > >> >Yes, your canon ip1500 is a low end printer, but if it does > >> > > >> > > >> >>everything you need it to do, there's nothing wrong with your > > enjoying > >> >> > >> >> > >> >it. > >> > > >> >Exactly my point. I've had it a year and it has worked fine during > > that > >> >time > >> > > >> > >> >till I got a new Staples compatible > >> > > >> THATS WHAT I MEAN. > > > > You had to quote the whole message just to say 4 words? > > > > If you had read what I said below this paragraph I am typing you would > > have noticed that I said that I had ALWAYS used Staples compatibles. I > > have never used Canon brand name cartridges since I got the computer a > > year ago. When I said my printer worked fine since I got the printer > > tilll I got a new Staples compatible, I meant to emphasize the word > > "NEW" meaning it was a new cartridge. It was not meant to be that > > STaples cartridge was new to me. I used Staples compatible cartridges > > ever since I had the printer. I only tried a Canon name brand because > > the Staples cartridge had this pink tinge to my photos and I wanted to > > see if the Canon carts did the same and they did. The Staples carts > > which I've used all along, never had that pink cast before and I've used > > tons of Staples cartridges. > > > >> >but that is what I have always > >> >used, so I couldn't figure out why my colored photos would have a > >> >pinkish cast, when they never had that before and I only got the > > Canon > >> >brand to see if it showed the same pinkish cast as the Staples > >> >compatible, which it does, so that leaves me thinking maybe its > >> >something to do with the printer. > > > Mary - you are new to this newsgroup and feel compelled to try to reason > with our troll. Don't waste the keystrokes! You'll just get more of the > same back from him. Killfile him in your newsgroup reader. OK, I will kill file him. Mary
From: Mary on 3 Apr 2006 19:51 "Burt" <sfbjgNOSPAM(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message news:o0hYf.65914$dW3.8765(a)newssvr21.news.prodigy.com... > "Mary" <no(a)japamjunk.com> wrote in message > news:e0s5ea$n4o$1(a)emma.aioe.org... > > "Tony" <TonytheTigurrrrr(a)aim.com> wrote in message > You can e-mail me > (snip) > > > > I will email you from my hotmail account in a little while. I would like > > to try the reset though I am not sure it will work. This is what I get > > for printing too many photos lately. I broke my printer :) > > Actually, I don't use the printer all that often to print photos. > > But when I do, I get a bit carried away, but maybe I will have to stop > > printing so many photos.Its just since I got a digital camera 5 months > > ago. > > I really dont want a printer that is more than I want to pay. > > > > Mary > > > Mary - The printer companies sell their lower end printers at a low price to > assure themselves of a customer who will spend a great deal over the life of > the printer on their high priced ink. Yes, I know that. If you can find the printers I > mentioned and spend a bit more on one of them than the ip1500 or the ip1600 > you will reap the benefit of REALLY cheap ink instead of the very modest > savings you had with the Staples carts. So far I haven't seen the ip1500 in STaples and I have to deal with them to get a new printer undr my extended warranty. I really don't want to pay a lot for a printer. Also, if you have a Costco store > where you live you can buy excellent glossy photo paper, either 4x6 (about > five cents US a sheet) or 8.5x11 (125 sheets for $19 US), and cut the price > of your printing down so much that you will enjoy your digital camera even > more. If you really want to save money you can learn to refill your > cartridges with bulk inks especially formulated for your printer at a cost > of about $1 US per refill. At that rate it is almost free! With the money > you will save you can buy another printer and not even worry about the old > one failing. I don't think I am ambitious enough to do refilling with bulk inks. Its not something I have any desire to do to tell you the truth. I think I can do ok just getting a printer I can afford, and the ones suggested by most people here are quite a lot more money here than in the US. There is a Cosco store near me, but membership is $40.00 or $50.00 or something and I can't justify it as I used to go there but found that I didn't get my money out of it and preferred to shop other places. Besides, there is no guarantee that the same things you can buy in the US can be bought here as well. When buying products you have a lot more choices than we do and lower prices. There is often a lot of good sales here though, so usually I wait for them and with my camera, I bought it on sale at a cheaper price than most camera stores in the US listed them as. Its very challenging to live here in regards to prices. You have to be a good bargain hunter or can pay through the nose. I have to watch my money Burt. :) Mary
From: Mary on 3 Apr 2006 20:09
"Burt" <sfbjgNOSPAM(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message news:j6hYf.65919$dW3.65228(a)newssvr21.news.prodigy.com... > > "Mary" <nonon(a)nothin.com> wrote in message > news:44318b94$0$28505$6d36acad(a)titian.nntpserver.com... > > "Burt" <sfbjgNOSPAM(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message > > news:WN2Yf.63729$Jd.50379(a)newssvr25.news.prodigy.net... > >> > >> "Mary" <no(a)japamjunk.com> wrote in message > >> news:e0qbbh$3fb$1(a)emma.aioe.org... > >> > "Burt" <sfbjgNOSPAM(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message news:ct1Yf.65766 > >> The best news of all is that you are still under warranty. I did buy > > three > >> i5000 printers a few months ago at two staples stores in our area. > > They > >> were unadvertised and just happened to be on a closeout for $100 US > > each. > >> Don't reject the separate color carts idea yet - if you can find an > > ip4000, > >> ip5000, or the mp printer I mentioned in a previous post, you can buy > >> prefilled aftermarket carts online for $3 US or less and they hold a > > lot > >> more ink than your present printer carts. I don't remember the exact > >> volume, but I think that your present cart only has something like 7 > > ml. of > >> ink per color and when one runs out you throw the whole thing away. > > The > >> bci-6 carts have 13 to 14 ml of ink each - about double, and the > > aftermarket > >> ones I'll mention below are less than $3 US each (plus shipping, of > > course.) > >> For Canadian sources of aftermarket inks or for info on which > > companies ship > >> to Canada, send an email to Taliesyn - you can find some of his posts > > on > >> this newsgroup. > >> > >> Look at the following sites for more information: > >> > >> http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/ > >> > >> http://www.neilslade.com/papers/badink.html > >> > >> G&G and Procolor carts from Alotofthings.com were tested by Neil > > Slade and > >> his test photos are on his site. You will save considerably more > > money on > >> these inks with the five separate cart printers if you can find one > >> available. You might have your staples store check their warehouse > > facility > >> for a stray ip5000 if they don't have one in stock and you may just be > > able > >> to have them give it to you to satisfy the extended warranty. If > >> aftermarket carts were currently available I would then suggest the > > ip4200 > >> or ip5200. > > > > I'll have to see what printers are available here and go from there. We > > are more limited for variety of printers you have. You have 10 times the > > population we have, so you have more competition, which means cheaper > > prices, and more variety. I have 4 Staples stores not too far away from > > where I live, and notice that in different Staples they have some > > different models that other stores don't have on display. I don't know > > if they would have iP 5000 or not, but if iP 4000 is more than I want to > > pay, iP 5000 would be even more money. From my experience with Epson, I > > vowed never to get 4 different cartridges again. I really don't want to > > buy carts online if I don't have to. I am not sure what I am going to > > get yet and would have to look around. Staples in Canada have an online > > site and have iP 4000 advertised there but its about twice the price I > > paid for the one I have, so I would have to pay about $60.00 Can. plus > > 15% tax which is what we pay, so thats $80.00 Can. =$68.30 US. I can't > > really afford that right now, and may have to stop printing photos at > > home. The cartridges are too expensive, and I need to start using the > > Kodak machines you get at Walmart and other places. > > > > Mary > > Of course, this is your decision to make. I just answered a previous post > by you and it is also the best answer to this one. If that ip4000 is new > and not a refurbished unit that is an absolutely great price! Because I was calculating various figures above, I meant that the Ip4000 I saw on Staples website is $130.00 Can. plus 15% tax =$150.00 Can.=$128.00 US. When I hand back my ip1500, I would only get $70.00 Can. ($60.00 US credit for it, and have to pay an extra $60.00 Can.=$50.00 US.). I don't think I want to pay that much more when I can get another printer by either paying nothing, or a little more, but not $60.00 more. There are some cheaper than that, maybe not as good, but more in line with my budget. > Believe me > when I tell you that you will save a ton of money with that printer and > aftermarket inks that I mentioned. I've purchased a lot of things on the > internet and have never had a problem. Alotofthings is an extremely > reliable vendor. Not to worry. I just don't know if they ship to Canada. > There was a time when they didn't. I think that Hobbicolors does ship to > Canada, but that would be for bulk ink and empty cartridges for you to > refill yourself. Simple once you get the hang of it. Well, to be honest filling empty cartridges with ink really doesn't appeal to me.And I rarely buy products from the US as most times I can get something suitable here. There is 15% tax to pay on the value of products from the US, plus the currency conversion, and there can be a problem if you need to return something, and for items with a warranty, they are most times no good in Canada. The only thing I buy occasionally from the US is movie DVD's from Amazon.com. The same movies are usually available at Amazon Canada site, but very occasionally, they are not available here. I have not had to pay tax as the value was usually not high enough, or Canada Customs let it go through. We have very skimpy exemptiions compared to you with your high exemptions.We only get up to $18.00 US tax free, then pay 15% tax. Or a value of $50.00 is tax free if a gift. You guys don't have to consider things like that, but we do. Mary |