Am I defecting to Canon ?

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Thank you for your un-bios opinion on both of these printers, it won’t be easy for someone to make up their mind as to which one to get because they both have their pros and cons, but at least with you post it should make it a bit easier.. :thumbsup
Very valuable information from @Ink stained Fingers indeed.
He should start Youtube video's as Keith Cooper a few years ago ;)
 

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Thanks for your positive comments , I appreciate very much publications like Keith Cooper's very detailed test reports, he is spending quite some effort in his public presence to make his reports that comprehensive as they are. But I must admit that I'm not a fan of videos and barely look to them or not at all like those by Jose R. , I didn't understand what he was talking about. I would see a benefit for a video when it shows specific steps for handling or maintenance a particular product.
 
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I reckon we’re one of a kind.. :ya :thumbsup
I agree you could transport the same amount of information in 10% of time, but nevertheless Rodrigo is a valuable source of information, no need to bash him.
 

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Rodrigo is a valuable source of information, no need to bash him.
which is not intended - it's much more me having the feeling that I'm not getting much from most of those videos, but let's close the case here.
 

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I can report another difference between the Canon TC-20 and the Epson T2100 printers. Most Epson printers print the number of pages printed together with the nozzle check, I have seen these page count prints since a very long time with lots of different Epson printers - even on the 20 y old P7600 24" unit printing the total length of roll paper used and the total ink usage up to the time of print. Some printers even split the data in B/W and color prints and blank pages. The T2100 printer is the first printer which does not print any of such data, and there is no way via some menu setting to get to such data. The usage data is hidden in the printer firmware and only accessible via maintenance software . The TC-20 lists the number of sheets fed via the sheet feeder, and shows as well the paper usage of the rollpaper and even recalculates that paper usage into A4 equivalents and prints it underneath the nozzle check print.
But once you get the Epson maintenance software (inofficially) you have access to much more internal technical/operational data like the count of cartridge changes per color - head temperature and more.
 
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