Ron in NY said:
I have 2 old Canon 5000 printers which have worked flawlessly for the past
8
years, and they are a breeze to refill the cartridges. I am thinking of
getting
2 new "combo" printers, copiers, scanners. Who makes the best and the
easiest to
refill ???
Ron - there may still be a few multifunction Canon printers in the pipeline
that take the bci-6 and bci-3ebk carts. These units have the ip4000 printer
engine and are quite good. I saw a post about a week ago about sealed-box,
refurbished mp780's. Any of the multipurpose Canon units that take four
bci-6 and one bci-3ebk would be desirable if you can't find an ip5000 or
ip6000. I understand that the refurbished units come with a new sealed
printhead as well as a full set of OEM inks. That would give you an extra
OEM cart set which are the best for refilling anyway.
If you can't find one of these units you might consider an ip4300 which
would give similar results to the ip5000. They are selling for under $100
and often have rebates. There are ink sets available for them from several
good vendors. Refilling is the same as the ip5000 except that the carts
are chipped and when they show empty give you the warning screens about
continuing to print with an empty or refilled cart . You can get rid of
this screen, but you will lose the ink monitoring function. No big deal as
you have been refilling for years and know to visually check your ink levels
before any extensive print job.