Re: Photo printer - just getting confused

On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:14:55 -0800, Jerry1111 wrote:

On Dec 7, 6:56 am, IntergalacticExpandingPanda
<intergalacticexpandingpa...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Dec 6, 4:03 am, Jerry1111

<jerry1111alwaysattackedbys...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What I'm looking for:
Good photo (mostly 10x15, sometimes A4) printer. Easy to refill/reset
chips. Could have (not a must) a scanner and/or card reader.
I've been looking at Canon Pixma (4500 model) but as I always was an HP
guy, I have no experience with Canon. How easy it is to refill
inks/change heads (never had a printer with removable head).

The ip4500 is a good egg.  The new ip4600 not so much.  They
downgraded the head size, decreased the size of the cartridges, and
the noise level is like 10db higher.

You can't really find the ip4500, it was closed out in September.
You can find the all in one version, the mp610.  It'll cost more than
the ip4600, like 100-120quid vs 70-90quid.http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@...

I've just realized that getting an ip4500 is going to be quite
expensive (~£70-80).
OTOH I could get ip4300 for ~£40. The only difference I was able to
find is fewer number of nozzles (but the same 1/2/5pl drop sizes).
I guess it only makes printing a bit slower (as long as the rendering
engine stays the same - probably not).

What I wasn't able to find is if ip4600 (still deciding which printer
should I get) is able to work with refilled carts (probably by
disabling ink-monitor). F.e. my current C5180 doesn't allow to disable
ink-monitor (well, I haven't really tried - got a set of chips and a
resetter early on).
Another thing - I read somewhere that new carts (C52x) for ip4600 are
not transparent, which would make judging ink levels almost impossible
without ink monitor.

Head change, easy as pie
Inkrefill, easy as pie.

And that's a very big argument for me!

The new HPs look promising, but at present there is no documentation
on the chips.

I sort of regret my decision 2 years ago to get C5180 instead of
ip4300/ip4500. I thought that permanent head in HP is going to be
really good. In terms of refilling - dead easy, no problems at all.
What bothers me is that some black nozzles (not a lot, and not always
visible) are clogged. I guess it might be my fault - having printed
hundreds of photos but not a lot of b&w text lead to a clog. Soon as I
realized that I changed my habits and the head doesn't get worse (but
doesn't get better either). Another thing which I've just noticed is
problem with printing very ligh blue skies with white clouds - there
is a very sharp transition from light blue into white (no ink at all).
I haven't noticed it earlier but I wasn't really printing such photos
(haven't been in 'warm countries' for holidays for quite some time).
Also almost every photo has to be brightened before printing on this
printer - otherwise it gets really dark. Profiling helps a bit, but
then the problem with light skies is very visible - just don't like
the results.

New HP - no idea what to do. I took a gable last time, it worked
reasonably well, but I'd prefer to stick to a 'known devil' this
time ;-)

I guess I'm gonna spend a week trying to figure out which printer to
get (and if there's a chance to get ip4500 for a good price - I think
I'll just get it ;-) )

http://www.druckerchannel.de/artikel.php?ID=2353&seite=6&t=test_hp_ph...

Also I don't understand why certain people are bothering to answer to
measekite - is it him with several accounts? Then it should be fairly
easy to killfile the whole lot ;-)

Best,

Jerry1111
Best to get an IP4600 and use Canon ink. Then you do not have to write
about your problems.
.

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