alphawave said:
I used the BJC6500 for CAD drawings - So, mostly black line drawings
with a little splash of colour for notes, dimensions, logos etc and the
odd shaded view - so nothing too challenging graphically and yes the
Black photo cart is not an issue.
If you were happy before, there is no reason you wouldn't be happy now.
Keep in mind on the lesser ip3000, if you selected anything other than
plain paper it would use cyan magenta and yellow to make black, but
given we are talking CAD this is likely what you want. Sharp high
contrast dence lines.
I lack experence with the ix4000/ix5000, but based on the specs it
seems to be a wide model based on the older ip3000.
I think it must treat the lines as text and print them from the black
cart rather than mixing CMY.
Yes, on lesser canons it's documented oriented, as in it's either text
black, or dye black, and if no dye black mix colors to make dye black.
The individual carts are a must as one colour usually runs out way
before the others.
This is fair comment... though I don't spend too much on ink for my
stylus 1520 tri-color tank, so this is a non issue. It's true my
volume is only that of the color I use the most, but the rest, well the
rest while it does get tossed I don't feel I lose money as otherwise
i'd be shelling out more money for three tanks, and in the case of
epson the cleaning cycles swapping cartridges are so much that if it
took individual tanks, i'd swap them all at the same time. Consumer
canons are different in this regard, these guys I have no issues
swapping out tanks one at a time.
I have spoken to Canon about the difference between the IX4000 and
IX5000 and the only difference is the print speed.
18 ppm mono /14ppm colour for the IX4000 and 25 ppm mono /17 ppm colour
for the IX5000
As speed is not that much of an issue for me I think I'll save £50 and
buy the IX4000.
Hey... I lack any data to argue with you on this... you logic is sound.
The greater model could have better motors or longer life, but...
without any evidence to support this I wouldn't spend the extra £50.
I also asked if t would be possible to repair my old BJC6500 but the
cost of sending an engineer + buying the parts outweighs the cost of a
new machine.
You should share with the group what issues you are having with the
BJC6500. I mean, if it doesn't work at all it might be worth picking
up... what is it called, the QH3-3332-000 power supply. That should be
the 240V model. There is always the issue of where the printer works
and doesn't spew ink, which is likely to be a head issue, where the
color head would probally run 50 to 70quid. If color resolution wasn't
a worry, i'd consider it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-BJC6000-P...yZ101356QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
But really, the uk is like the states in this regard, cost of labor
tends to be greater than the cost of a new unit. Used or referbished
units on the other hand... I could get a bjc-6000 in the states for
about USD$200. Text resolution has NOT improved for canons in some
time, it was pretty good before and continues to be pretty good.