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In article <ant1520400b0HmS2@dalriad.demon.co.uk>
          George Buchanan <grb@dalriad.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <19960914.192027.85@heinrich.tcp.co.uk>, Paul Heinrich
> <mailto:heinrich@tcp.co.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > In message <na.6a6aa9470d.a50120quilljar@argonet.co.uk> Christopher Jarman wrote:
> > 
> > > I have used a Canon BJC 600 colour BubbleJet printer for a couple of years
> > > now and it has been very reliable 
> > 
> > You have been exceedingly fortunate then! My experience and that of many
> > Hampshire schools.  Blocked heads seem to be the rule, certainly on my
> > 600 which often fails to print blue correctly, (attached to RiscPC 600
> > 
> > > and successful with the CC TurboPrinter
> > > and an Acorn Risc PC.  Now I need to upgrade to 720 x 720 dpi resolution for
> > > business reasons, 
> > 
> > Take a good look at the Epson 500 - first impressions at least seem
> > very favourable.
> > 
> More often than not the experiences of the above problems are due to
> people using refills of a non-Canon provenance, or not correctly following
> the printer manual instructions re. powerdown etc.
> 
> In fact, the *only* problems of the above have been with refills!

The printers in question (ie hampshire ones) less than five were traced
to 3rd partry refill kit's!

> 
> Stick to what the manufacturer recommends, 9 times out of 10 there is a reason.

I never remmmend anything else! 

> 
> P.S. The Epson 500 is nowhere near as good as previous Epsoms on quality - 
> a tragedy really - according to all reviews/experiences I have come across.
> 
Well, I have do a number of test prints from both printer (Stylus 500 and 
BJC600e-610) from number appplication and the Stylus wins hands down on 
quality. (Plain and coated paper)

btw,  RiscOS driver are lot the Windoz ones!


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> George Buchanan, Dalriada Data Technology

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Ian Cripps
Software Engineer