Printer on the fritz

[Alice Who]

Has anyone had a problem with there printer since the update.

Mine prints from side to side instead of from top to bottom.

I'm trying to try to find out if it was the update or is my printer on
the fritz

 

[ss]

What update ?
Insufficient information.

What does "Mine prints from side to side instead of from top to bottom"
medan ?

You really have to spend time and fully explain your problem which
should include, but not limited to, the facts such as what update(s),
printer make and model, OS, etc...

Sounds like it is printing in landscape instead of portrait, just change
the settings.
But yes more info required.

 

[Brian]

I've just bought a Canon iP4950 ink-jet printer, but the price of
replacement ink cartridges is really exorbitant.

Has anyone any recommendations for good quality compatible ink
cartridges (type 525 & 526)?

Also are there any makes that I should avoid?

 

[Michael J Davis]

I've just bought a Canon iP4950 ink-jet printer, but the price of
replacement ink cartridges is really exorbitant.

Has anyone any recommendations for good quality compatible ink
cartridges (type 525 & 526)?

I have used Jet-Tec inks for my A3 Canon printer (S9000) since 2003, and
am very happy with them as a very close match to the Canon originals (I
occasionally buy a set of Canons to check they are still compatible.)

Recently I've been purchasing from Kenborne, whose owner is very helpful
if there are any questions.

http://www.kenborne.co.uk/cgi-bin/ss000007.pl?page=search&PR=-1&TB=A&SS=
iP4950&search.x=14&search.y=11

The above search seemed to give what you want. (If link is broken,
rejoin it!!)

Also are there any makes that I should avoid?

Can't help there.

Mike

 

[Rob]

I've just bought a Canon iP4950 ink-jet printer, but the price of
replacement ink cartridges is really exorbitant.

Has anyone any recommendations for good quality compatible ink
cartridges (type 525 & 526)?

Also are there any makes that I should avoid?

You may want to consider these

http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?SearchText=Canon+iP4950+ink+cartridges&catId=0&manual=y

 

[Brian]

You may want to consider these

http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?SearchText=Canon+iP4950+ink+cartridges&catId=0&manual=y

Thanks but I'm based in the UK - sorry I should have mentioned that!

 

[Rob]

Thanks but I'm based in the UK - sorry I should have mentioned that!

They are based in China but send world wide. You don't buy very well in
the UK.

I have bought through this site before without problems. Its like ebay
but deal with the suppliers directly. I'm not where you thing either.

 

[Gernot Hassenpflug]

Hi Brian,

You seem to have posted in someone elses thread. Verified on two
different NSP servers.
Please don't hijack someone else's thread.

Use the Canon cartridges.
You should have looked at Canon cartridge costs _before_ you bought
the printer if you think the cartridge costs are "exorbitant".

All cartridge costs are exorbitant. That is how the manufacturers make
their money.

The only way to get a better deal is to break out of the system
(business model) the maker has devised.

I would advise refilling with bulk ink, rather than buying compatible
cartridges. If you buy the inks in 500ml bottles (here in Japan you
can buy anything from small 50ml or 100ml bottles right up to quarter
gallon bottles!). The initial sets you need should include the tool
for opening up the hole in the cartridges. After that, just refill as
you need.

You will also need a chip resetter (stand-alone or USB-powered are common).

 

[Brian]

I would advise refilling with bulk ink, rather than buying compatible
cartridges. If you buy the inks in 500ml bottles (here in Japan you
can buy anything from small 50ml or 100ml bottles right up to quarter
gallon bottles!). The initial sets you need should include the tool
for opening up the hole in the cartridges. After that, just refill as
you need.

You will also need a chip resetter (stand-alone or USB-powered are common).

I did do that with my old Canon iP4300, but I found that refilling Canon
cartridges was a pretty messy operation! I then bought some third-party
refillable cartridges, with bottles of bulk ink, but these did not
indicate ink levels properly. Well they did, but if you turned the
printer off the ink levels automatically returned to "full" when you
switched it on again!

The blue section of the print-head also stopped working properly soon
after I started using these refill cartridges, and I rather suspect that
either the cartridges or the ink may have had something to do with it.

One thing that annoys me about the new iP4950 printer is that the
cartridges hold a lot less ink than those on the iP4300. Also when I
turn the printer on and do some printing of DVDs (the main thing I use
it for) the printer spends a long time clanking and chunking about
getting ready. This seems to use a lot of ink for nothing - after
printing about 40 disks since new the cartridges are already showing
half-empty, which seems excessive.

 

[Rob]

The problem with this is based upon that re-fill ink. Quality,
whettability (hygroscopic attributes), UV, drying time, paper
absorbtion, bleeding, etc. Too many unknowns. For example printing on
premium glossy photo paper. Whose product will work best with that ink.
Its unknown and its a bitch to have to test various vendors to see whose
works best with that ink.

And the same comes to mind when I tried using Kodak paper with genuine inks.

 

[Rob]

Errrrr....

"...were _not_ suited for each other."

Kodak paper was not suited to any printer - i was using epson at the
time and it was not compatible.

This is pointing out that the reverse is also possible.