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dpack
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 Posted: Thu May 25, 23 9:46 am Post subject: printers |
 
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i've had a few 
many have fallen, some did not survive training
a few years ago i decided to get an upgrade from the cheap printer+ ink that cost more than plutonium and is served in complex tank and head units
so as canon seem to make the most robust for the money i got a G6050
it has a tank for black, one each for CMY and the ink comes in bottles
since 2019 it has done 4 slabs of text printing, a couple of slabs of colour images and some full colour stuff on 300gm watercolour paper + a deep clean which drinks ink
first set of colour inks are used and fresh ones are on order for £30, the black tank has just been topped up from the first of the "spare" bottles which cost a tenner a time for 170ml of ink(so for black a full tank
an estimate for printing cost is maybe 10% of a decent cartridge type and almost free compared to the regrettable ones where one ink runs out and the rest which are still mostly full have to be thrown away to restore a full palette by purchasing a cartridge with 4 tanks and its own print head
when the print heads of this one wear out they are replaceable much as the cartridge type are, so far there is no hint they need replacing
it is ok to leave it for a month or two and it will get back to work when needed, i have killed at least two by not using them for a while
it will take a variety of paper etc up to 300gm with no strain, i have killed a few with 180gm
in the time i have had this kit and the ink it came with, the other sort would have cost more as i used to break one in a year or so, ink did not last long and even at refilled prices was daft money per sheet, see above etc
for fulltime office use, multipurpose "home use" or as a "community resource" this type of machine is a massive improvement on the cheap printer/expensive consumables model
it might not be their top end photo printer with lots of colours but i does still do a decent job on images, at least good enough for proofing before committing to pro printing for the final stages
good all round machine, from me that is high praise, i break kit or it is good kit |
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dpack
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tt does minutes and agendas for the pfi stuff she organizes, i do pictures and sometimes large documents, design stuff etc
most of the time it is fallow but when in use we eat paper and ink and my stuff would kill many printers with fat paper
both of us need it quite a lot at times
tt gets bulk stuff done in the central offices for planning inquiries etc but day to day stuff at home
we also use it for postal labels etc
i use it for more archived than pootered data storage if that seems sensible
if we had a local library that was open at 2 30 am and did not mind a crazy bloke feeding 300gm paper into their reasonably decent printer it would still be better to have one here
most folk might not need one, if you do these are good ones compared to the fallen and expensive of the past
tt sees it as mostly office, i see it as office and brush
ps the scanner on it is ok, not as good as my standalone hi res one but more than adequate for most things
re library equipment, i put a dead squirrel in a library scanner and obtained header images for some very twee notelets on pink paper
the tail did poke out a little at one point, the librarian decided it was best not to mention it
the corner shop but three away had a photocopier, they got used to me arriving with toast, if there were no smears or crumbs it was another 20 pence
best i have my own kit |
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dpack
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this one does tray feed for office slab and back slot for posh paper
the tray is ok with photo paper if that is required
re "cheap" printers and paper wt
i got a year out of one after i "stretched" the roller compression with a big screwdriver and brutality
it was choking on 180 but tuned up to 240 with little more than a few well-placed lever wiggles to loosen the running gear and reduce roller pressure
the previous to this was hp, it was ok but was daft money to run and not as good
re the linux thing, it does matter with some kit and software packages
i had to go back to doze(or learn mac) to run photoshop, gimp is fine for basics, actually it is rather good for basics, but it would choke on the things i would feed it now or previously for that matter
ditto my screen and pooter combo, that was a shock, but it is the tool for the job
an observation that surprised me was about price vs time
building a machine for the job, in my case video and music editing were the high strain things as photos were quite small and not in realtime, was the best option 20 yrs ago
now buying one is cheaper and probably better
i still have the steampunk server in case it is needed, rubbish for pictures, ace as a jukebox and as secure as any static leccy thing can be |
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