Hello guys!
I've been refilling my Canon printers years ago thanks to the help I got through these forums. Unfortunately, I've lost my old login, so this is a new account. The last time I was here, Canons seemed to be the printer-of-choice even for those who print pictures or do photography for a living. It was also the start of cartridges that were chipped, before that you could have 3-5 cartridges that you simply cycled through so by the time you get back to the first cartridge, the printer thought it was a new one.
Obviously times have changed now, eh? I've been out of the loop for so long, I wonder if anyone has any advice as to what printers I should consider buying? I've tried several Canon printers that use the black and 3-in-1 colored cartridges, and I've also used a Canon printer that had individual tanks.... the 2-cartridge printers were lightweight and I'd only do a 100-page (50-sheet) print run while the individual-tanks printer I could do 300-500 pages (can't remember how many would fit in the paper feeder) with no problem. For the moment, I am looking for a cheap all-in-one (print, copy, scan) printer that is easy to refill but still prints beautiful pictures and from what I've seen in stores, these tend to be the ones with two cartridges. I'd consider one that has individual tanks as well, even if it wasn't AIO, as long as it was low priced.
The main purpose of this printer will be to print out pictures, some 100-200 page PDF books, RPG books, the few odd banners here and there, and some of the kid's homework and projects. I guess the "toughest work" for this is my book-printing projects, but those are few-and-far between.
Are Hobbicolors still a trusted line? What are the new brands of quality 3rd-party inks? Has CIS systems improved over the last years? Problems I've heard of in CIS are clogging, failure to feed, etc.
Thanks, and it's nice to be back!
I've been refilling my Canon printers years ago thanks to the help I got through these forums. Unfortunately, I've lost my old login, so this is a new account. The last time I was here, Canons seemed to be the printer-of-choice even for those who print pictures or do photography for a living. It was also the start of cartridges that were chipped, before that you could have 3-5 cartridges that you simply cycled through so by the time you get back to the first cartridge, the printer thought it was a new one.
Obviously times have changed now, eh? I've been out of the loop for so long, I wonder if anyone has any advice as to what printers I should consider buying? I've tried several Canon printers that use the black and 3-in-1 colored cartridges, and I've also used a Canon printer that had individual tanks.... the 2-cartridge printers were lightweight and I'd only do a 100-page (50-sheet) print run while the individual-tanks printer I could do 300-500 pages (can't remember how many would fit in the paper feeder) with no problem. For the moment, I am looking for a cheap all-in-one (print, copy, scan) printer that is easy to refill but still prints beautiful pictures and from what I've seen in stores, these tend to be the ones with two cartridges. I'd consider one that has individual tanks as well, even if it wasn't AIO, as long as it was low priced.
The main purpose of this printer will be to print out pictures, some 100-200 page PDF books, RPG books, the few odd banners here and there, and some of the kid's homework and projects. I guess the "toughest work" for this is my book-printing projects, but those are few-and-far between.
Are Hobbicolors still a trusted line? What are the new brands of quality 3rd-party inks? Has CIS systems improved over the last years? Problems I've heard of in CIS are clogging, failure to feed, etc.
Thanks, and it's nice to be back!