inkjet printers

crustyo44 · Post by **crustyo44** » Wed Feb 08, 2012 23:53

Hi Members,
I think that all members should know that Canon printers are on the nose in regard to quality, reliability and warranty enquiries/issues.
I puchased a Pixma MP 640, 2 years ago. It suddenly stopped and displayed a message to take it to a service centre.
The technician advised me that the cost to repair is just over $ 300.00.
This works out at 85 cent per copy made. I only print some recipes and sometimes copy receipts.
The 85cent per copy was worked out by counting the A4 sheets left in the only ream in the house.
Canon Headoffice's reply exactly matched their printers reliability.
So if you are comtemplating buying a new printer, do give Canon a wide berth.
Regards,
Jan.

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 01:49

Jan, I am sorry that you have had such poor results with your Canon printer. My 4000 is going on four years and several ink cartridges. It has functioned flawlessly ever since I got it. I don't even own stock in the company.

crustyo44 · Post by **crustyo44** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 02:31

Ross,
Canon is no longer a quality and durable product. Since my trouble started I have seen whole websites dedicated to Canon complaints and their obstructive behaviour to solve problems.
Most of my business friends won't touch anything named Canon.
There is now even a court hearing pending here in regard to Canon warranty. Everything sold here must be covered by warranty, Canon is not excluded.
Anyhow, I won't be touching any of their trumped-up crap again. I learned the $ 300.00 hard way.
Regards,
jan.

el Ducko · Post by **el Ducko** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 18:19

It seems a shame, but printer manufacturers seem to make cheap junk nowadays and make it up on inflated ink jet cartridge sales.

Maybe you should consider a laser printer, Crusty. We bought an HP Laserjet 1100, twelve years ago, that finally died this winter. Cartridges weren't cheap, but the cost per page was way lower than ink jets. (...learned during a brief but brilliant retail sales career with a major office supply retailer.) Finally, a little spring switch departed this life for a better place, but didn't quite achieve Earth orbit. (Perhaps it landed in Crusty's machine, causing his problem.)

Anyway, we had bought a Brother laser printer a couple of years back, for the other house. We bought a second one (so we call the new one Brother's brother) as a replacement. Both seem reliable so far. The new one cost USD 110, but occasionally is discounted to USD 100. Cartridges are about the same price as the priciest ink jet color`cartridges, but not more. It only does black-and-white, but then, that's all we need anyway. The cartridge is carbon-based, so it never dries out. ...and it gets way better "mileage."

Oh yeah- - it has built a in ethernet card, so it will stand alone on your home network. (You should probably put it on a fixed IP address, though. That's easy to do- - you have to fiddle with your router. But what the heck does this have to do with sausage making?)

Something to consider, anyway. My point: laser printers seem far more reliable than inkjet printers, especially these days.

Computer geek to Earth- - signing off.

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 18:28

But what the heck does this have to do with sausage making?)
I think maybe he wanted to print his own synthetic casings.

el Ducko · Post by **el Ducko** » Thu Feb 09, 2012 18:56

Uh... printing recipes?

Yeah- - we're WAY off topic. As my ol' pal Daffy says, "despicable!"
(Sorry about that.)(Eat two sausages and call me in the morning.)

Chuckwagon · Post by **Chuckwagon** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 02:39

Hey Duck,
Fear Not! As long as you're in "Hyde Park", you can talk about anything you want to... although it might be prudent to avoid sex, politics, and religion. That being said....
"DaveZac" for President in 2012!

crustyo44 · Post by **crustyo44** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 03:25

Hi CW,
Thank you for your comments, that the reason why I placed it in Hyde Park. Nobody wants to read about the ravings of a demented lunatic Dutchman in sausage making.
At least I had my say. Up Canon!!!!!!
Best Regards to all.
Jan.

el Ducko · Post by **el Ducko** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 03:39

Chuckwagon wrote:sex, politics, and religion. That being said....

Dang! That cuts out the next eight or ten topics. What's left...?

Oh yeah- -
"A man and a sausage walk into a bar, see, and the sausage sez to the bartender, 'Hey, Mac, whataya know about inkjet printers?' ...to which the bartender replies..."

Chuckwagon · Post by **Chuckwagon** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 03:58

Crusty, you wrote:

At least I had my say. Up Canon!!!!!!

Strangely enough, I went through the same thing a couple of years ago with HP. I have a piano building business and every tech had an HP printer on their computers at their stations. When HP started hiking the price of ink cartridges, I just bit the bullet until one day I went into work and totally lost it. I tossed 'em all and replaced them all that very day with the new, low-priced, highly-recommended, Kodak printers with lower priced cartridges. They are noisy, reliable, enjoyable, make high quality prints, and have been worth every cent.

Best Wishes,
Chuckwagon

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 04:22

And now Kodak has gone belly up.

Chuckwagon · Post by **Chuckwagon** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 04:43

Isn't that just their camera division?

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 05:59

Idonno.

jbk101 · Post by **jbk101** » Fri Feb 10, 2012 18:59

Hey guys,

Do you know that you can buy Ink Jet Refill Kits (for under $25.00) and once you have a good kit just replace the ink which is even cheaper

It is real easy to do

Also from the original post with a cost of repair being $300.00 why didn't your service tech advise you that it would be cheaper to replace it

At today's pricing you can get a Real Good Printer for under $150.00 and a decent (Basic) one for around $50.00 (which is the average cost of purchasing new HP Ink Cartridges)

(and your new printer will come with new ink cartridges)

There are also options of purchasing Ink Cartridges from a re-filler at a reduced cost of new but some printers like HP are coded and will not work if you receive one that is not coded for your HP machine.

My HP All-In-One printer cost me around $100.00 two years ago and I have refilled the cartridges without any problems.

If and when it prints its last page I will simply replace it! With today's advances it electronics (Computers, Printers etc.) it is almost always cheaper to replace then to have the item repaired.

Just some thoughts to consider,
John

crustyo44 · Post by **crustyo44** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 22:31

Hi,
My printer ink was supplied by a CISS system, bulk bottles of ink and they work fine. Some Ambulance Services here use it on all their small machines. Cost is negligible for ink.
Matter of fact, I have finally got an answer back from Canon again.
They are looking into my hassles.
Regards,
Jan.