Last week marked the beginning of a big experiment for me: first living and then retiring outside of the U.S. I figure there are a lot of boomers like me who are exploring this idea as we become increasingly concerned about the costs of living in our chosen country and the inability of governments to balance budgets. Even thinking about living outside the U.S. would be difficult if it weren’t for certain existing and emerging technologies. Phone calls are expensive, and learning another language is scary.
Your review is incomplete in a very significant way. It doesn't state whether the printer uses ink cartridges which are ink only or ones that also include the ink jets (print head).
I have been advising clients on printer selection for many years (remember the Qume anyone?) and inkjets are a particular problem.
If not used frequently, the ink can dry and plug the print jets. Sometimes the 'cleaning cycle' will remedy this, but often the heads will not even respond to cleaning with solvent in a reasonable time. If the print head is integral to the printer this can result in the most cost effective solution to being a new printer.
If the print head is integral to the cartridge, the solution is simply to replace the cartridge.
Of course, the integrated cartridges are quite a bit more expensive per page. This means that if the client uses the color inkjet frequently, it is far more cost effective to use an ink only cartridge system.
I provide clients with a jpg file to print once per week to exercise the jets and to illustrate if any are inoperative. When they do this, it generally solves the problem. But often the person who has to do this 'routine maintenance' is an employee with no economic incentive to do it.
When the printer fails and won't respond to a quick cleaning, I wind up with an irritated client and another printer is off to recycle or the dump. A very unsatisfactory result.
The Kodak printers you reviewed use the ink only cartridge design. This was not stated in your article, nor is it listed on their website or on-line store. I called their pre-sales support and get shuttled to a 3rd level CSR to get the answer.
When you were reviewing the printer, it would have been only few seconds to recall what the cartridge looked like when you installed it (them) and a few added words to provide this information to your readers. Sure hope you think to do so in the future.
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Better Living - Anywhere on the Planet - Through Technology
Posted by: Rob Enderle June 6, 2011 05:00 AMLast week marked the beginning of a big experiment for me: first living and then retiring outside of the U.S. I figure there are a lot of boomers like me who are exploring this idea as we become increasingly concerned about the costs of living in our chosen country and the inability of governments to balance budgets. Even thinking about living outside the U.S. would be difficult if it weren’t for certain existing and emerging technologies. Phone calls are expensive, and learning another language is scary.
I have been advising clients on printer selection for many years (remember the Qume anyone?) and inkjets are a particular problem.
If not used frequently, the ink can dry and plug the print jets. Sometimes the 'cleaning cycle' will remedy this, but often the heads will not even respond to cleaning with solvent in a reasonable time. If the print head is integral to the printer this can result in the most cost effective solution to being a new printer.
If the print head is integral to the cartridge, the solution is simply to replace the cartridge.
Of course, the integrated cartridges are quite a bit more expensive per page. This means that if the client uses the color inkjet frequently, it is far more cost effective to use an ink only cartridge system.
I provide clients with a jpg file to print once per week to exercise the jets and to illustrate if any are inoperative. When they do this, it generally solves the problem. But often the person who has to do this 'routine maintenance' is an employee with no economic incentive to do it.
When the printer fails and won't respond to a quick cleaning, I wind up with an irritated client and another printer is off to recycle or the dump. A very unsatisfactory result.
The Kodak printers you reviewed use the ink only cartridge design. This was not stated in your article, nor is it listed on their website or on-line store. I called their pre-sales support and get shuttled to a 3rd level CSR to get the answer.
When you were reviewing the printer, it would have been only few seconds to recall what the cartridge looked like when you installed it (them) and a few added words to provide this information to your readers. Sure hope you think to do so in the future.