Did anybody get one of these yet?
Tonite I will try and get out to pick one up on promo.
So far before getting one there are quite a few thorns with these.
1. The printhead is no longer user accessible. It is preinstalled but unlike the older models, they are not truly user accessible. This means that if clogs occur in the head there is considerable work involved to flush the head out.
This also means that the replacement head will only be available from Canon as a non user serviceable part? I could be wrong here.
2. There is no longer a rear feed tray. I like to use both trays in the past as I could load different sizes or colors etc and choose what paper to use. This looks like it is gone.
3. I am left wondering about the chip resettability. Do remember that Canon engineered the printers for HP that use the 564 and 920 etc. So far as best I can determine no resetter have appeared for these printers. The same family of encoding or choice of chips could be in order for the new printers. There is no guarantee that a resetter will appear. You can only keep the fingers crossed.
4. The printers come with non XL versions of the cartridges and this means that a portion of the reservoir is not fillable. Some portion of the tank was retained to allow the use of the optical sensing system. On the XL versions, the complete reservoir is accessible.
I will pick one up soon to flesh out a good refill solution and also saw some MG5320s on clearance. Hmmm... some lucky souls will get those.
Now as Hat has pointed out in another thread of good and bad printers. Well, when the generation AFTER the CLI-8 appeared, we saw that the CLI-8 generation was a real good one compared to the 220/221 or 520/521. Then we saw that the 225/226 or 525/526 introduced opaque cartridges and then realized the 220/221 was better. In as much as we dislike the 225/226 or 525/526..the key quirks are easily resolvable by switching cart bodies from the 220/221. The new printers now look like they come with some real pain in the butt features.
I have yet to pick up my unit yet. If anyone sees any fault in what I have read through in the manuals, let us know.
LET THE HOARDING OF THE 225/226/525/526 series BEGIN!
Tonite I will try and get out to pick one up on promo.
So far before getting one there are quite a few thorns with these.
1. The printhead is no longer user accessible. It is preinstalled but unlike the older models, they are not truly user accessible. This means that if clogs occur in the head there is considerable work involved to flush the head out.
This also means that the replacement head will only be available from Canon as a non user serviceable part? I could be wrong here.
2. There is no longer a rear feed tray. I like to use both trays in the past as I could load different sizes or colors etc and choose what paper to use. This looks like it is gone.
3. I am left wondering about the chip resettability. Do remember that Canon engineered the printers for HP that use the 564 and 920 etc. So far as best I can determine no resetter have appeared for these printers. The same family of encoding or choice of chips could be in order for the new printers. There is no guarantee that a resetter will appear. You can only keep the fingers crossed.
4. The printers come with non XL versions of the cartridges and this means that a portion of the reservoir is not fillable. Some portion of the tank was retained to allow the use of the optical sensing system. On the XL versions, the complete reservoir is accessible.
I will pick one up soon to flesh out a good refill solution and also saw some MG5320s on clearance. Hmmm... some lucky souls will get those.
Now as Hat has pointed out in another thread of good and bad printers. Well, when the generation AFTER the CLI-8 appeared, we saw that the CLI-8 generation was a real good one compared to the 220/221 or 520/521. Then we saw that the 225/226 or 525/526 introduced opaque cartridges and then realized the 220/221 was better. In as much as we dislike the 225/226 or 525/526..the key quirks are easily resolvable by switching cart bodies from the 220/221. The new printers now look like they come with some real pain in the butt features.
I have yet to pick up my unit yet. If anyone sees any fault in what I have read through in the manuals, let us know.
LET THE HOARDING OF THE 225/226/525/526 series BEGIN!