print purge

The Canon Pixma IP4200 printer finally died. It had 1.5 years of refilling and 2 years being hooked up to a continuous ink system. I liked it because of the duplex and disc printing value adds. Though I think having a CIS killed it because we lost track of how much we were printing apart from the signs of dying - squeaky noise and skipping lines.

However, before that I had the pleasure of a chance meeting with a friend. With a few dollars of print credit left and the intriguing option of transparencies, something interesting was produced.

But alas, the print quality wasn't all that great. It would probably be a good enough distraction if stuck on a car window.

I thought that the combo of Canon inkjet and CIS has been a good compromise so I got the Pixma IP4700 printer from MSY and another CIS from Rihac in Ascot Vale. Due to my negligence, some time was wasted by walking in the wrong direction from Ascot Vale station.

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The nozzle count has increased - there's an extra row of stuff on the print head as well as the nozzle check printout. It's faster and a little quieter, otherwise very much the same winning formula. There's a bit of an oddity where it doesn't keep the silicon tubing straight and bludgeons it into the cavity for printhead storage when it's doing a print run. The noise isn't nice but it straightens up after a sheet. Hopefully resticking the arm will help with that.

Anyway, the more interesting part is trying to flog off the old CIS kit, which is perfectly operable.
I didn't have high hopes when I saw the condition of the refilled cartridges at a family friend's.

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Though the photo doesn't show it well, the colours are way off and virtually dry. However it turned out to be completely fine and produced a pass in the nozzle check.

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Quite a robust printer.