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- From: jheath@CERIS.Purdue.EDU (Jim Heath)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Comments on BubbleJet printers ??? Canon BJ10EX esp ?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.145756.21549@CERIS.Purdue.EDU>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 14:57:56 GMT
- References: <1992Jul24.131906.14573@hubcap.clemson.edu>
- Organization: Center for Environmental and Regulatory Information Systems, Purdue University
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- From article <1992Jul24.131906.14573@hubcap.clemson.edu>, by charlet@hubcap.clemson.edu (Charles E "Rick" Taylor IV):
- > c8908461@jupiter.newcastle.edu.au (Robert Lang) writes:
- >
- >
- >>Just wondering if anyone has had any success/failures with Canon BJ10ex
- >>Bubble Jet printers ???
- >
- > I have a BJ-5 ... essentially the same thing. I'm quite happy with it.
- > I move it around a bit and it takes the handling quite well.
- >
- >>I've seen a demo in a shop and was very impressed....do owners find
- >>they don't like the Amiga ??? Or are they expensive to run ?? or ???
- >
- > If you buy the Canon, get the sheet feeder. It gets annoying when you have
- > to feed in paper for every page. Also, before running, get the BJ10 driver
- > from the Fred Fish disk. It makes the print quality quite good. (and in only
- > one pass unlike the other "compatible" drivers.
- >
- > Ink cartridges will run you about $20 apiece (but they last a good while)
- > and you can use most any sort of paper in it. (I use Xerox paper ... it seems
- > to give good results). The only real problem with the BJ printers (and their
- > Star counterparts, I'm told) is that the ink is water-soluble. Rain does not
- > coexist well with this ink! The type of paper you're printing on has a big
- > effect on this, though. Maybe Canon will address this problem?
- >
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- My dealer sells a kit to refill the cartridges. I have had good
- luck with one and one that I couldn't get to work so far...
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