RE: Update: Are Canon IPF printers any reliable?
RE: Update: Are Canon IPF printers any reliable?
- Subject: RE: Update: Are Canon IPF printers any reliable?
- From: Roger Breton <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:49:42 -0500
Thank's again to Martin and Scott and Andrew and Mark and all the others who've replied.
The only reason I have a small 17" roll printer is for color management experiences and testing purposes, in advance of my clients who have larger beasts in operation. I do some occasional production for myself but nothing like 1000 prints per month. It's possible my work environment may be too dry for these inks not to clog? Last time I used my 4000 with success was in October. Had to print a series of proofs for a client. Went great. No issue whatsoever. But then a week later, when I tried to use it again, the Magenta was clogged solid, and no amount of efforts on my part did unclog it. I brought the printer to the friendly local Epson authorized service dealer who didn't replace any parts and got the Magenta unclogged nicely. So they said. When I brought the machine back home and installed it, the Magenta was still clogged, sadly. I waited and eventually brought the machine over a second time to the friendly Epson authorized service dealer, and this time, I insisted on being there with the technician when it would be fixed. So I went and saw that, indeed, the darn Magenta was not a problem anymore. Again, no parts changed just some, I don't know, service commands, I guess. Then I dare brought the printer back home. When I tried it again, the Magenta was clogged. Really. Recently, a friend came over to try his hand at the printer and all we achieved together was a super mess : the maintenance tank had spilled all over on the floor and the desk was under an ocean of black ink. Nice. What fun that was to clean. Moral of the story? In French we say that "a cat that was burned with hot water now fears cold water" (un chat échaudé craint l'eau froide). I think I'm going to wait some more but I'm tempted to go with a 24" printer. I realize the Canon 5100 is probably due for a refresh but if sales have not been that hot, well, I could wait for a long time. HP's head replacement scheme is probably the one that fits mostly my operating situation, come to think of it. I have read many accounts of Canon owner having to
replace heads at $500 a pop. But others report having had them for a few years already without the need to replace them. With Epson, I know I'm taking a risk, the risk that their technology will eventually yield to my low production and probably too dry environment, something I can fix anyway with a humidifier. We'll see... It's not so much about money after all but convenience and long term operability, and cost of ownership in a few years too. I'd have to spend several thousands of $$ now and again in two years, and so on. But outside of ink jet printers, there is nothing! Laser is just not there, still too unstable. And the choice boils down to Canon, HP and Epson.
Best / Roger
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