Inkjet Printer Type and Reliability
Inkjet Printer Cartridge Type and Reliability
Here are a couple of opinions. (From: Al Savage
(asavage@iname.com).)
Having worked at Epson, Canon, and HP warranty
service centers, I tell anyone who asks me for
advice about buying an ink jet printer to always
choose one where getting more ink also gets you a
fresh printhead. The number one service problem with
all inkjets is printhead clogging failures. On the
Stylus 800 series, for example, the printhead retail
cost was $170, and the labor was about half an hour.
On the Canon BJC-600, the P/H cost was $250, but the
head could be changed by the owner. And with so many
folks using third party ink that works like it was
brewed up in someone's bathtub (NuKote, Piranha
(sp?), etc.), printhead failures scrapped more
inkjets than any other three causes combined.
Cheap, owner-replaceable printheads help keep cheap
inkjet printers out of the landfill.
(From: Roger Hamlett (roger@ttelmah.demon.co.uk).)
I disagree with the comments about choosing one
where getting ink gets you a printhead. I have a bin
full of 'dead' HP cartridges, that have resisted
various attempts to get them printing again, yet
also have an Epson here, that is four years old, and
has never given any problems. The bill for
cartridges on the HP, (allowing for the part use),
would have paid to replace the printer a couple of
times over.
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