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I have researched Canon,Epson and HP printers at great length. You can
also. You can also read reviews at www.pcmag.com
choose reviews and look for all of the Canon, HP, and Epson Reviews.
The Canon IP4000 is the best value, the fastest, has like all of the
PIXMA line dual paper feed and full duplex printing.
The Canon IP8500 is the best standard format printer but it is pricey
and uses an additional 3 ink carts. It does not print business document
as well but it does print those subtle shades of color and probably
prints skin tone slightly better.
The Canon i9900 is the best of the best and it is a wide format printer
that can print up 13x19; however it is not a Pixma and does not have the
Pixma features.
I would love to see a successor to this as a full fledged Pixma with a
size up to 16x20 but that is not even a rumor at this point. I hope
that info helps.
Brian wrote:
>measekite <measekite@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>Burt wrote:
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>>>If your printer quality is the same as my Stylus 900, current printers
>>>produce better photo prints. That said, however, my ES 900 did very decent
>>>photos, and it was not difficult to clean the print head with Arthur
>>>Entlich's instructions. No need to take it to a repair facility for a print
>>>head clog as it is simple to do at home and it would probably be more cost
>>>effective to replace it rather than have it professionally done. Given that
>>>you don't print photos often I would fix it myself and enjoy printing with
>>>it. I switched to a Canon I960 for ease of refilling carts and being able
>>>to print borderless photos.
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>>I switched to Canon (IP4000) for the excellent photo quality with OEM
>>inks, dual paper feed, and duplex printing as well as great speed.
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>>>The print quality is much better, technically,
>>>but the prints I did for years with the ES900 are very nice also. For the
>>>years I used it for photo printing I felt the result was really good. All
>>>relative!
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>>>"Brian" <bclark@es.co.nz> wrote in message
>>>news:abep711i5nao38uvohu1oh63c7h7qhgao2@4ax.com...
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>>>>"Burt" <sfbjgNOSPAM@pacbell.net> wrote:
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>>>>>Did it print OK before changing the cart? Did you completely run out of
>>>>>ink
>>>>>before changing the cart? OEM or aftermarket cart? Need a little
>>>>>information, please.
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>>>>>"Brian" <bclark@es.co.nz> wrote in message
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>>>>>>When I print the test pattern after replacing the black cartridge that
>>>>>>pattern is missing in places. The colour pattern prints OK.
>>>>>>Does anyone have any suggestions on what to try in order to fix this
>>>>>>problem?
>>>>>>I've tried using the printers "clean" option but it is still missing
>>>>>>parts of the black pattern.
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>>>>>>Regards Brian
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>>>>Thanks for your reply Burt and others who have replied.
>>>>I had not used my Epson printer for a while and noticed a bad print
>>>>out. I did the test pattern and the pattern for the black ink was
>>>>missing in parts of the pattern. I then changed the black cart and had
>>>>the same problem. The printer is not under warrantee as I have had it
>>>>for a long time. I don't use it very often as most of my printing is
>>>>for text which I do on a laser printer, so the ink may have dried in
>>>>parts of the printer. I'm hoping to get it fixed as I have some photos
>>>>I'd like to print in colour.
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>>>>As this printer is aging I'm wondering if there have been any
>>>>improvements in printout photo quality?
>>>>I only things I have against it is that it's slow for high quality
>>>>printing and tends to use a lot of ink on the paper so printing on
>>>>both sides of the page is sometimes not possible with 80 gram paper.
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>>>>Regards Brian
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>Hi measekite
>If you use to own a Epson printer than you'll be the second person in
>my replies that has switched to a Canon printer. I had a look at the
>Canon printers recently and there are many to choose from with a wide
>range in price. It must be difficult for a buyer to know what one to
>choose.
>I have a recently brought a Canon digital camera which made me
>interested in Canon printers.
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>Regards Brian
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