Fano
Getting Fingers Dirty
My old Pixma 3000 which has served me well for the last 6 years finally gave up the ghost last week.
We had been through thick and thin together ,it was often a love hate relationship due to Cyan clogs in the head .
I had gone through 4 printheads in 6 years but I had resolved the clogging issues using inksupply inks and Jettec cartridges thanks to the great advice and feedback I received on this forum.
It had been working relatively trouble free until last week when I took out the head to give it a clean but when I powered the printer back up she wouldnt power on .
I think there may have been a slight short circuit as I smelt a slight burning smell ,the head was dry when reinserting it ,I'm not really sure what happened.
I may have a go at trying to restore power but it looks a long shot.
In the meantime I need a new printer.
Now I have been doing a good bit of reading here trying to get up to speed.
The ip3000 used unchipped cartridges ,BCI-3 and 6 which were easy to refill ,required no resetter and had large capacities.
It seems any of the newer cartridges are smaller in capacity ,are chipped and require a resetter.
I need a printer that will print cd's ;duplex and wifi are not a necessity.
From what I can deduce,a Pixma 4500 would be ideal but its an old model so will almost be impossible to source in Ireland where I live.
The 4700 is more likely to be found , it uses the 520/521 cartridges which have a smaller capacity that the Pgi 5,Cli 8,but it too has been replaced.
525/526 are to be avoided it would seem due to the non opaque cartridges which make refilling and ink level monitoring akward ?
Of these new type printers the Canon PIXMA MG5250 seems to be the best ?
I used about 15-20 sets of cartridges a year on my Pixma3000 so I'd be using similar ink demands on the new printer and I plan on refilling .
Can anyone tell me if my above deductions are correct and would the 4700 be my best bet or is there a better option ?
Many thanks in advance
Fano
We had been through thick and thin together ,it was often a love hate relationship due to Cyan clogs in the head .
I had gone through 4 printheads in 6 years but I had resolved the clogging issues using inksupply inks and Jettec cartridges thanks to the great advice and feedback I received on this forum.
It had been working relatively trouble free until last week when I took out the head to give it a clean but when I powered the printer back up she wouldnt power on .
I think there may have been a slight short circuit as I smelt a slight burning smell ,the head was dry when reinserting it ,I'm not really sure what happened.
I may have a go at trying to restore power but it looks a long shot.
In the meantime I need a new printer.
Now I have been doing a good bit of reading here trying to get up to speed.
The ip3000 used unchipped cartridges ,BCI-3 and 6 which were easy to refill ,required no resetter and had large capacities.
It seems any of the newer cartridges are smaller in capacity ,are chipped and require a resetter.
I need a printer that will print cd's ;duplex and wifi are not a necessity.
From what I can deduce,a Pixma 4500 would be ideal but its an old model so will almost be impossible to source in Ireland where I live.
The 4700 is more likely to be found , it uses the 520/521 cartridges which have a smaller capacity that the Pgi 5,Cli 8,but it too has been replaced.
525/526 are to be avoided it would seem due to the non opaque cartridges which make refilling and ink level monitoring akward ?
Of these new type printers the Canon PIXMA MG5250 seems to be the best ?
I used about 15-20 sets of cartridges a year on my Pixma3000 so I'd be using similar ink demands on the new printer and I plan on refilling .
Can anyone tell me if my above deductions are correct and would the 4700 be my best bet or is there a better option ?
Many thanks in advance
Fano