- Joined
- Dec 2, 2007
- Messages
- 483
- Reaction score
- 383
- Points
- 223
- Location
- USA - NJ
- Printer Model
- MP830 MP980
been hearing a lot of how canon's quality has degraded over the past few years, looking to quantify that with some numbers.
my printing experience is limited to 5+ year old MP830s. but thought that i'd share my "pages printed" numbers here and hope other will share their numbers to compare and contrast.
#1 MP830:
- 12/2007 - new MP830, new print head
- 04/2010 - replaced print head after 20,000 pages printed
- 06/2010 - logic board died after 22,500 pages printed, salvaged print head and ink carts
#2 MP830:
- 06/2010 - new MP830, swapped over print head and ink carts
- 02/2012 - replaced print head after 20,000 pages printed
- 03/2013 - replaced waste pads and cleaned print head when it hit 95% usage, 37,500 pages printed - pics at http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=8546
- 07/2013 - still printing at 41,000 pages
according to the MP830 service manual, it has a product life max of 5 years or a max of 19,000 pages printed, so at 41,000 pages i may be on borrowed time.
i do take my 5+ year old canon printer for granted, i just load paper and refill in a few min. they keep going and going.
FYI, been refilling for 5+ years, german method w squeeze bottles, now at over 490 refills. will share those numbers too once i hit 500 refills if interested.
any other numbers ?
J
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Printers: Canon MP830, IP4500, MX700, MX860, MX870, MP980
Method: German Durchstich Method
Ink: Hobbicolors and OCP
Misc: Squeeze bottles - so much easier than syringes
my printing experience is limited to 5+ year old MP830s. but thought that i'd share my "pages printed" numbers here and hope other will share their numbers to compare and contrast.
#1 MP830:
- 12/2007 - new MP830, new print head
- 04/2010 - replaced print head after 20,000 pages printed
- 06/2010 - logic board died after 22,500 pages printed, salvaged print head and ink carts
#2 MP830:
- 06/2010 - new MP830, swapped over print head and ink carts
- 02/2012 - replaced print head after 20,000 pages printed
- 03/2013 - replaced waste pads and cleaned print head when it hit 95% usage, 37,500 pages printed - pics at http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=8546
- 07/2013 - still printing at 41,000 pages
according to the MP830 service manual, it has a product life max of 5 years or a max of 19,000 pages printed, so at 41,000 pages i may be on borrowed time.
i do take my 5+ year old canon printer for granted, i just load paper and refill in a few min. they keep going and going.
FYI, been refilling for 5+ years, german method w squeeze bottles, now at over 490 refills. will share those numbers too once i hit 500 refills if interested.
any other numbers ?
J
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Printers: Canon MP830, IP4500, MX700, MX860, MX870, MP980
Method: German Durchstich Method
Ink: Hobbicolors and OCP
Misc: Squeeze bottles - so much easier than syringes