On Oct 13, 8:36 pm, "glathrem" <glath...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Don't yet have the waste pad warning but I know it's coming with all the
> cleaning.
> I've downloaded a utility to supposedly reset it but it's untried and I have
> my doubts.
> Four cleaning cycles for a page is if it has been off a day and I turn it on
> to print one page.
> I have used almost all of a color cartridge to print about 10 pages.
> I dont think it's defective, I think Canon is a total ripoff!
> The printer knows I have refilled the carts and it's wasting ink just as
> fast as it can.
> My other Canons behaved much the same.
> My experience with Epson is they are clog machines, and HP is too ridiculous
> to reset the cart chips.
> Havent tried Lexmark or Kodak. Just want an honest printer. I'll gladly pay
> more for the printer rather than this sneaky ink sales technique with cheap
> printers. Is there any printer that will let ME decide when to clean the
> nozzles?
>
> "Max" <im.1.maxalumi...@xoxy.net> wrote in message
>
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> > On Oct 13, 8:13 am, "glathrem" <glath...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Currently I have a MP180. This is my third Canon. When it finally gives
> >> me
> >> the waste pad error I'm gonna throw it in the trash and you could not
> >> give
> >> me another Canon. Turn it on, cleaning cycle. Print a page, cleans before
> >> it
> >> prints. Then it cleans after printing the page. And when I turn it off I
> >> want it to TURN OFF! NOT clean itself again! 4 cleaning cycles to print
> >> one
> >> page!
> >> I'm gonna try a Kodak
>
> >> Yes I've tried leaving it on all the time. That does eliminate some
> >> cleaning. But there is just too much unnecessary ink wasting with these
> >> things.
>
> > I have other Canon models. What I notice is a cleaning cycle when not
> > used in a few days and turned on. In the middle of a long document or
> > many pictures, it will clean. I have the lid of my printers cut away
> > so I can observe the carts and any time. The cleaning cycle must be
> > very minimal because I don't notice high ink use because of it. I
> > have plugs installed on top of all the carts so I can add ink at any
> > time.
> > If you are really getting four cleaning cycles to a page, you know
> > that is wrong. The printer is defective or there is some obstruction.
> > You say the ink pad warning keeps coming up so you have a defective
> > printer unless you are running a copy service.
> > By the way, what went wrong with your first two Canons?
With all the printers you are purchasing, maybe it's time to go laser
and dump the ink entirely.
Why would Canon chose to single out your printers for all this ink
use? Mine don't have the problem. In fact, I can park a Canon for
months and turn it on without it being clogged.
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