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I just feel like I have to comment on the printer article the other day that I read between the printers. I work as a rep for Lexmark so just let me share what I know.
The industry standard for printing speeds isn't really a standard, but let me explain. Most companies do there printing speed ratings at 15% page coverage for black and 5% page coverage for color. Epson, HP and Lexmark all use this. Cannon doesn't. They use 1500 characters for there speed ratings and something similar for their color ratings. So they end up using 11.75% page coverage for black and 3.75% page coverage for color. On top of that There's a res that they do these tests on. Cannon and HP use 300 by 300; Epson uses 180 by 180; and Lexmark uses 600 by 300. Plus you have to take in account that the ink cartages are also gauged at these numbers. Like the Lexmarks get 1100 pages black and 800 Pages color on draft mode (well atleast that's what I'm told). If draft mode for the Lexmarks are at 600x300; HP's and Cannons are at 300x300; and Epsons are at 180x180 which really have more ink? Plus you have to think sense Lexmark and HP's cartages have the print heads built into the cartages they don't have to worry about cleaning cycles like the epsons and the Cannons do. Because Cannon has semi-permanent and Espson has permanent print heads they do lots of cleaning to keep the print heads clean like Tom did say. But the print heads on the Cannons S600 do have to be replaced even though Cannon reps say then don't. According to their tech support once a year is how often. The price is $67 bucks off of their website. You need to calculate that into the cost of the ink for the cannons as well as the cleaning. At least the Cannons can be replaced! The Epsons can't be with out a tool kit and experience. So I'm not sure but I'm taking a guess they do go through more cleaning cycles then Cannons do. With the HP's you also need to add in the fact them come with half full cartages, where as everyone else comes with full cartages I think. Lexmarks also can print 2400x1200 on any paper and color. Did you know that HP's max black res is 600x600 and cannon is at 600x1200? Lexmarks can also print at 2400x1200 on regular paper. HP and Cannon print at 1200x1200 on regular paper and need photo paper to get to 2400x1200. Lexmarks because of the Accu-Feed paper handling system can auto adjust to print up to 150 pound paper where as the HP's can only print up to 60 pound paper. Plus the Epsons (c80 and C60) print at 2880X720. That’s 40% lower res then everyone else at 2400x1200 (2880x720=2.08 million DPI where 2400x1200 2.88 million DPI an 800,000 dot loss!). They may say they have the smallest dot size (3 pico-liters) but if you can place 40% more dots in the same area that doesn't even matter. I mean if you want the best photo and you don't care about the ink I'd say the Cannon S800 because it has the smallest dot size at the highest res and also uses six color printing like the Lexmarks can. It just costs you $300 (us) for the printer where you can get the Lexmark for $130 (us) and just use the cartage when you'd like to. That way you don't use the photo inks for regular printing. But of course I am a little bias on this because I do rep Lexmark. But everything I've said is TRUE to my knowledge. If you want to add comments with out flaming I would be happy to read them!!!
TY SIRS!
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by o0ospunkieo0o on 12/18/01 02:15 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
The industry standard for printing speeds isn't really a standard, but let me explain. Most companies do there printing speed ratings at 15% page coverage for black and 5% page coverage for color. Epson, HP and Lexmark all use this. Cannon doesn't. They use 1500 characters for there speed ratings and something similar for their color ratings. So they end up using 11.75% page coverage for black and 3.75% page coverage for color. On top of that There's a res that they do these tests on. Cannon and HP use 300 by 300; Epson uses 180 by 180; and Lexmark uses 600 by 300. Plus you have to take in account that the ink cartages are also gauged at these numbers. Like the Lexmarks get 1100 pages black and 800 Pages color on draft mode (well atleast that's what I'm told). If draft mode for the Lexmarks are at 600x300; HP's and Cannons are at 300x300; and Epsons are at 180x180 which really have more ink? Plus you have to think sense Lexmark and HP's cartages have the print heads built into the cartages they don't have to worry about cleaning cycles like the epsons and the Cannons do. Because Cannon has semi-permanent and Espson has permanent print heads they do lots of cleaning to keep the print heads clean like Tom did say. But the print heads on the Cannons S600 do have to be replaced even though Cannon reps say then don't. According to their tech support once a year is how often. The price is $67 bucks off of their website. You need to calculate that into the cost of the ink for the cannons as well as the cleaning. At least the Cannons can be replaced! The Epsons can't be with out a tool kit and experience. So I'm not sure but I'm taking a guess they do go through more cleaning cycles then Cannons do. With the HP's you also need to add in the fact them come with half full cartages, where as everyone else comes with full cartages I think. Lexmarks also can print 2400x1200 on any paper and color. Did you know that HP's max black res is 600x600 and cannon is at 600x1200? Lexmarks can also print at 2400x1200 on regular paper. HP and Cannon print at 1200x1200 on regular paper and need photo paper to get to 2400x1200. Lexmarks because of the Accu-Feed paper handling system can auto adjust to print up to 150 pound paper where as the HP's can only print up to 60 pound paper. Plus the Epsons (c80 and C60) print at 2880X720. That’s 40% lower res then everyone else at 2400x1200 (2880x720=2.08 million DPI where 2400x1200 2.88 million DPI an 800,000 dot loss!). They may say they have the smallest dot size (3 pico-liters) but if you can place 40% more dots in the same area that doesn't even matter. I mean if you want the best photo and you don't care about the ink I'd say the Cannon S800 because it has the smallest dot size at the highest res and also uses six color printing like the Lexmarks can. It just costs you $300 (us) for the printer where you can get the Lexmark for $130 (us) and just use the cartage when you'd like to. That way you don't use the photo inks for regular printing. But of course I am a little bias on this because I do rep Lexmark. But everything I've said is TRUE to my knowledge. If you want to add comments with out flaming I would be happy to read them!!!
TY SIRS!
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by o0ospunkieo0o on 12/18/01 02:15 PM.</EM></FONT></P>
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