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Thought I'd give a heads up on this one as I just had a hunch and did a search for any multifunctionals that take the HP88 cartridge (the one that the K550 uses).
Somehow I got lucky and it seems that HP are bringing out a new printer to replace the K550 and a multifunctional that does indeed use the HP88 cart... All good news as that takes the hell out of CIS installation that I've been kicking around with Canons.
So, the new models are:
K5400 (std/dn/dtn(wireless))
L7580/L7680/L7780 All-in-one which equate to std/dn/dtn(wireless)
From what little I've read so far they may also have resolved one of the issues that tended to scare first time users to death in the K550... ie: there's now a counter weight in the system that acts to counter the fast left-right motion of the printhead by moving in the opposite direction to the printhead. Quite a clever idea really...
Anyways, from my point of view this has pretty much killed any decision by me to stick with the Canon printers... I'll probably stick with trying to solve the ones I have a present but in truth I think this lot helps me call time on any further Canon models..
Somehow I got lucky and it seems that HP are bringing out a new printer to replace the K550 and a multifunctional that does indeed use the HP88 cart... All good news as that takes the hell out of CIS installation that I've been kicking around with Canons.
So, the new models are:
K5400 (std/dn/dtn(wireless))
L7580/L7680/L7780 All-in-one which equate to std/dn/dtn(wireless)
From what little I've read so far they may also have resolved one of the issues that tended to scare first time users to death in the K550... ie: there's now a counter weight in the system that acts to counter the fast left-right motion of the printhead by moving in the opposite direction to the printhead. Quite a clever idea really...
Anyways, from my point of view this has pretty much killed any decision by me to stick with the Canon printers... I'll probably stick with trying to solve the ones I have a present but in truth I think this lot helps me call time on any further Canon models..
