Originally posted by: QueBert
Originally posted by: Jawo
Originally posted by: QueBert
I don't know the exact per picture cost, but I have a Canon with a CIS (Continous Ink System) and if I get paper when it's on sale, or just for a good price I think I can pretty much beat the price of any printing service. The quality might be slightly less, but I don't have to drive anywhere. And the finished product if it is worse, it's not enough for anyone to notice. I have 4 ounce ink bottles on my printer and I can probably churn 4x6's out for about 12 cents I'd extimate. The ink NEVER runs out, I can print like 100 in a week and my bottles all still look full. If you wanna do a lot of printing and don't want to hassle with going to a store to get prints, CIS's are amazing if you get the right one. I've seen 32 ounce ink bottles, you could probably print about 20,000 with that much ink
Huh....I might look into that. Can any Canon printer be rerofitted to use the CIS?
When I need prints, I usually send them to Costco...16 cents/print and very fast turnaround. Last time I submitted the order at 12:15 am and got confirmation that they were ready at 1:45 am!
Not sure how CIS's work with newer canons with the chips, the majority of CIS setups I see are for Epsons. There are a lot of crap CIS's out there, I recommend going to Google and searching for Niagara, their setups cost more but the quality is great, cheap CIS's are a nightmare when you have to constantly deal with clogging and air bubbles. I don't do a lot of printing, but I have at my disposal the configuration to print as much as I need.
I wouldn't say a CIS is a good investment for most, but I love mine and nothing beats having huge jugs of ink that seem to never run out.