I’m very surprised that this cheap Canon Pixma IP 1600 that I bought is still working. I have not printed on it for over a year !!

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Ink didn’t dry out!

Just assumed that the ink had dried up and the head was clogged. That’s because I’ve gone thru 3 cheap Epson Stylus all of which had their head clogged up and could not be fixed. Still it’s not bad for a printer that was priced about RM 130 some time back. I just printed out a list of all my websites/blog with their PR / Alexa ranking / login names so I can have an overall look see. (Yep all that fit into one page only)

So I guess for budget printers Canon trumps Epson! At least in my books at the moment.

I’m thinking of getting the continuous ink system (CISS) for this printer on August when I need to print out massive amount of newsletter daily for about a week at a major international chess tournament.

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From my calculations, printing out the newsletter there and then is almost the same as photostating it when done in bulk. I just hope the printer can last until August. But since it can last over one year with it’s ink intact, it’ll probably be ok in August (fingers crossed)

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