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Canon i860 (vs. Epson R300M) and i860 QUESTIONS COMPARED W/HP
Hello,
Noticed a newsgroup posting that praised the Canon i860. I was going to buy that one initially, but opted to try out the Epson R300M. Bad move (still have a few days left to return to CompUSA). Nice looking pictures, but the 15 ppm spec is misleading. You only get 15 ppm if you use their hideous "draft" mode which isn't really true draft. The image/quality is so poor and faded, there is no way you could give it to someone else. Then you have to step up to higher quality mode that equates to about 6ppm. I have a few questions about the Canon if I may: 1. Does the Canon i860 have TRUE DRAFT Mode like HP? That is, draft that is very fast but still readable and close to "normal" quality? 2. Also, does the picbridge connector in the front also provide a means to access card readers/cards in a non-picbridge camera via USB? 3. There was also a word about a "waste ink tank" from someone who insisted that folks stay away from Canon for this reason. Any reason not to purchase because of that? 4. HP printers typically include quite a bit of internal memory which, I guess, speeds things up a bit. For example, the 7500 and 7600 series printers have 8MB-16MB internal RAM. I noticed the Canon specs only mention about 42K (could be more). Does this have any affect on the speed or how soon the computer "lets go" of the data stream? 5. Also, any experience using a print server with the i860? Regards, Andy Novak |
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"Gary Tait" wrote in message
... On 20 Feb 2004 20:22:22 -0800, (Andy Novak) wrote: 3. There was also a word about a "waste ink tank" from someone who insisted that folks stay away from Canon for this reason. Any reason not to purchase because of that? No. ALL inkjet printers have a waste in collection facility. It just happens that the Canons it is more often spoke of, just like Epson clogs. Nearly went out and purchased an i865 (UK model i860) this week after yet another clogg from my Epson Stylus Photo 915.... Ran 10 cleaning cycles then gave up and went to bed...next morning damn thing was fine.... It's just so good a photo printer when it works, that's the one thing putting me off junking it. Si. |
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