Choosing a Printer

[Robyn]

My Canon IP1000 gave up the ghost last night. Its beyond repair this
time. I need to choose an inkjet that is easy to refill. I do alot of
printing, colour, black, photos, and buy bulk ink for refilling. The
Canon was pretty easy to refill? I am in Australia, and I need it
today.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Robyn.

 

[DanG]

My Canon IP1000 gave up the ghost last night. Its beyond repair this
time. I need to choose an inkjet that is easy to refill. I do alot of
printing, colour, black, photos, and buy bulk ink for refilling. The
Canon was pretty easy to refill? I am in Australia, and I need it
today.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Robyn.

There are no current printers that do not have chipped ink tanks/carts. So
re-filling is no longer as simple as it was. If you can find a IP3000 or
IP4000 on Ebay or elsewhere, those would be the last models with un-chipped
tanks. The newer IP3500 and IP4500 are configured much the same, but there
are a few extra steps in the refilling process to deal with the chips. If
you refill before the low ink warning goes off, there's no problems. My
recommendation would be the IP4500 if you do photo printing.

 

[Bob AZ]

My Canon IP1000 gave up the ghost last night. Its beyond repair this
time. I need to choose an inkjet that is easy to refill. I do alot of
printing, colour, black, photos, �and buy bulk ink for refilling. The
Canon was pretty easy to refill? I am in Australia, and I need it
today.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Robyn.

Robyn

What is your budget? inkjetart.com has a great deal on Epson 7800.
But the shipping to AU would be a killer. I have an Epson 4800 which
is great. Ink cost is not bad.

If you print as much as your post indicates then go for a printer that
has individual cartridges with 50ml of ink or more. The pro printers
from Epson, HP or Canon. There are others. Up front costs are higher
but ink costs will be4 less.

Bob AZ USA

 

[Burt]

My Canon IP1000 gave up the ghost last night. Its beyond repair this
time. I need to choose an inkjet that is easy to refill. I do alot of
printing, colour, black, photos, and buy bulk ink for refilling. The
Canon was pretty easy to refill? I am in Australia, and I need it
today.
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Robyn.

Robyn - Your ip1000 has a black and a tricolor cart. Step up a bit to the
ip4500 with four individual dye-based carts and a large black pigment-based
cart for text (plain paper printing.) Just as easy to refill as the
previous bci-6 carts, and easier than the tri-color cart you've been
refilling. You will lose your ink monitoring function and give up your
warranty, but the savings from refill inks is worth it. These are going for
$100 US, plus or minus, but I don't know what they cost in OZ. You might
find an ip 4200 or ip4300 and save some money, but I've read that the ip4500
is an improvement. For more information, go to the Nifty-stuff forum and
read some of the threads on these chipped cart printers. Because the
aftermarket prefilled carts require that you transfer the chip from the OEM
cart I would stay away from them. It is best to have a backup set of carts
that you have refilled and stored away. I just picked up some empty carts
for refilling at our local Staples store. They have a recycle program and
they discount ink purchases when people bring in certain brands of carts.
Canon carts are not on their list for the discount, but some customers still
bring in their empty Canon carts and leave them. The manager gave me a bag
of Canon empty carts that included lots of bci-6 carts and a dozen or so
cli-8 carts as well. You might be able to pick up your spare chipped empty
carts the same way and save the need to purchase the spare set.

On the Nifty Stuff Forum there is a technique for purging a cart that has
been refilled several times so you can then do several more refills.
Otherwise you end up with some dried ink in the sponge area that prevents
proper flow of the ink. I'll purge the chipped carts Ijust picked up and
store them away for the time when my unchipped Canon printers die and I have
to buy one of the newer chipped cart Canon printers.

 

[measekite]

My Canon IP1000 gave up the ghost last night. Its beyond repair this
time.

That junk model was beyond repair when it came off of the assembly line
at the factory.

I need to choose an inkjet that is easy to refill.

It is best to choose an inkjet based on the quality of print from OEM ink.

 

[measekite]

DanG wrote:

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My Canon IP1000 gave up the ghost last night. Its beyond repair this time. I need to choose an inkjet that is easy to refill. I do alot of printing, colour, black, photos, and buy bulk ink for refilling. The Canon was pretty easy to refill? I am in Australia, and I need it today. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Robyn.



There are no current printers that do not have chipped ink tanks/carts.

That is good except that the fly by niters drove up the cost of ink for oem because of the electronic protections in the chip.


So re-filling is no longer as simple as it was.


It never was.


If you can find a IP3000 or IP4000 on Ebay or elsewhere, those would be the last models with un-chipped tanks.

I have an IP4000.  It is a nice printer.  But it is two generations old.  The new ink from Canon is better.  You should buy the latest technology. 


The newer IP3500 and IP4500 are configured much the same, but there are a few extra steps in the refilling process to deal with the chips. If you refill before the low ink warning goes off, there's no problems. My recommendation would be the IP4500 if you do photo printing.

Me too and use Canon ink.