Looking for a new Canon inkjet

[deadseasquirrel]

My dad had an i860 that died on him and Best Buy has offered to give him 100% credit to a new printer. He liked the functions of his i860... he originally saw mine in action and decided to get the same one.

/hugs my i860
<heston voice>
From my cold, dead hands...
</heston voice>

Anyway, so he's got the very few Canon choices offered from Best Buy (as seen here if the link works).

Most notably, the iP6600D (for around $150ish, which is actually *lower* than his credit I think), and the i9900 (a bit over budget, but he did say he wants "a very good printer").

It also shows the i9900 as not available for store pickup making me think he won't be able to find it in-store. So, I dunno what to have him do. Guess I might need to stop-in and see what they have in-store. <shudder> Know how long it's been since I've actually walked into a retail outlet??!

 

[Lemon law]

There are lots of good things to say about the new Canon printer lineup. But those good resons are all overruled by the fact that they are now chipped--making refilling more difficult and
making use of non OEM cartridges impossible.

If your dad possibable can, I would recommend he find a non-chipped Canon using the BCI-3&6 cartridge line.

Anything using the chipped CLI-5&8 Cartridges is chipped and a rip off---and so is the i6600d.

He is better off getting a ip4000, ip5000, a i6000d, a i8500, or even the expensive i9900---or in multifunctional form the MP750, MP760, or the more readily available MP780.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: Lemon law
There are lots of good things to say about the new Canon printer lineup. But those good resons are all overruled by the fact that they are now chipped--making refilling more difficult and
making use of non OEM cartridges impossible.

If your dad possibable can, I would recommend he find a non-chipped Canon using the BCI-3&6 cartridge line.

Anything using the chipped CLI-5&8 Cartridges is chipped and a rip off---and so is the i6600d.

He is better off getting a ip4000, ip5000, a i6000d, a i8500, or even the expensive i9900---or in multifunctional form the MP750, MP760, or the more readily available MP780.

That's good advice if the OP had a choice of shopping around, but he's dealing with Best Buy & their warranty is going to get them a new one, meaning no older PIXMA series, since those are long gone from BB & most retail stores now.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp...ctCategoryId=cat01017&id=1118844608916

That's the one i'd suggest.

It's a superb [chipped] AIO, which most likely BB will let you pay the difference for.

Not sure why it's so pricey though; we [in Canadian retail stores] have the same price in CND or even less on sales.

 

[Lemon law]

I guess in the final analysis, that a chipped Canon and a non-chipped Canon will both be about the same in terms
of per page ink consumable costs if you plan to use Canon OEM cartridges only. And OEM cartridges to OEM cartridges,
Canon still offers the lowest ink consumable costs of any printers in the inkjet class.

But photoprinting is an expensive hobby---and one full color 8x10 photoprint can easily drink close to a dollar of OEM ink.
Making a non-chipped Canon the way to go in slashing those costs by factors of 5x to 15x or more---but the CLI-5&8 cartridges can be refilled with equal economy---its just extra hassle.

And if a chipped Canon is the only game in town---something like the MP 800 is basically just a newer version of the i860
printer engine with a scanner added.

 

[Zepper]

The MP500 which is listed on the BB site is nearest to the i860 in price and you get a free scanner in the deal. Others have already mentioned the drawbacks of the new Pixma line, so I won't rehash them again. The i9900 is VERY nice (probably one of the best Canon has made) but way out of the i860 price range and it's HUGE as it can print on tabloid size paper (has a current selling price of $500). But it does use the old, non-chipped tanks, so it could easily pay for itself over time (perhaps you could offer to pay the diff). The iP6600 has not gotten good reviews - the iP4200 often beats it. It would be a step back from the quality of output you expect from your 860.

Cost of a full set of replacement Tanks:
for MP-500 AIO: $77. +stx (OEM from BB) - 5 tanks.
for i9900 photo: $72. +stx (OEM from BB) - 6 tanks.
for i9900 photo: $30. +sh (less on frequent sales - top clone tanks from swiftink.com) - 6 tanks.
Refill tanks yourself and price of comsumables for either drops greatly. But still lower for 9900 as you will probably want to use specific formula inks (not widely available) for MP500 for best color match.

.bh.