I would like to use it for 5x7 photos and for making greeting cards.My
Canon i850's print head took a crap,so I'm without a printer at this time.
The i850 printhead, assuming it's not clogged and actually burnt out is
actually a semi decent unit. I'm on the ip3000 which shares a
printhead so you have to ask your self is it worth spending like $60 on
the printhead, $60 to $80 on a printer with the same printhead, or buy
a new ip4200 for $120ish. Canon heads typicaly cost 1/2 or 2/3 the
value of a new printer. Sad but true.
The black yield IIRC was massive on that thing... 900 pages IIRC but
don't know their system of measurement, probally 1500 characters
Expect it to be higher than your i850 if memory serves me.
90 nozzles per color, 300ish for the black. doesn't sound "so" great
but consider that it's very likely this unit didn't have the same 5pl
and 2pl drop size that your i850 did, and we are talking with something
with the option of more graduated inks than your i850. It's a
tradeoff, something you have to decide if it's worth it.
The bj8000 was unique in the fact that it offered 6 tank color printer,
cmy and light cyan, light magenta, and light yellow(IIRC). IIRC the
printheads are $50ish per but with ink making them a slightly better
deal. As a bonus, i'm told the drivers come stock with winxp 64. I'm
not sure on the resolution, but i'd say it's worth looking at.
Would it be that necessary to have both color and photo carts.
As far as i'm aware you had your choice between color or photo, but no
choice of both. I believe also, not sure, but I believe you had to
have either a photo head.. something like the bj-61 color vs the bj-62
photo. I could be wrong, this was a while ago.
