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From: me128-aw@kepler.Berkeley.EDU (me128 student)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Canon FP-510, Color Printers
Keywords: Color Printers
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Date: 9 Dec 88 22:03:41 GMT
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In article <2424@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> muzak@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Stephen F Felicetti) writes:

>I was so pleased with the quality (NO smearing, DEEP colors, blacks are *BLACK*)
>that I don't mind the extra expense.  (I've even had people comment on the
...

Never mind the special paper, what about the Ink Cartridges!  
I too paid $800 for a paintjet responding to an ad in the paper.  Turns out
it was a "demo" model from HP that was never really used.

I love the printer, but the ink cartridges contain the piezo print elements
on it.  End result:  You never have to worry about burning out or cleaning
the print head b/c you do replace it with the ink.  Unfortunately, it also
means it costs $34.95 for a color cartridge and 29.95 for a b/w!!!

I've been trying to refill my cartridges, but with limited success.  I drill
holes in the tops of empty cartridges and fill them with Dr. PH Martins
watercolors (magenta, turquoise, lemmon yellow, black).  The colors match
EXACTLY, but the cartridges only work intermittently.  Maybe the watercolors
are clogging the nozzles.  Anyway, it works sometimes, but I need to find out
how to stop the clogging.  The good thing is, of course, that there's nothing
to lose.  If the nozzles clog permanently, you haven't lost anything.

-Vincent H. Lee