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Need help deciding on a new printer
My Canon i960 has just crapped out so I'm in need of a new color printer
ASAP. Unfortunately I haven't been keeping up with the state of the industry lately and have no idea of what I might replace it with. I'm strictly an amateur and the now dead i960 was fulfilling my needs quite adequately. I seldom have a need to go beyond 8-1/2" x 11". What is on the market now in about that same price range, which was around $300 when I bought it several years ago? Any experience with the Canon Pixma iP5200R? Brian |
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Need help deciding on a new printer
Staples hasthe IP4300 that is the replacement for the IP5200.
I think it is $99 US and a $20 Mail in rebate If you need networking you should try and find the "R" "BeeCee" wrote in message news:I8qdncg3dt6Fi8DYnZ2dnUVZ_vqdnZ2d@wtccommunica tions.ca... My Canon i960 has just crapped out so I'm in need of a new color printer ASAP. Unfortunately I haven't been keeping up with the state of the industry lately and have no idea of what I might replace it with. I'm strictly an amateur and the now dead i960 was fulfilling my needs quite adequately. I seldom have a need to go beyond 8-1/2" x 11". What is on the market now in about that same price range, which was around $300 when I bought it several years ago? Any experience with the Canon Pixma iP5200R? Brian |
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Need help deciding on a new printer
I'm pretty pleased with the Ip5200. So good I didn't bother buying a
i960 at goodwill. You may wish to consider the ip6600d as this is what you had before but with a smaller drop size. The only complaint I have with the ip5200 is on HP paper you really notice the fact that the yellow only has 5pl nozzles, where the ip6600D has the same number of nozzels per color. I haven't tried it my self but I imagine that the ip6600D would look better. The R versions offer networking. Worth the extra bucks if you want no wires. BeeCee wrote: My Canon i960 has just crapped out so I'm in need of a new color printer ASAP. Unfortunately I haven't been keeping up with the state of the industry lately and have no idea of what I might replace it with. I'm strictly an amateur and the now dead i960 was fulfilling my needs quite adequately. I seldom have a need to go beyond 8-1/2" x 11". What is on the market now in about that same price range, which was around $300 when I bought it several years ago? Any experience with the Canon Pixma iP5200R? Brian |
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Need help deciding on a new printer
BeeCee wrote: My Canon i960 has just crapped out so I'm in need of a new color printer ASAP. Unfortunately I haven't been keeping up with the state of the industry lately and have no idea of what I might replace it with. I'm strictly an amateur and the now dead i960 was fulfilling my needs quite adequately. I seldom have a need to go beyond 8-1/2" x 11". What is on the market now in about that same price range, which was around $300 when I bought it several years ago? Any experience with the Canon Pixma iP5200R? Brian On sale, almost all of the at Fry's, you can buy a Canon IP4300 that will print better and resist fading better than the printer you had in 99% of ll situations. The printer also has twin paper feeds and can print both sides of the paper with no intervention. |
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Need help deciding on a new printer
Michael Grey wrote: Staples hasthe IP4300 that is the replacement for the IP5200. I think it is $99 US and a $20 Mail in rebate If you need networking you should try and find the "R" That is not totally correct. Fry's has the printer for $80.00 with out a rebate hassle. The real replacement for the IP5200 is the IP5300 now sold outside of North America. When is will arrive in the USA you need to contact Canon. "BeeCee" wrote in message news:I8qdncg3dt6Fi8DYnZ2dnUVZ_vqdnZ2d@wtccommunica tions.ca... My Canon i960 has just crapped out so I'm in need of a new color printer ASAP. Unfortunately I haven't been keeping up with the state of the industry lately and have no idea of what I might replace it with. I'm strictly an amateur and the now dead i960 was fulfilling my needs quite adequately. I seldom have a need to go beyond 8-1/2" x 11". What is on the market now in about that same price range, which was around $300 when I bought it several years ago? Any experience with the Canon Pixma iP5200R? Brian |
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Need help deciding on a new printer
measekite wrote:
BeeCee wrote: My Canon i960 has just crapped out so I'm in need of a new color printer ASAP. ... What is on the market now in about that same price range, which was around $300 when I bought it several years ago? Any experience with the Canon Pixma iP5200R? On sale, almost all of the at Fry's, you can buy a Canon IP4300 that will print better and resist fading better than the printer you had in 99% of ll situations. The printer also has twin paper feeds and can print both sides of the paper with no intervention. AOL! I'm sure you'll be happy with most any of the Canon Pixima models. I have an ip3000, and I consider this a minium-spec as it has 4 separate ink tanks (3 colour & 1 black). All the Pixima printers with model numbers 3000 fall into this category - the 3000 is quite old now, about 2.5 or 3 years, I think, and has been superceeded; the 4300 & 5200 are not only higher-end models than mine, but are sucessors to their higher-end models that were available when I bought mine. I paid about £100 for my ip3000 when I bought it, so would consider any of those mentioned quite a bargain. They all have 5 or 6 ink tanks, too, which is supposed to improve photo quality - I find this quite phenominal, as the photo quality out of my old 3000 is quite good eneough, even reproducing images taken with a decent 8mp SLR camera & £400 lens. Stroller. |
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Need help deciding on a new printer
"Stroller" wrote in message
... measekite wrote: BeeCee wrote: My Canon i960 has just crapped out so I'm in need of a new color printer ASAP. ... What is on the market now in about that same price range, which was around $300 when I bought it several years ago? Any experience with the Canon Pixma iP5200R? On sale, almost all of the at Fry's, you can buy a Canon IP4300 that will print better and resist fading better than the printer you had in 99% of ll situations. The printer also has twin paper feeds and can print both sides of the paper with no intervention. AOL! I'm sure you'll be happy with most any of the Canon Pixima models. I have an ip3000, and I consider this a minium-spec as it has 4 separate ink tanks (3 colour & 1 black). All the Pixima printers with model numbers 3000 fall into this category - the 3000 is quite old now, about 2.5 or 3 years, I think, and has been superceeded; the 4300 & 5200 are not only higher-end models than mine, but are sucessors to their higher-end models that were available when I bought mine. I paid about £100 for my ip3000 when I bought it, so would consider any of those mentioned quite a bargain. They all have 5 or 6 ink tanks, too, which is supposed to improve photo quality - I find this quite phenominal, as the photo quality out of my old 3000 is quite good eneough, even reproducing images taken with a decent 8mp SLR camera & £400 lens. Stroller. ip4300 at newegg for $76 or Staples $99 with $20 rebate. No cheap compatable carts but you can refill if you don't mind losing your ink monitor function. Canon's effort to thwart the use of aftermarket inks. |
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Need help deciding on a new printer
Thanks for all the suggestions - gets me pointed in the right direction.
Brian |
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