On 10/3/2012 1:30 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
Tue Oct 2 15:38:22 EDT 2012
Bob W wrote:
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling
So I was going to get ink for my old HP Photosmart to use as a stopgap
until I found out if my Wide Carriage printer was repairable. Well I
was a Staples and they had a Pixma iX6520 on sale for only a little
more than the cost of ink for the HP. The choice seemed obvious. New
general rule; Never buy ink buy a new printer.
that should help resolve the empty landfill crisis too.
It's very limited in
that there's no way to profile any paper other than Canon's but having
run a test print on my default glossy paper, Ilford Gallery I believe
that I'll be able to get decent prints once I calibrate the new/old
desktop. Well it's off to the Vet to get the dog a shot.
What? You couldn't use Pentax to get a good shot? ;-)
Never get a shot, get a new dog!
... and shoot him so he doesn't suffer a dog's live.
(just kidding)
B
The (sad) reality is indeed that the cheap ink-jet printers are practically
disposable.
Igor
Depends on your definition of cheap. Both the Canon and my HP that sits
forlorn across the room from where I sit, (awaiting my getting off my
ass about sending it in for repair), were $350+ dollar printers when
they were introduced. I guess in the great scheme of things that's
cheap for printers that can print 13x19" prints, but to me that's at the
beginning of expensive. On the other hand I didn't pay more than $100
for either of them, but both are no longer manufactured. I'm pretty
sure that the Pixma was the answer to the HP which brought the cost of
wide carriage printers into the realm of affordability, but now both
manufactures have left that market segment. I guess they just couldn't
sell enough units.
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Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a
lengthly search.
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