No more Epson....I have had it with clogged heads!

[d_weissman]

I a\put my Epson in the dumpster! I bought a Canon i900D 2 months

ago. What a great printer. I was just about to purchase the i9100

wide body when I heard about the new i9900 coming out May 15. 8

tanks, new red and green tank added for greater saturation and over

6000 nozzles, user replaceable. Has anyone heard more about this

printer?

[beauh44]

http://www.usa.canon.com/templatedata/pressrelease/20040209_i9900.html

 

http://www.usa.canon.com/html/conCprProductDetail.jsp?modelid=9870&section=10214

 

BTW, maybe I'm lucky but I've not had such bad luck with either my Epson 2200 or 870 printers. I think both Canon and Epson have missed the boat (so far) with high quality B&W inkjet printing. Seems Canon added a red and green cartridge to the mix on the i9900 which may or may not help color prints. Seems like more ink to buy - 8 cartridges worth instead of 6 and no mention of improved B&W. Good luck!

[eric friedemann]

Per Beau, I have an Epson 2200. If I haven't printed on it in a few weeks, I just run a head cleaning test on it with a plain sheet of copier paper. It rarely even needs that.

[jbq]

I must have been lucky with my Epson C82. I had one cartridge clog very early (within a week, I think, which got fixed by replacing the cartridge), and I haven't had a single clogged nozzle, I never ever ran a single head cleaning, I've printed hundreds of sheets with it.

 

My 777 also didn't give me any trouble as long as I remembered to turn it off after printing (for a while I used to leave it on for a while and it would eventually slightly clog, nothing that a single head-cleaning wouldn't fix).

 

I'm holding my breath for a 13" version of the R800.

[jack paradise]

Well good for you. Hope you find printer heaven with your Canon. But, and there is a but, all printers have their issues.

 

Canon printers heads are user replaceable and there is a reason for it. Also there have been banding reports with these printers. Third don't ever, ever put carbon pigment inks into a Canon printer or you'll get a clog from hell! Garanteed.

 

Epson printers do require maintenance. That's a fact of life. But it can be done and its pretty simple. I've had my Epson 1160 printer since the summer of 2000 (going on 4 years now) and it's still going great. I've been using a third party carbon pigment inkset since I bought it.

 

For anyone reading this and wanting to maintain their Epson printers, here a good link to follow:

 

http://www.mwords.co.uk/pages/printers/printersHowDoI.htm

 

And I hope the original poster, D. Weissmann, finally find peace with his new Canon printer.

[wildwoodgallery]

New HP's coming. HP DesignJet 30 and HP DesignJet 130 inkjet. the 30 is 13 x 19 and the 130 I think is 18 x 24. These are the one I'm waiting for now. Using the right paper longevitity will be more than the canon. 76 years color, 115 years b/w. And being a dye printer the colors should be great too. I'm not saying the Canon is bad. The i9900 sounds great too.

 

Rick

[jeff_axline]

I've had way too many clogged heads with Epsons. Maybe if you print all the time you

could be OK. Too much frustration for me. I just hope my Canon longevity is as good. I've

read online here that tests show otherwise. I don't think anyone will know for sure until 10

to 20 years have actually passed.

[mark_herring]

Take the Epson out of the dumpster! Watch e-bay for sale prices on various used Epsons--even non-working.

Or give it to a reader here for the cost of shipping......