On 1 May 2011, at 17:13, Phil Ward wrote: > This is part rant and part plea for A4 printer suggestions. > > I went in to PC World in Hove today to buy some ink for my Canon Pixma 4200 > printer. It only actually needs one colour replaced but I thought I may as > well buy a full set 'cause I know I have no spares and if I came home with > just one, sods law would probably ensure that another would run out almost > immediately. > > As ever I was utterly appalled that buying full set of ink (£70) would cost > considerably more than buying a new printer, and I came close to indulging in > a childish rant at member of PC World staff.
Your mileage may vary but I've been a fan of compatible ink with Canon printers. I'm just offering my experience with compatible cartridges which I've been using from the same place for several years. We use Canon printers - my wife is still using an Pixma 3000 at school which she hides under her desk in case the PC squad get wind of it. A set of 4 black/colour cartridges from www.cartridgepeople.com for this printer costs just £6.96 including taxes and delivery. We've been using this company since we first had the 3000 and the supplied cartridges ran out. Given the treatment it gets at school it's amazing it still runs but print quality is surprisingly very good after all this time and she is the only teacher in the school who doesn't rely on the frequently non-running school printers - non-running cause they are out of ink and no one will replace cartridges/toner. For the Pixma 4200 a set of compatible cartridges from www.cartridgepeople.com costs just £14.95 inc. tax/delivery. Even Canon originals are only £39.96 for a full set. We've had a Canon MP600 which I've very recently passed on to my daughter which also has only had compatible cartridges from the same place - £15.95 for a set of 5 chipped cartridges. Our current Canon printer is the Pixma MG5250 - excellent all in one if you want a wireless printer (which we did to overcome Bonjour problems preventing my wife's school PC from using the MP600 at home) - and no compatible cartridges are available at present. Cartridge People offer Canon originals at £42.04 per set. In all this time we've had 2 duff cartridges - 1 empty of ink (but you can see this with the lovely clear cartridge cases) and one which refused to flow the ink - both replaced by Cartridge People. My only caveat about compatible cartridges is that the ink is more prone to fade from sunlight than Canon's own ink. But we still have a framed A4 print on our wall using compatible ink which we put up 4 years ago and the colours are still good, so ink quality is getting better. Most of our printing is temporary - maybe a few weeks before it gets binned. -- Tony Crooks <mailto: [email protected]> 53 Mendip Avenue Eastbourne BN23 8HP Mob: 07590508079 Tel: 01323-460789 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
