On Aug 12, 11:57 pm, dexx wrote:
I have an aging ip3000 inkjet which is printing poorly in spite of new
cartridges and numerous software head cleans. Is it possible to buy
replacement print heads for this model?


I might be a tad late in the game to respond to this.

An ip3000 printhead runs at about $50 from amazon.com
An ip3300 runs about $70 or so from the same site.

As someone else as stated, you can for more money get the ip4300.
It's been a while since I shopped as I'm happy with my ip5200, basicly
the same model.

The ip3000 is what you have, which I believe is a hack to accept the
newer inks.
The ip3300 is what you have already, but takes newer inks. They cost
more, and the only improvement is in the color dye. Text printing has
not changed in canon for some time.
The ip4300 takes an extra dye black, has a smaller drop size, higher
resolution, and much better color.

On newer models, you lose some ease of 3rd party inks and
refillability.

Aside from higher resolution, the ip4300 tends to do well on matte
paper, where the ip3000/ip3300 unless you select plain paper, will
soak the paper when printing black.