C
Cymbal Man Freq.
My Canon S600 seems to have a printhead problem yet again. I've physically
cleaned it twice this past week and the nozzle check printout is bizarre. So
much for refilling 4 ink cartridges in one day, it may have caused the
printheads' demise, or maybe the cartridges need to be replaced. If replacing
all 4 cartridges is required, then I might as well spring for a new printer
instead of futzing about something that may be broken for good.
So I'm considering getting a Canon i960 from Best Buy, where they have a
special: you can pay an extra $49.99 with a printer purchase and get to choose 3
software titles from their selection as shown on the internet. I've yet to buy a
new computer yet but I intend to buy one this spring/summer. I'd pick the Iomega
Hotburn Burn & Go Professional (Roxio is crap! at least on my current machine),
Zone Alarm Pro & Net Nanny's Ad Free (it had better be version 4 of ZA but it
doesn't say), and Pinnacle Studio Version 8 [all 3 softwares for my new computer
when it arrives; so if there is a software glitch on these, I'm out of luck]
This is $50 + $40 + $100 = $190 worth of software retail price for only $50 at
Best Buy with the included printer purchase. They have other less expensive
choices like: 202 Game Collection ($40), Hoyle Casino ($50), and even others
valued at $20 a piece.
I don't know if buying a Plextor DVD 8x Drive (PX-708) will require me to have a
spare copy of Pinnacle 8 on hand in case their software that comes with the
ConvertX (PX-M402U, $159) is inadequate. Plextor has a $50 rebate on the combo
package (only with the PX-M401U, $179) ConvertX and Plextor Drive at the Plextor
website. Since the ATI AIW videocard purchase I was going to make fizzled into
"incompatiblility land", I'm looking for a way around it with VIVO (S-Video) of
some sort.
My question (and there is one, if not more), if I buy this Canon printer and
hook it up to my current computer; does that prevent me from installing this
printer on my new computer when it arrives? Is it one printer/one computer in
the EULA? Am I allowed to switch the printer between computers at least once? I
was told that the computer keeps track of ink levels and that disconnecting the
printer from a computer will give the computer amnesia about how much ink is
left in the printer; so switching the printer between computers would be a
mistake on a daily basis and there is no known way to network the printer
cheaply among two computers unless both computers are turned on and networked
themselves. I do have a KVM switch that makes the mouse go berserk when two
computers are on, so I have to use a separate mouse for each computer and bypass
the M part of the switch for both computers. I don't know if the keyboard makes
the machines go beserk yet (I want my money back on this KVM switch, almost!).
Maybe I should get a wireless keyboard for my new machine, but then my old
machine wouldn't be accessible from my lap (not enough room for 2 keyboards
here).
cleaned it twice this past week and the nozzle check printout is bizarre. So
much for refilling 4 ink cartridges in one day, it may have caused the
printheads' demise, or maybe the cartridges need to be replaced. If replacing
all 4 cartridges is required, then I might as well spring for a new printer
instead of futzing about something that may be broken for good.
So I'm considering getting a Canon i960 from Best Buy, where they have a
special: you can pay an extra $49.99 with a printer purchase and get to choose 3
software titles from their selection as shown on the internet. I've yet to buy a
new computer yet but I intend to buy one this spring/summer. I'd pick the Iomega
Hotburn Burn & Go Professional (Roxio is crap! at least on my current machine),
Zone Alarm Pro & Net Nanny's Ad Free (it had better be version 4 of ZA but it
doesn't say), and Pinnacle Studio Version 8 [all 3 softwares for my new computer
when it arrives; so if there is a software glitch on these, I'm out of luck]
This is $50 + $40 + $100 = $190 worth of software retail price for only $50 at
Best Buy with the included printer purchase. They have other less expensive
choices like: 202 Game Collection ($40), Hoyle Casino ($50), and even others
valued at $20 a piece.
I don't know if buying a Plextor DVD 8x Drive (PX-708) will require me to have a
spare copy of Pinnacle 8 on hand in case their software that comes with the
ConvertX (PX-M402U, $159) is inadequate. Plextor has a $50 rebate on the combo
package (only with the PX-M401U, $179) ConvertX and Plextor Drive at the Plextor
website. Since the ATI AIW videocard purchase I was going to make fizzled into
"incompatiblility land", I'm looking for a way around it with VIVO (S-Video) of
some sort.
My question (and there is one, if not more), if I buy this Canon printer and
hook it up to my current computer; does that prevent me from installing this
printer on my new computer when it arrives? Is it one printer/one computer in
the EULA? Am I allowed to switch the printer between computers at least once? I
was told that the computer keeps track of ink levels and that disconnecting the
printer from a computer will give the computer amnesia about how much ink is
left in the printer; so switching the printer between computers would be a
mistake on a daily basis and there is no known way to network the printer
cheaply among two computers unless both computers are turned on and networked
themselves. I do have a KVM switch that makes the mouse go berserk when two
computers are on, so I have to use a separate mouse for each computer and bypass
the M part of the switch for both computers. I don't know if the keyboard makes
the machines go beserk yet (I want my money back on this KVM switch, almost!).
Maybe I should get a wireless keyboard for my new machine, but then my old
machine wouldn't be accessible from my lap (not enough room for 2 keyboards
here).