Computers and Related Hardware/Software

Anyone have a Canon inkjet printer? Have any problems with it?

I brought home my brother's Canon inkjet (i850) and it looks like the print head is shot... It's the second Canon he's had where the print head failed after a number of years... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:Anyone have a Canon inkjet printer? Have any problems with it?

Did (does) he regularly clean the print head? I love Canon printers, it's the only brand I've ever owned. But dealing with with separate print head, is definitely something that turns people away from these printers. The first C printer I had, I never cleaned the print heat and the thing crapped out. However, my current all-in-one, I clean the heat regularly (depends how often you print) and I've yet to have problems.

bmwracer wrote:Anyone have a Canon inkjet printer? Have any problems with it?

I was gonna comment, but apparently it's spam, so I gave up : :grumble:

Anime Dad wrote:

I was gonna comment, but apparently it's spam, so I gave up : :grumble:

You used the word "Canon" too many times. :mrgreen:

Jav_sol wrote:

You used the word "Canon" too many times. :mrgreen:

Moderators should be exempt from that spam filter :grumble:

Jav_sol wrote:Did (does) he regularly clean the print head? I love Canon printers, it's the only brand I've ever owned. But dealing with with separate print head, is definitely something that turns people away from these printers. The first C printer I had, I never cleaned the print heat and the thing crapped out. However, my current all-in-one, I clean the heat regularly (depends how often you print) and I've yet to have problems.

He cleaned the print heads, but apparently not enough... :sweat:

Well, I'm not gonna spend $60 for a new print head, so this printer is going to the trash.

His replacement printer is an all-in-one HP... And their print heads are part of the ink cartridge, so he gets a new print head every time he buys a new cartridge. :victory:

Anime Dad wrote:Moderators should be exempt from that spam filter :grumble:

+1.

And some of the regulars as well, to be fair.

Maybe something like members with over 100 or so posts are exempt from the anti-spam, seeing that most spammers only post a few times at most.

bmwracer wrote:
+1.

And some of the regulars as well, to be fair.

Maybe something like members with over 100 or so posts are exempt from the anti-spam, seeing that most spammers only post a few times at most.

I'm sure G could implement that. Spammers aren't usually that patient :-)

Anime Dad wrote:I'm sure G could implement that. Spammers aren't usually that patient :-)

I've PMed him about it. :victory:

Done. The minimum number of posts is not revealed though, but it should be enough to filter away a typical spammer.

Genma wrote:Done. The minimum number of posts is not revealed though, but it should be enough to filter away a typical spammer.

Cool... Thanks! :victory:

Genma wrote:Done. The minimum number of posts is not revealed though, but it should be enough to filter away a typical spammer.

Goodonya Genma :-)

I think it's time for me to upgrade my PC: my hardsub/compile/encode times are becoming less tolerable... My Core2Duo PC at work processes those jobs in at least half the time, if not faster.

Maybe a Quad would be even better for these types of tasks, huh?

bmwracer wrote:I think it's time for me to upgrade my PC: my hardsub/compile/encode times are becoming less tolerable... My Core2Duo PC at work processes those jobs in at least half the time, if not faster.

Maybe a Quad would be even better for these types of tasks, huh?

Since you do a lot of video processing I'm sure you will not regret upgrading your PC.

Tu_triky wrote:Since you do a lot of video processing I'm sure you will not regret upgrading your PC.

Definitely.

My avi to mpg encode of a single Nodame - Finale episode takes a mere 10 minutes on the Core2Duo PC at work, whereas it takes about 25-30 minutes on my Athlon XP2600+ at home. :sweat:

Thing is, would a Quad core be a better choice over a Dual core?

bmwracer wrote:
Definitely.

My avi to mpg encode of a single Nodame - Finale episode takes a mere 10 minutes on the Core2Duo PC at work, whereas it takes about 25-30 minutes on my Athlon XP2600+ at home. :sweat:

That's a huge difference.

Thing is, would a Quad core be a better choice over a Dual core?

I am a bit out of my depth here...but I would think it would be better since you have more muscle built into the microprocessor. I am sure a really beefy graphics card would aid your cause too. Like a top shelf Nvidia or Radeon card....

Tu_triky wrote:I am a bit out of my depth here...but I would think it would be better since you have more muscle built into the microprocessor. I am sure a really beefy graphics card would aid your cause too. Like a top shelf Nvidia or Radeon card....

I think graphics is less of an issue, especially when it comes to encoding/compiling... That's more about CPU than GPU.

bmwracer wrote:
I think graphics is less of an issue, especially when it comes to encoding/compiling... That's more about CPU than GPU.

Ah, I see.

There must be some forum for like minded individuals that discuss the issue with some depth....right?

Tu_triky wrote:Ah, I see.

There must be some forum for like minded individuals that discuss the issue with some depth....right?

Yup... Looking into that. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Thing is, would a Quad core be a better choice over a Dual core?

I think a quad core would perform better than a dual core out of the box, but a greater benefit would be achieved if the encoding software is written to take full advantage of the additional cores. Otherwise, it's up to how well the OS uses the cores.