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In article <92311.071530HARRAPR@QUCDN.QueensU.CA>  
<HARRAPR@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
> I've been using one of the Canon BJC-800 color printers for some time,  
hooked u
> p to a peecee. It is identical to the NeXT except color of case and  
interface c
> able details, which don't affect the print engine. Given that there have  
been m
> ajor criticisms of the NeXT version of the printer, I have a few  
observations o
> n the PC version that should apply.
> 
> (2) It makes a _HUGE_ difference what media is used in the printer.  
Photocopy p
> aper looks different from good bond paper, transparencies are  
significantly dif
> ferent than coated paper. All this makes sense. To resolve color  
calibration we
>  always use the Canon coated paper. Okay, it costs $.05 per sheet, but  
given th
> e cost of the ink that is pretty trivial (we pay $50Can for color  
cartridges, a
> nd $30Can for black, and these cartridges appear to last about fifty to  
a hundr
> ed fairly darkly saturated pages in any one color - ie for typical pages  
we cha
> nge the lot an average of once per 200 pages. Of course, some colors get  
used m
> ore. I'm kinda partial to the red, myself :) ).

It appears that you obtained far better mileage from the ink cartridges  
than I did.  I managed to get only 50 images ( 8.5 by 11 ) before I ran  
out of black ink.  My test images had nearly equal amounts of cyan, black,  
magenta, and yellow suggesting that the remaining cartridges are  just  
about empty.  

Canon on pg 68 of the printers User Manual gives the following yields :

" Text      700 pages or one million characters (A4/LTR)
  Graphics  400 pages (A4/LTR with color printed at 7.5 % density) "


What does 7.5 % density actually mean ? 

Could others post their results as well.


thanx Peter Lenson