Hello,

We recently purchased a Canon Pixma iP3000. It's the first printer we
have bought since a bad experience with an Epson Stylus 800.

The Espon would constantly have problems with dried up ink cartridges,
nozzles clogged, etc. We were told by many people (including some Epson
sales reps) that we should turn the printer off to preserve cartridge
life. While this helped (only marginally I might add) we still had many
problems.

I am hoping someone might have the Canon iP3000 Pixma and be willing to
share with us any advice or tips on general maintenace of the printer.
It doesn't get heavy use in our household (maybe 3-4 times per week).
Would it be worthwhile to turn the printer off when not in use or does
it matter?

Any reason to close the paper trays (input or output) as well when not
in use?

Thanks very much for any help...

trichard

Just use it any way you like. The only no-no I'm aware of is to never leave
an ink tank out of the carriage for more than a couple minutes.


"trichard" <trichard@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:eLidnXEQasywW_jfRVn-ug@forethought.net...

Close the paper trays to keep as much dust out as possible. Go to Neil
Slade's site at http://www.neilslade.com/papers/inkjetstuff.html for
excellent background info on canon printers in general, third party ink
info, and most important for the answer to your question, printer
maintenance. Then go to
www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/ and pick up lots of info - mostly on canon
printers. Both of these sites advocate using third party inks (which I do
quite successfully), but you will find other very helpful info as well. I'm
not trying to push you toward third party inks - just directing you to some
very practical material for canon printers.

"trichard" <trichard@nowhere.net> wrote in message
news:eLidnXEQasywW_jfRVn-ug@forethought.net...

"Dan G" <Dan@xxxx.com> wrote:

I have read that you should NEVER, EVER turn off the power with a
power strip because the print heads will not be parked on the thing
that seals them.

My Canon S750 has auto power on and auto power off functions that I
use so I never turn it on or off manually. I have never had a
problem with it.
--
I used to think that most MDs were incompetent morons. I was wrong,
they are actually very intelligent and good at what they do which is
make lots of money and get lots of prestige by shoveling enormous
amounts of BS very, very rapidly.


----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==----
http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups
---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---

trichard wrote:


I have an IP4000 and I never turn it off.

Daniel Prince wrote:

TRUE

measekite wrote:
agreed...
but then again, above is only valid if power cord is pulled while printing.
When printing is finished, head immediatelly goes into parking space and
seals carts. After that it's no harm done if power is lost. it's stupid to
do this, however.


Same with ip series...great thing.


I use my ip4000 about at same rate..3-4 times per week. No problems so far,
while at my old i550 there were also no problems regarding clogging, only
head died after year and a half...

measekite wrote:

did you ever hear of environment polluting? Doing this you waste precious
energy and thus pollute the environment... ;-)

Thanks for the helpful and friendly advice everyone.

-trichard

Burt wrote:

Mapanari wrote:
lol

"Mapanari" <whosthat@anonmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns964687EB94ADmapi@216.168.3.64...
Could you refill the ink for iP3000? Thanks

Ar Q

Ar Q wrote:


Of course and depending what you use it could clog as well.

Again, I find myself agreeing with Measekite! Either I am slipping or he is
becoming more reasonable. Please excuse my repeating an old, long post as
we have someone with legitimate questions about printer maintenance and use
of third party inks.

Inkjet printers have the potential to get clogged heads with their own brand
inks as well as quality aftermarket inks. The two major issues are 1) the
quality of the aftermarket inks and cartridges and 2) the frequency with
which you print. In addition, there is always some buildup of dried ink on
the underside of printheads that can sometimes cause clogs with months or
years of normal, regular use. Since you are interested in your supplies
beyond just going to the store and buying Canon cartridges it would be a
good idea to become more educated regarding these printers, inks and
cartridges. Measekite is right that there are some poor quality inks out
there, but he is critical of all the vendors, small businesses that
repackage other brand inks and sell them with their own labels on the
internet, and he writes about them in a disparaging manner. Moreover, he has
never used these products and yet makes authoritative statements based on
what he has selectively gleaned from reading posts on newsgroups. Although
few of the vendors advertise which inks they are selling, you can call or
email them and ask, if you so desire. I have personally used MIS inks to
refill Canon carts and have been very happy with the product (which I have
been told is Image Specialist ink). Look through this newsgroup for posts by
many third party ink users, including Ron Cohen and Taliesyn, for info about
their personal excellent experiences with third party inks. Following are a
few sites that have excellent information by people who don't just give you
their opinionated response - they have used these products successfully, and
they also report when they have had problems. Neil Slade's info on Canon
printers, papers, and inks is at www.neilslade.com/papers/inkjetstuff .

Then follow the link he gives near the top of that site to
www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/ for the forum on ink jet stuff. Lots of
information there as well. It's a good idea to know how to trouble shoot
printer problems that can occur with any ink, OEM or third party, and that
information is on those sites. Sensient Formulabs inks are available bulk
and also in prefilled cartridges, and this ink has quite a good reputation
with people who have used it and reported on this and other forums. In
addition to the site often noted by Measekite (not a personal endorsement as
he has never used aftermarket inks) Formulabs ink is in cartridges sold by
Alotofthings (their Arrow carts, not Rainbow), Weink (carts that have the
CRU id in their product listings), and, I have been told, Wiredbeans carts
which are available on ebay. You can contact each of them to verify that
their cartridges are filled with Formulabs inks before purchasing. Do sign
in to the Nifty-stuff forum and ask any questions of them that you wish.
They are very helpful. There are also some extremely helpful participants on
this newsgroup as well. Read all info, both pro and con, and make up your
own mind. Don't be put off by rants and invective.

Burt wrote:


Some will refurse to tell you.

alofotcrap is unprofessional. they did upgrade their website and now
has a webstore. they now have 2 webstores and charge different prices
on each

WeStink is a hawker trying to screw you on price. Why buy a no name
prefilled ink cart for $7.00 when you can buy Canon OEM from Costco for
$9.00.


Do not know much about them but I do not like the setup on eBay.

Why should you have to contact anyone to find out what is in the box.
The box should be properly labeled and the webstore should properly in
writing tell you what you are buying.


I do read the info on those sites. As a matter of fact it was on
nifty-stuff that I learned that inkgrabber.com has had poor batches of
yellow ink that clogged print heads. And they did admit it also. Now
many people were scared when the next batch would be bad and what color
would be next.

We need government regulation of ink standards like we have of gas.
Plus a truth in labeling law. People should feel as comfortable in
buying aftermarket ink as they do in using generic drugs.

All the major OEMs need to do to weed out the hawkers and whores is to
low the cartridge price to $5.00. I believe they can afford to do this
and still make a profit.

"measekite" <measekite@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ByMce.3754$Gd7.3420@newssvr21.news.prodigy.co m...
I saw Best Buy has a sale on Canon iP6000 this week. Do the good things you
said regarding iP3000 also apply to iP6000?
Thanks.

Ar Q wrote:

I would buy an IP4000 over the IP6000 unless you plan on printing and
editing without a computer. The IP 4000 will produce about the same
photo prints and substantially better business documents. Other than
the ability to do some minor editing without a computer there is no
other reason I can think of to get one.

Watch the sales at Fry's. About once a month they have the IP4000 $150
list with an instant store rebate of $30 and a Canon rebate of $20.00
netting the printer at $100.00. That is the best price I have seen them
for.

$110. By the way, after carefully studying the difference among Canon
printers, I found only iP4000 meet my need since my computer runs Win98 and
uses Parallel interface. Thanks again.

Mapanari wrote:

And for some reason it is somewhat slower.

But it is. The photo has more contrast and richer blacks and you do not
have to mix the colors to get black. The prints are much sharper and it
is worth $40.00 more.; some of which you will make up on the ink savings.

I hope you don't buy any fruit that's picked by, never use a hotel whose
rooms are cleaned by, or have a home that's cleaned by, never use a
convenience store that's manned by, or have children who are cared by,
and never buy any "made in the USA" clothing that's sewn together by one
of those "illegal aliens", and of course, like yourself, we all hope
you'll drop long before your social security clicks in.

Art

Mapanari wrote:

Mapanari wrote:

What is the BRAND and where did you get it?