Digital BW, The Print

In article <002801c1e81b$cd77dc30$1900a8c0@don>, donr@... (Don 
Rooney) wrote:

> Paul
> I have a Canon S9000 (13 x 19) and a Canon BJC 8200 (8.5 x 11). Both 
> units take the SAME exact carts (no chips) and the machines are over 2 
> years apart in age from each other. 

Canon produced a new ink formulation for the S800 and subsequent printers, 
but they did make the design compatible with the BJC 8200, 
allowing a straight substitution provided you also changed the 8200 
drivers I believe.

The S900 and S9000 heads have more nozzles than the S800 I think, allowing 
faster printing still while still using the same ink tanks.


> So Canon does not force you to have 
> several different carts for several different machines --- a nice 
> feature I think ! 

Epson do have inks shared by different models, especially the black!

> IMHO the Canon out prints any Epson I've ever seen 
> (please no flames -- just my opinion) in the color category. 

I've owned both an Epson 890 and a Canon S800, and I cannot see any real 
difference between them.