Anyone have a Canon Pixma printer?

[npmommie]

do you like it? are the ink cartridges all separate colors, or is it just a black one and a tri color one?
if the color one is out does it let you print in black and white?

I bought an Epson about 6 months ago, and I really hate it. it prints nicely but loading the paper is a pain, its very noisy, and the colors are separate cartridges, so if the yellow is out, you cannot even print in black and white, very frustrating.

I am thinking of selling it on ebay maybe, or giving it away, i hate it so much.

I saw a Canon Pixma on the endcap at walmart last night for a good price and I am thinking of getting it.

 

[tiggger1]

I think that is what we have it is a single black, and a trio...

 

[BigHugsForEeyore]

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[AKL_Megs]

We have a Pixma ip2600... Has two cartridges (black and multi), and it doesn't print when run runs out. Prints decent. Wouldn't use it for printing pictures, but works for printing my husbands work stuff and reservations, etc.

We bought it to replace our old Pixma after we ran out of ink, as it was something like $40 for new cartridges, and $35 for a whole new printer WITH cartridges.

 

[SandrA9810]

I believe mine is a 490, got last year for black friday at a great price of 25$. There's only two cartridges, and the printer comes with one set. Some of the more fancy models have separate ones. Printing and scanning are great on it. And haven't had any problems yet, but I've barely used it.

The two top recommendations I've heard are HP and Canon printers.

 

[DebbieB]

I have a MP620. I like that it's wireless, I can print to it from my laptop. It does have multiple cartridges. I just got a refill pack from Best Buy, it was $49.99. I don't print alot but it's been good.

 

[marcyinPA]

We have an iP4300. We just hooked it up recently after our HP fax/copier/scanner/printer crapped out.

I had gotten it free when I bought a camera at Staples several years ago, and it sat in the box all that time.

It works fine. It has separate color inks and black ink. I do miss my HP though. I hate not having the option to make copies. We used that feature all the time!

 

[bethbuchall]

The reason that you can't print in black and white when one of the colors is out is that most home printers use the colors to create the different shades of grey in a black/white image. You should be able to print text that is straight black even if the colors run out. There may be something in the printer that does not allow any printing if a tank is empty, though. The printer that has two blacks probably has a pigment black and an ink black, but I'm not sure about that.

We have the Canon MP510 and have had it for several years. It uses four ink tanks--black, cyan, yellow, magenta. I can print a black/white text document if one of the color tanks run out. I can also attempt to print a blank/white image, though it will not look right with one of the colors being out.

 

[eduk8r26]

I have an MP560. I bought it at Fry's Electronics online for $59 and went into the store 2 days later and saw the same one on the floor for $149!! I haven't hooked it up yet because I need to switch computer desks. But it has separate color cartridges and is wireless.

 

[safetymom]

Almost every printer on the market has it set up that if one ink is out you can't print. The ink is used to cool the printhead. Too much heat and the printhead doesn't work.

 

[npmommie]

thanks for all the replies.

the HP i had previously allowed me to choose to print only using the black cartridge only, it was good when the colors were low or when I wanted to spare the color cartridge.

hmmm the canon inks sound pricey

 

[marcyinPA]

Ironically enough, after posting a couple of hours ago, our Pixma no longer works.

My DS11 is working on a big project and was trying to print something out, and it just stopped working. We've only been using the printer for about 2 weeks, and we've not printed much of anything, so we didn't want to take a chance by buying new ink.

My DH just went out to buy a whole new printer. I told him to buy a scanner/copier combo. I like those better. (FWIW, with our old HP, we could print in just black when our colored ink ran out. We dealt with just black over the entire summer because we couldn't afford a colored ink cartridge.)

 

[npmommie]

Ironically enough, after posting a couple of hours ago, our Pixma no longer works.

My DS11 is working on a big project and was trying to print something out, and it just stopped working. We've only been using the printer for about 2 weeks, and we've not printed much of anything, so we didn't want to take a chance by buying new ink.

My DH just went out to buy a whole new printer. I told him to buy a scanner/copier combo. I like those better. (FWIW, with our old HP, we could print in just black when our colored ink ran out. We dealt with just black over the entire summer because we couldn't afford a colored ink cartridge.)

what kind did your DH get this time?

 

[marcyinPA]

what kind did your DH get this time?

He bought an HP...at Walmart...for $70. I think it's a Deskjet series F4500. It has a scanner/copier too, which was important to me. Unfortunately, I guess...we had to buy a new printer without doing much if any research. DS has this project due, and we were in the middle of printing when the other one stopped working.

 

[Tuffcookie]

I have a Canon Pixma ip5000, photo printer. I have had mine for a good number of years. I love the quality of my prints! I only use Canon cartridges. There is one fat black cartridge and then 3 additional thinner ones (black, yellow, cyan, magenta)

I have continued to print when out of a color without harming the printer.

TC

 

[Squirlz]

Our first Canon Pixma, purchased in 2008, lasted a year before it developed a problem that would cost more to fix than a new one. So we replaced it with the latest equivalent model. The ink lasted less than 2 weeks. It used to be you would get a warning that the ink was low and then you could continue at your own risk, but the new one gave us two choices along with the warning; QUIT or PURCHASE NOW.

We sent it back to Amazon and got a HP 8500 wireless and it has been flawless for about a year and a half now. We won't get another Canon.

 

[tiggger1]

We have a Pixma ip2600... Has two cartridges (black and multi), and it doesn't print when run runs out. Prints decent. Wouldn't use it for printing pictures, but works for printing my husbands work stuff and reservations, etc.

We bought it to replace our old Pixma after we ran out of ink, as it was something like $40 for new cartridges, and $35 for a whole new printer WITH cartridges.

this is the one we have, and the reason we bought it because it was cheaper for a new printer than it was to buy the ink!