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Canon Pro-1000 waste tank contains $188 in ink!!! That's 25% waste!!!

Stuart Richardson

Active member
I would be very surprised if my ink waste was less than 50% with my 9900. It requires cleaning very frequently, it will self clean (even if auto nozzle check is off) quite frequently, such as every time you change ink type or whenever the printer has been sitting awhile. It also says that the cartridges have 1% remaining when they can be up to 1/4 full. This would not be such a problem if it allowed you to clean when the cartridges were near empty. Unfortunately, it does not let you clean unless the cartridges are over a much higher percentage full. So in practice, you either throw out those cartridges or take them out of the printer and use fresh cartridges to clean, and then put the old ones back in. That process takes at least ten minutes and greatly increases the wear and tear on the syringes and sponges where the cartridges connect. In turn, that decreases the quality of the vacuum and increases nozzle clogs and air bubbles. Meanwhile, by only cleaning with the new cartridges, the printer will mark them as being less full than they really are by the time you get around to using them as normal cartridges, thereby thinking they are empty when they are still quite full, starting the whole vicious cycle over. Furthermore, because Iceland is in a "prime price" country, the ink here costs more than double than the US through the official distributor, and most companies will not ship out of their home country because Epson holds them hostage to prevent them from shipping outside their country. All of these companies are scamming you ruthlessly, but there few other choices if you want to provide archival results, especially in color. RA4's permanence is somewhat suspect and there is almost no paper choice, nor any fine art papers available. Black and white is at least better from a paper standpoint, but since most images are now shot on digital, inkjet is the only real option for most prints.
 
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