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Reviewed by UK Guest, 7th Feb 2007. |
| Review Summary: DIRTY TRICKS |
Overall Score: 2/5
 
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Review: Straight off - when this Canon Pixma iP4200 printer detects that you've re-filled an ink cartridge, it refuses to perform any further head alignments. Even though there is plenty of paper in the tray, and you've been printing ok only seconds before, it throws a NO PAPER error when a head re-alignment is attempted. Yet, if you try and print again, it suddenly thinks there is paper in the tray. Not only that, but once it detects a refill, it automatically un-aligns your print heads to teach you a lesson for not using Canon ink!
Putting it simply, if it detects you're filling up the ink yourself, it un-aligns your print head, and refuses to try and realign them. That, in anyone's book, is a DIRTY TRICK.
You'll find that most printer manufacturers are now pulling tricks like this, as a response to a growing number people choosing to re-fill their own cartridges, purely for financial reasons. They sell the printers cheap enough, but my word, they make the price of the printer back over and over again with the price they charge for the ink.
A study has shown, that if you actually remove the liquid from the ink (which is basically cheap solvent), the remaining residue costs the user more than Gold, weight for weight! What a con!
Appart from that, it prints very well indeed. |
Ratings
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2 |
| Review Score: |
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2 |
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No |
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Computer Hardware