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Thank you. This is the sort of synopsis I was looking for.
"Arthur Entlich" <artistic@telus.net> wrote in message
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> Every printer manufacturer has designed their printers around different
> markets, at least to some extent.
>
> Epson, for instance, uses permanent heads, and has developed over the
> years a design that allows for a larger variety of ink to work with their
> printers, and in part, as a result, the art and photographic market has
> been drawn to their products. They also produce a great variety of paper
> types, and third party inks and papers even further flesh out the options.
>
> Canon redesigned their printers a few years back and made a lot of
> improvements to them. They use a semi-permanent head, but recent spotty
> reports have arisen that suggest the head life may be more limited than
> originally expected, and the heads may not be available at reasonable
> costs. They are fast printers and ink refills are easy to make, but the
> inks, at least so far, need to be dye colorant type, and the Canon inks
> have been shown to have poor fading characteristics, making them a poor
> choice for artwork or long term images. There may be some new inks coming
> onto the market and new papers to lessen that issue.
>
> HP integrates most of the their heads within the cartridge, meaning the
> head is replaced each time you buy and replace the cartridge. This
> obviously can add to cost of the cartridge unit, but for some people it
> offers quality control and peace of mind that should the head in the
> cartridge fail for whatever reason, a new one is as close as the next
> cartridge. Current HP inks seem to have a longer fade resistance than
> current Canon inks. HP captures a lot of the office and school market due
> to the simplicity of using their printers, and most offices do not
> personally refill their ink cartridges.
>
> There are also loyalties clients develop to certain brands due to their
> personal experiences, which might lead someone to wish to buy one brand
> over another, issues like durability, customer service, and so on.
>
> It is not as cut and dried as you might consider it and history has
> changed things. While Epson's output was by far much superior to all
> other color inkjet printers several years back, the differences between
> major brands are subtle at best today.
>
> Art
>
>
> Jay wrote:
>
>> Greetings, I am considering buying a new printer. A consideration
>> is replacement ink prices. It seems that Cannon ink is generally cheaper
>> than the others, with HP the most expensive. Do the HP cartridges last
>> longer? It would seem that could justify the higher price. Otherwise, if
>> you get the same performance, it seems foolish not to go with the Cannon.
>>
>> Jaybo
>
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