[pchelpers] Re: printer problem, but under warrenty
- From: "Louis M Hall" <lhall1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2003 15:36:33 -0500
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert McLellan" <bobmclellan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 1:53 PM
Subject: [pchelpers] Re: printer problem, but under warrenty
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Louis M Hall"
>
> I have a C80 Epson printer that is almost one year old. My warranty ends
on
> April 30, During the first four months of use, I was using the Epson ink
> cartridges that came with the printer. Quality was pretty good using Epson
> cartridges, but the printer was new.
>
> On two later occasions, I purchased what appeared to be quality cartridges
> off of the internet.
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Bob, your first line includes, "so you are duely warned" could have been
changed
to "so take heed" and I would still say, I find nothing you say that I can
disagree with.
I especially appreciate your point of view as I can tell it comes from a
depth of knowledge.
Thanks for the good advice,
Louis
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>
> Bob McLellan replies:
> This is a soap box speech so you are duely warned!
> I am a Certified Canon Printer repairman. I can't tell you how many heads
I
> have seen ruined by using Non-Canon ink. You can't really tell the people
> that it was the ink that did it because of legal liability. BUT...the
inks
> are made for the printer. In Canon printers there are different inks for
> different printers because they need different viscosities to work with
the
> type of heads that they work in.
>
> Printers are really, really cheap nowdays because the profits are not
> made on the printer. The companies make their money on the ink. When I
> first bought a Canon c620 about 7 years ago it was over $500. By todays
> standards it was pathetic. Today I can print 20 times faster and many,
many
> times better quality in a printer that only cost $150. That means I can
buy
> $350 dollars of ink to get to the same price that I paid 7 years ago for
> just the printer not counting the ink I had to buy.
>
> Louis, if you followed this spiel this far, send in your printer while it
is
> under waranty. The waranty is there to give you peace of mind and you
paid
> for it. But don't be surprized if they send it back saying that there is
> nothing wrong. THEN my suggestion, use the ink the manufacturer suggest.
>
> Bob McLellan
>
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