Help Choosing Between Canon MP800 & HP3310

[SRS]

I am looking at buying either a Canon Pixma MP800 or a HP 3310. One of my concerns is the ink cartridge size. The HP holds 3.5ml of ink and the Canon cartridges hold 13ml of ink. Am I comparing apples to apples here. Will the Canon last that much longer, or is the technology different and the inks will go the same distance?

 

[hpnetserver]

It looks obvious to me the 3.5 ml of ink is a joke. It won't take too many 8x10 photos to empty it. Whenever I saw those tiny ink cartridges in hp printers I really felt funny. Does HP really expect to become bigger and bigger by making it smaller and smaller?

 

[Osage]

To SRS,

Looked at the data sheet on the 3310--actually the 3.5 ml if ink is a worst case serario--some of the color cartridges have up to 6 ml of ink and the black text cartridge has a whopping 10 ml. Thats an ocean of ink if you happen to be a microscopic organism. The only plus I can see is that the 3310 may cycle some ink back to the cartridge in cleaning cycles--where its totally wasted in cleaning cycles in the MP800----but there sure is little ink to waste. And the cartridges cost much more for less ink.

On an either or---I'd say go MP800 where all the colors give you 13 ML of ink and the text black gives you 26 ml.

But if you are in the USA----I'd say get the Canon MP780--the previous generation Canon flagship all in one that also prints, scans, copies, and faxes.----On sale this week at Fry' electronics for $150.00 after rebates. And better yet its unchipped.----and contains one silly ml more of ink more per cartridge than the MP800. Even if you are not in the USA I'd say I would not consider a HP3310, might consider a MP800, but would rather get a MP780.---on an equal price basis I'd pay more for a MP780
unless the chip was already defeated.

But if you can get a MP780 for way less----it just a nobrainer.