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"jean" <try-to@find.it> wrote in message
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> "Bob Bailin" <72027.3605@compuserve.com> a écrit dans le message de
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> > > "Keith Sheppard" <keith.sheppard@tesco.net> a écrit dans le message de
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> > > > >>I tried many cleaning cycles and even dunked the head in
> > > > >>distilled water overnight but when I do the check nozzle test,
there
> > are
> > > a
> > > > >>few still not firing.
> > > >
> > > > If all else fails, remember that print heads on the Canon are a
> consumer
> > > > replaceable item. They are quite expensive. I seem to recall a
price
> > of
> > > > around 80 British pounds here in the UK last time I looked. Try
> Gary's
> > > > alignment suggestions first.
> > >
> > > I know, I missed the post christmas sales for a new printer at $99
while
> a
> > > print head is way more expensive than that. My old BJC8200's print
head
> > > went bad, replacement cost of the head was only a few dollars less
than
> a
> > > new printer, that is why I bought the i950. After two heads going
bad,
> I
> > > may just go and get something else like an Epson. I liked the fact
the
> > > Canon printers had separate ink tanks but if the heads don't last that
> > long,
> > > then it's a bad criteria for choosing a printer.
> >
> > Just went thru the same thing with my friend's i950. Cleaning in
distilled
> > water, the only practical solution, only made things worse. A new
> printhead
> > is $85; a new i950 or i960 is only slightly more expensive, about
> $125-150,
> > and you get 6 new ink cartridges to boot.
> >
> > I can't complain, however, because over the past couple of years, the
> > savings
> > we've achieved due to the separate ink tanks more than made up for the
> > price of a new printhead. But since my friend's photo printing
> requirements
> > have become more critical, we're going with a new i9900 instead.
> Eventually,
> > I'll get a new printhead if I can find one more cheaply on Ebay. As for
> the
> > new i9900, we're also getting an extended 3-yr warranty from Canon for
> $135,
> > essentially pre-paying for the printhead that will eventually need
> > replacement
> > on this one, too.
>
> The extended warranty I was offered on my i950 did not cover the heads
> otherwise I would have taken it.
>
> Jean
Thank you for pointing this out. I didn't bother to read the fine print of
the
warranty agreement, so I didn't see the clause that considers the printhead
to be a non-covered, consumable item (even if it is 25% of the cost of the
entire printer!).
Fortunately, there's a 30-day cancellation option that I'll probably use.
Other than the printhead, nothing ever went amiss with the i950, and I
expect the i9900 to act the same.
Bob