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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Re: First Impressions of Canon IPF5000 (Last Straw with Epson 4000)
2006-08-14 by john dean