ding [the sound of pavlov's bell ringing]

I'm ahead of you!  My last hp, a 5550, was bought
about a year ago.  I plowed through too many
cartridges at rediculous prices - I paid more for
cartridges than the printer in the short time it
worked.  Fortunately, the damned thing was poorly
built and failed after about 7 months. 

I replaced it with a Canon pixma 4000.  Individual ink
tanks (5) which are small but very easy to refill.  In
the last 5 months I've refilled them 3 times now.  My
calculated savings is approaching the cost of the
machine.  You can even get specially made aftermarket
refillable cartridges.  

The 4000 is a sweet printer, by the way.  Good
features and good quality print.  I just wish they had
used a better dual LED (green and yellow-green - very
hard to tell when its flashing an error number).

Phil

I will never buy another HP printer. ever. 

--- Russell McMahon <apptech@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
> HP just burned out, with malice aforethought, the
> head on another 
> black ink cartridge on my G85 printer. Nice job they
> do. ALL inkholes 
> are thermally welded shut. No black ink will ever
> pass its lips again. 
> On any gear where they don't want it to happen HP
> are masters of 
> detecting and limiting damaging thermal overload. In
> situations where 
> they deem it likely there is a refilled ink
> cartridge present they 
> gleefully crank up the power and destroy the head.
> 
> It's very likely the last cartridge of mine that HP
> will ever have the 
> honour of destroying. On this G85 or any other
> printer I ever buy. 
> I've heard all the arguments advanced previously
> about various 
> marketing models etc but none make enough sense to
> me to justify 
> staying with HP. By all means use your printers and
> be happy. By all 
> means be enslaved to their gold plated ink supplies.
> I'm off to see 
> the world and seek my fortunes in other brands.
> Quite possibly I'll 
> slink back into the fold whipped and whimpering a
> few years from now - 
> but at present Canon and their refillable tanks
> looks like a much 
> better bargain. While I value photo printing
> capability I'll not be 
> going for the super swish 6 ink versions. Y M LM C
> LC B. I'm happy 
> from reading advanced tests that the gains are
> minimal if they exist 
> and the refilling issues sway me to a M C Y B
> scheme. Borderless 
> printing, dual auto selected paper trays, inbuilt
> duplex and more, at 
> an amazingly low price are enough.
> 
> Meanwhile, I still pledge my allegiance to the light
> side of the 
> renamed HP force.  Even if their Luxeon LED mounting
> schemes are 
> deficient :-).
> 
> If anyone wants to buy a bargain G85 printer /
> scanner / fax / copier 
> with new black cartridge plus quite a few calidad
> colour refills, see 
> me :-)
> 
> 
> 
>         RM
> 
> 
> 
> 
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