Re: Zakezuke

Hi Burt,

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"Mary" <no@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Zazezuke,
Since we talked a lot about the Canon Ip4000 before, just to let you
know I got one recently. It must be the only one in the city. I
wasn't
looking for it. I was looking for an IP3000 which would be ok. I
got
the 4000 at a chain dept. store which is not in a very busy area
like
most of its stores. They had an ip3000 but it was a display model
with
no box or manual or ink. Then I saw the IP4000 box on a shelf and
looked
like the box hadn't been opened.I asked the sales clerk how long the
box
was in the store and could it be a year or so, and he said it could
be.
he wasn't sure. But quite a while anyway.
It was more money than I wanted to pay -$140.00. you can buy
printers
for half that price but I considered the price of carts, not just
printer..(I have only the Canon one warranty with the 4000) and had
to
be willing to possibly forget about my second year of Staples
extended
warranty unless I give them my ip1500 sometime in the next year for
another printer. Have to see.

The ip4000 box had in fact never been opened and everything inside
was
packed as it should be and inks were sealed up properly and so was
printhead.

I've been trying it out and so far, it seems ok. But remember before
with my ip 1500, I said my indoor shots of peoples faces were a
little
pink and got Canon to send me a new printhead and the pinky tone was
gone? The ip4000 seems to do the same thing, though peoples clothes
are
a bit darker and a little bit richer colors than the 1500,
especially
the blacks. But this time, unlike before, it wouldn't be the
printhead
as it was sealed in an package. I tried lightening the magenta a
little
and that helped the face color a bit, but made peoples clothes too
light
in color.I am using the same photo paper (Kodak semi gloss) as I
used
with the ip1500 and it was ok in regard to peoples faces (after I
got
the new printhead that is). I might try adjusting though I shouldn't
have to and didn't have to with the 1500. It looks like there is a
little too much magenta on peoples faces which might create that
slightly pink tinge, though its not really bad.

I will keep the refurb 1500 for now. It works fine so far. To be
honest,
I can't see an awful lot of difference in photo printing between the
ip1500 and the ip 4000 except the 4000 has a bit darker colors of
peoples clothes for indoor shots but have those pinky faces back
which I
thought I was rid of :). It wouldn't be because the inks were
sitting
in the box for many months would it?
Outdoor shots are much the same as the 1500.

The main reason I got the ip4000 was because of the chip in the 4200
and
I wouldn't be able to get compatibles and don't want to do refilling
and
Canon ink is too expensive, and also I don't see any printers around
that I like. The carts for the 4000 are more money than the ip1500,
but
the carts are bigger, so I hope will last longer, and I hope that
the
color carts won't all go at much the same time which happened with
my
Epson C64 and put me off separate color carts. The 4000 is bigger
than I
wanted and takes up more room on my small table, but I guess I will
get
used to it.
The printer is quieter than the 1500 and a little faster.

I haven't figured out how to use the cassette thing at the bottom of
the
printer. Does it take 8X11 pages? I just use the back part of the
printer to put my paper in as I am used to that. I saw a review for
ip4000R - I've never seen that model before. I presume its a 4000
but
with something else added that 4000 doesn't have. whatever it is, I
don't need it. :)

Mary



Mary - My i960 canon printer seems to lean on the pink side with
photos of
people who have a more pink or red cast to their skin. For those
photos I
adjust the magenta down slightly and the prints are very good.

As I mentioned in my previous message, I tried that and the skin of the
people did look better but their clothes were a lighter color than in
reality and remember I had that problem with my ip1500 and phoned Canon
and they sent me the new printhead and the pinky tone wasn't noticeable
any more. I didn't need to make any adjustment with the new printhead.
That was after I got the refurb ip1500 and put the new printhead in it.
And also, before I got the pink tone in the photos in the first place,
there was no pink tone in the photos or at least nothing noticeable. The
new printhead fixed it. but the printhead can't be the problem with the
4000 as the printhead is new.

Glad to see
that you found an ip4000. Even at that price it was a good find as
the
remaining ip4000's are selling at a real premium.

I didn't expect to find it, especially one still unopened in a box. It
was just coincidence that I dropped by a store I used to live near but
haven't been to in a couple of years. I had an IP 3000 in mind and had
seen a display model in one of their other stores and thought if they
had the box and sealed inks, I might take it as they are quite good if
you needed to take something back if it didn't work right. But I didn't
expect to see an ip 4000 anywhere.

If you are near a Costco
store or have a friend who is a member I would suggest their Kirkland
glossy
photo paper. $19 for 125 sheets and it prints beautifully.
personally, I
never liked Kodak paper for my Epson or Canon printers, but I never
tried
their semi-gloss paper.

Well, a couple of things. I don't belong to Costco, though I did years
ago.There is one not all that far from where I live, but I found when I
went there years ago, I never bought much and it seemed more suited to a
couple with children. I found it wasn't really worth my membership fee,
as the idea is to save money , at least now and then and I found I
didn't save any. The fee which used to be $35.00 Can. is now $55.00 (the
Can. dollar is quite close to the US dollar these days so I won't bother
to convert). I tried other makes of photo paper now and then but I like
Kodak soft gloss the best. Its called Kodak Picture Paper and you can
print on both sides which I find very handy. I do not like glossy and
high glossy is even worse. It bothers my eyes and I don't like the look
of it.

You will get a lot more milage from the bci-6 carts
and they don't necessarily empty at the same time. Depends on what
colors
are in the photos you print.

With the Epson, they didn't empty at the exact same time, but say the
magenta was empty one day, I would get it refilled as there was no
compatibles for Epson C64 and don't think there is now, and say in
another week, the blue would be gone, then say another week and the aqua
would be gone so I was always running back and forth to the refillers,
which is not all that close to me. It was a huge nuisance. For me at
least, compatibles is the way I will go.

The cassette at the bottom is not absolutely
necessary to use. It is convenient if you want to keep plain paper in
it
for text printing and use the top deck for photo paper. Because the
paper
makes a "u-turn" when feeding from the cassette, it isn't the best
place to
feed photo paper.

So thats how it works. the manual is not too clear on that part. Doesn't
the cassette also take 6X4 photo paper? Does the cassette take 8X11? It
looks too small an area with the slider in the way for that. I do mostly
text printing, unless on my photo binges, which I am trying not to do.
thats probably why my IP got the absorber pads filled up. so probably I
should keep the text paper on the top most of the time. But since my
photo paper is double sided, it might be best to just put it on the top
when I am doing photo printing.

Mary

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