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Posted by Oldus Fartus on 10/05/81 11:39
Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
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> I suppose. All one messes up with an HP printer is the cartridge in
> question. Epson, however, has the piezo jets on the printer, and the
> "cartridge only contains ink. An HP printer provides the owner with a
> fresh set of piezo jets with each new cartridge installation, as they
> are integrated into the cartridge. I think I like that better. I
> suppose the only concern would be alignment of the jets from one
> cartridge to another. That must be what the initial calibration
> routines on the new HPs is for. The old ones required the user to
> feed back info to the system after a printed page is created and
> examined. Adjustments got made, and a new calibration page gets
> created and re-examined. The new ones just do it when the new
> cartridge is inserted, They must have unique IDs in them.
Yes I agree. I have a HP 2210 all-in-one and it is a good solid
printer, albeit expensive to run.
I had hoped that the way of the future would be the Canon s400. It had
separate ink tanks, plus replaceable print head, which could be replaced
with a scanner head, or with an alternative for photo-quality printing.
The replacement carrier with print head was reasonably priced,
complete with set of tanks, for only about 20% more than for the tanks
alone, so gave the best of both worlds should the print head become
clogged. Unfortunately the heads in their later printers, although
replaceable, are not readily available and are claimed to last the life
of the printer (whatever that is supposed to mean.)
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Cheers
Oldus Fartus
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