Canon printer problems

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Julian 'Penny for the guy' Hales

Hi

I was given this printer, this is the info i got from the start, i havent
tried it yet as i have to dig out the usb lead.

Seems to be faulty, we have tried lots of different cartrages and
different print heads, but doesn't print black properly

Its a i250. I havent seen one of these before.

I hate throwing anything away, is there much chance of getting it up and
running?
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thanks, i have a few old printers that dont work for various reasons, im not
really up on printers but i hate to see waste, i still reguarly use a 80's
dot matrix.
 
The i250 was a cheap "throw-away" printer to begin with. A print head costs
as much as a new printer.
 
Dan G said:
The i250 was a cheap "throw-away" printer to begin with. A print head costs
as much as a new printer.
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i have noticed origonal carts cost more than printers sometimes, and some
printers are at throw away prices, but the quality cant be that bad so
infact you can get a good life out them. There must be a way to get it up
and running again.
Julian 'Penny for the guy' Hales said:
thanks, i have a few old printers that dont work for various reasons, im not
really up on printers but i hate to see waste, i still reguarly use a 80's
dot matrix.
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Like I said, it's cheaper to buy a new printer, and you will get hugely
better quality too.



Julian 'Penny for the guy' Hales said:
Dan G said:
The i250 was a cheap "throw-away" printer to begin with. A print head costs
as much as a new printer.
Click to expand...

i have noticed origonal carts cost more than printers sometimes, and some
printers are at throw away prices, but the quality cant be that bad so
infact you can get a good life out them. There must be a way to get it up
and running again.
Click to expand...
 
i have noticed origonal carts cost more than printers sometimes, and some
printers are at throw away prices, but the quality cant be that bad so
infact you can get a good life out them. There must be a way to get it up
and running again.
Click to expand...

I thought I already posted about the subject but clearly google is
being a foofoo head.

The i250 takes the QY6-044-000 also seen in the i320, i350 and IP1000
printers. These were designed to be disposable models. If you have
already done and alignment, cleaned the timing strip, replaced the
head, there isn't a heck of alot more you can do. There are older
canons that take the bc02 cartridge... but it was right at the i250 I
believe they decided not to suport it anymore. Basicly you could buy
thimble sized ink or a somewhat big black with a printhead onboard in
the $20 range if you didn't need color. Great for troubleshooting
older models.

I'm all for keeping older stuff in service, being a good citizen of
earth and creating less trash but this printer isn't one one would call
serviceable, as is the case with anything with an MSRP of 50 bucks.
There are plenty of other options out there that are worth your time.

IIRC the pixma ip1500 and ip2000 take the bci-24 tanks as well if you
don't want to waste them as well as a few printer in the i series.


Also see
http://www.fixyourownprinter.com
http://www.eserviceinfo.com/equipment_mfg/Canon_22.html
 
zakezuke said:
I thought I already posted about the subject but clearly google is
being a foofoo head.

The i250 takes the QY6-044-000 also seen in the i320, i350 and IP1000
printers. These were designed to be disposable models. If you have
already done and alignment, cleaned the timing strip, replaced the
head, there isn't a heck of alot more you can do. There are older
canons that take the bc02 cartridge... but it was right at the i250 I
believe they decided not to suport it anymore. Basicly you could buy
thimble sized ink or a somewhat big black with a printhead onboard in
the $20 range if you didn't need color. Great for troubleshooting
older models.

I'm all for keeping older stuff in service, being a good citizen of
earth and creating less trash but this printer isn't one one would call
serviceable, as is the case with anything with an MSRP of 50 bucks.
There are plenty of other options out there that are worth your time.

IIRC the pixma ip1500 and ip2000 take the bci-24 tanks as well if you
don't want to waste them as well as a few printer in the i series.


Also see
http://www.fixyourownprinter.com
http://www.eserviceinfo.com/equipment_mfg/Canon_22.html
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useful thanks.

I had the idea of throwway suff, that last link shows info for a bjc6000
which i have, ok its years old ,but cost me £200 at the time, i tried using
it a couple of years ago but wouldnt print owt. I still use a 230 b/w which
does the job ok, i do havea canon? LP4+ laser that doesnt pass through
paper anymore, yeah its old but love to get that back up and running.
 
I had the idea of throwway suff, that last link shows info for a bjc6000
which i have, ok its years old ,but cost me £200 at the time, i tried using
it a couple of years ago but wouldnt print owt. I still use a 230 b/w which
does the job ok, i do havea canon? LP4+ laser that doesnt pass through
paper anymore, yeah its old but love to get that back up and running.
Click to expand...

I think the bjc6000 IIRC at the very least took the bc-30e ink and
printhead. As in if you can't print black a new head does not cost you
as much as a new printer, it cost you the price of two black tanks.
Same with the BC-31e, cost the same as 4 inktanks but came with three.
Unlike the i250 you got volume for your buck and the cost of
replacement heads end up being cheaper in the long run than newer
models. There is at least a good reason to invest your time in the
bjc-6000. That's the difference between a printer you spend 200 quid
on vs one that cost less than 50 quid when it was new.

Older 300dpi lasers are typicaly serviceable and still provide crisp
text output.
 
zakezuke said:
I had the idea of throwway suff, that last link shows info for a bjc6000
which i have, ok its years old ,but cost me £200 at the time, i tried using
it a couple of years ago but wouldnt print owt. I still use a 230 b/w which
does the job ok, i do havea canon? LP4+ laser that doesnt pass through
paper anymore, yeah its old but love to get that back up and running.
Click to expand...

I think the bjc6000 IIRC at the very least took the bc-30e ink and
printhead. As in if you can't print black a new head does not cost you
as much as a new printer, it cost you the price of two black tanks.
Same with the BC-31e, cost the same as 4 inktanks but came with three.
Unlike the i250 you got volume for your buck and the cost of
replacement heads end up being cheaper in the long run than newer
models. There is at least a good reason to invest your time in the
bjc-6000. That's the difference between a printer you spend 200 quid
on vs one that cost less than 50 quid when it was new.

Older 300dpi lasers are typicaly serviceable and still provide crisp
text output.



thanks, same goes for my scanner, a £200 Canon, bought same time (infact one
was free with the other, maybe 5 years old.) it scanned damn good for years,
but i used it a few weeks ago and this happend.
http://www.julianhales.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/grandparents.htm

streaky lines. both are parralel rather than USB, and i know you can buy a
scanner for like 30 quid, then again my own is 27 years old, few little
quirks of course but i love it, i dont need some new cheap run around when
my car does me great, a pretty rate 77GT Celica.

Will try and get the printer up and running when i get time to take a look,
the manual download looks useful buti have no real exp on playing with
printers
 
thanks, same goes for my scanner, a £200 Canon, bought same time (infactone
was free with the other, maybe 5 years old.) it scanned damn good for years,
but i used it a few weeks ago and this happend.
http://www.julianhales.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/grandparents.htm

streaky lines. both are parralel rather than USB, and i know you can buy a
scanner for like 30 quid, then again my own is 27 years old, few little
quirks of course but i love it, i dont need some new cheap run around when
my car does me great, a pretty rate 77GT Celica.

Will try and get the printer up and running when i get time to take a look,
the manual download looks useful buti have no real exp on playing with
printers
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Yeah, I drove a 79 corolla for years till it reached the point where I
started to need a valve job. One thing querky also in the 77 celica is
the nut that holds the shaft that connects the clutch peddle to the rod
that is connected to the hydrolic clutch master cylinder. The problem
is the nut that's required is 12mm wide but everything for that sided
shaft is 13mm wide. So you either can order the nuts from the dealer,
or shave down two sides of a 13mm nut to fit properly.

Scanners are another story. The technology it self has not changed
enough to justify buying a new one. Speed has improved but had it not
been for issues with software, i.e. not making win9x drivers or 2k
drivers i'd still be using a scanner I bought in the early 90s.
 
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