Re: dumb newbie ? - Canon ip6600 or HP 8250 which to choose
- From: "Burt" <sfbjgNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:27:20 GMT
"Shelly" <mlbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Opinions welcome. And feel free to treat me like an idiot.
>
> I've been scouring some archived posts and newer reviews and it comes
> down to this. From what's available, it appears that my best choices
> for our first photo printer are the Canon ip6600D and the HP 8250. I
> definitely want separate ink cartridges, and even though people seem to
> mock the LCD screen on both models, it would actually be useful to me.
> Most of what I want to correct is red-eye that makes it through my
> Canon A60 digital camera. And since my 7+ year old PC has stopped
> recognizing when I plug the camera into the PC's USB port, being able
> to put the memory card directly into the printer and print from there
> will be a big help. (As an aside, when I put the camera into my Mac, it
> recognizes just fine, so it's not the camera or the cable - but that's
> another issue)
>
> The thing that scares me about the Canon, is that I had a Canon
> Multipass printer years ago which gave me nothing but trouble with the
> ink cartridges. It would "read" them as empty when I knew darn well
> they weren't. Also had printer clog problems. However, to be fair, this
> was 10 years ago. This new printer will mainly be for photos only. I
> have a cheap Lexmark that does all our document printing.
>
> It appears the Canon is a bit cheaper on ink cartidges, refills, etc.
> That's a plus. Any one who can comment on the picture quality of these
> 2 printers? And do you get a lot of photo prints before you have to
> fill them up again? The sales person was really trying to steer me
> towards the HP, so that makes me wary on the HP side. I'm going to try
> and take my memory card down and see if they will let me make a test
> print for each, but I don't know if that will fly. The price is about
> the same, so I am really on the fence as to which to buy. Is there any
> advantage to recommend one over the other? Or should I be looking at
> something else entirely?
>
> Thanks to all!
> Shelly
Shelly - Depending on the operating system software and the availability of
an open slot on the motherboard, you can buy USB cards really cheaply. Last
one I bought was about $20. If used regularly and not left to sit idle for
long periods of time the Canon printers don't tend to clog as much as
Epsons. The HP's that have a printhead built into the replaceable cartridge
have the advantage that if they clog you merely replace the cartridge and it
contains a new, unclogged printhead. Canons cartridges have been the
easiest ones to refill and there are aftermarket prefilled cartridges, some
of which are pretty good. Refilling your cartridges is the best way to
insure consistancy of product. So - if refilling is of interest to you then
the Canons will be the cheapest to operate. Problem is, however, that the
newest breed of Canon printers now have cartridges with a computer chip and
they have changed their ink formulation (improved?) Aftermarket ink and
cartridge manufacturers and vendors have not come out with with products for
these printers yet (actually, one vendor has ink from what I've heard) and
no one knows at this point how to deal most effectively with the chip and
the data it provides to the printer.
>
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