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Re: First Impressions of Canon IPF5000 (Last Straw with Epson 4000)

2006-08-14 by john dean

Does this Canon printer with all those heads seem easier to align or
more difficult than say the Ep 4000.

I've always thought the Epson software for head alignement to be
rather unprecise.

John





Regarding the Canon, haven't experienced any nozzle issues yet, but
did have to do one realignment. The interesting thing with the Canon
is that the need for head alignment isn't readily apparent unless you
are keeping a close eye on the output. With my Epsons, alignment
problems would usually reveal themselves with some degree of banding.
With the Canon, there is no evidence of banding, but rather a
"softening" of the detail, lack of sharpness. When this first
occurred on an extensive multi-hour test session, I couldn't figure
out what the problem was at first. A quick alignment and everything
was sharp as a tack again.

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