printer longevity numbers, others ?

[jimbo123]

been a while, just sharing some printer longevity numbers, see attached eeprom printout

MP830:
- 7 years old
- 60,000 pages printed
- D = 60%
- purchased refurbished for $99 directly from canon

waste pads were changed once already at 37,000 pages
http://www.printerknowledge.com/thr...-pad-replacement-at-37-000-pages-w-pics.7646/

more numbers:
- have refilled 400+ ink cartridges over the 7 years, using only 9 OEM ink carts, 2 of the CLI8 carts are original, on 4th print head

MP830 keeps going and going, my only problem is that i take this quality printer and the easy refills for granted

any other printer longevity numbers ?

J

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• Active Printers: MP830, MP980, PRO-100
• Stored Printers: MP830, IP4500, MX700, MX860, MX870
• Method: German Durchstich Method
• Ink: Hobbicolors and OCP
• Misc: Squeeze bottles - so much easier than syringes

 

[Łukasz]

ST=... and LPT=... also match 7 years

Now find those counters in the RAW dump at the bottom of the page

Ł.

 

[martin0reg]

Printer life data from service manuals:
ip4000: 18000 pages (mixed) same for machine and printhead, resp. 5 years for machine

4 printheads seems to be quite reasonable, I have burnt just as many while printing much less on several pixma's, surely below 10k...

 

[jimbo123]

actually my print head number for this MP830 is more like 2.5 print heads.

i had a previous MP830 that died(logic board) at 22,500 pages, i then swapped over the print head and carts to this MP830

 

[stratman]

My printout below. She's older than yours, Jimbo, but still has that new printer smell.

(Refurb model recently put into service)

 

[jimbo123]

stratman

take care of her, they don't built them like they used to.

should be good for another 58,000+ pages !

nice !

J

 

[PeterBJ]

I wonder how many members there are in the "PGI-5/CLI-8 Fan Club"? I am one .

 

[pharmacist]

the PGI-5/CLi-8 and the older CLI-6 printers are far superior to the lilliput size CLI-526 printers with inferior rails and heavily cleaning cycles to dump ink and to saturate the ink absorption cushions.

 

[The Hat]

Here’s the print out from my i865, this was done when I replaced the ink pads and reset the D Value to 0..

 

[PeterBJ]

That's impressive, and the only recorded errors are "1000" which is a harmless operator call meaning no paper.

I wonder who has the oldest Canon printer still going strong?