Ink God
Written: May 07 '00
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Pros: Dual cartridge printer, can use a photo cartridge.
Cons: Check out the ink consumption on this bad boy
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| DeRango's Full Review: Canon BJC 2000 InkJet Printer |
Ok all you commission sales folks take some notes. This printer is a commission sales dream if he wants a fat check. I sold this printer when my department was doing badly in the ink area. With this printer it’s easy to get wrapped up in the many different cartridges that can be used in this particular model. On the Canon 2000 brochure it shows six different types of cartridges that you can use in this particular printer. Using so many cartridges has its pros and cons.
Ok, when you buy the printer it has a BCJ-21E carriage unit, which includes a black and color cartridge in the carriage. Now the black cartridge (BCJ-21) has 9 ml of ink. The color contains (5 ml X 3), which means 5 milliliters of each color, this isn't much ink. So right away I recommend buying extra ink. Now for all you text people, buy the BJC-20 cartridge, this is called the large black, because the unit contains 44 ml of black ink. What you do is take out the whole BCJ-21E Carriage and insert the large black cartridge. Now all you can print is black, but it *saves you so much money. *The small black cartridges it comes with (BCJ-21) contain 9 milliliters of ink, they cost $9.99, now it takes 9 milliliters X 5 cartridges, this equals about 45 milliliters of ink, so that equals $9.99 X 5, which is about $50.00. The large black, which is 44 milliliters, is $32.99, hummm? that’s about $17.00 saved. I hope I didn't lose you yet. :)
The carriage unit is about as much as the printer, the BCJ-21E is approximately $51.99. This carriage unit contains the printer heads, which make the printer work. So anywhere from six months to two years they need replacement. I really find this important when buying a printer, most printers now have the "heads" built onto the cartridge, so when you buy a new cartridge you replace the head. This keeps quality looking like new.
This unit also has the capability to use a photo cartridge. This photo tank is about $44.99, this increases your quality or, **DPI (Dots Per Inch)to 1200 X 1200 instead of the original 600 X 600.
**For all you who look at DPI, (Dead Printer Information), I call it this because manufactures can all use different ways of testing DPI. So not to point any fingers, (Cough *Epson*), they count colors not dots. For example you see 1440 X 740 dpi, now if you take the color orange, you have to mix red and yellow. HP, Lexmark, Canon count this as a single dot, Epson however counts this as two. So they use a layering technology that uses more ink and claims a higher DPI. (Don’t be fooled!) My point is that your printer company can claim what it wishes by using different DPI tests, (there is not standard for printers.)
Thank you for taking your time to read this and if you have any questions about my confusing cartridge information email me or post a comment. :)
---DeRango
Recommended:
Yes
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