I hate Canon and their non-removable print heads. At least with HP you change the 'head' every time you change ink, with Canon they slowly clog up and become unusable after about a year, depending on usage.
Canon used to have their print heads on the cartridges, but for some reason they decided to go with the Epson "Throw the printer away" strategy a couple of years ago.
If you ever find a Canon that takes a BC-02, BC-05 BC-20 or BC-21 cartridge, cherish it. Their by far the easiest cartridges to refill, reuse and maintain.
HP wise, after the deskjet 900 series they pretty much went into disposable mode. my 15+ year old 560c still works, and I've given 500 and 520 B/W deskjets to friends of mine that still print away. The only problem is finding cartridges for them. Especially the 500 series color carts.
I dont know what you guys are talking about. The new Canon printers with two cartridge system have printheads built right on the cartridge. Just like HP.
The ones with individual cartridges do not have printheads on cartridges but the printheads ARE removable unlike Epson. Search for a ip4000 printhead on ebay and you'll find them all.. they run for about $40.
I've only used Canon printers and I love their quality and they come with 3 times the ink in their cartridges. Too bad people dont realize this.
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Canon printers all the way
I hate Canon and their non-removable print heads. At least with HP you change the 'head' every time you change ink, with Canon they slowly clog up and become unusable after about a year, depending on usage.
Love Canon cameras, hate their printers.
Canon used to have their print heads on the cartridges, but for some reason they decided to go with the Epson "Throw the printer away" strategy a couple of years ago.
If you ever find a Canon that takes a BC-02, BC-05 BC-20 or BC-21 cartridge, cherish it. Their by far the easiest cartridges to refill, reuse and maintain.
HP wise, after the deskjet 900 series they pretty much went into disposable mode. my 15+ year old 560c still works, and I've given 500 and 520 B/W deskjets to friends of mine that still print away. The only problem is finding cartridges for them. Especially the 500 series color carts.
I dont know what you guys are talking about. The new Canon printers with two cartridge system have printheads built right on the cartridge. Just like HP.
The ones with individual cartridges do not have printheads on cartridges but the printheads ARE removable unlike Epson. Search for a ip4000 printhead on ebay and you'll find them all.. they run for about $40.
I've only used Canon printers and I love their quality and they come with 3 times the ink in their cartridges. Too bad people dont realize this.