Porkie

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Unplugging it now

Going to get the Canon Ip5000. Is this a good idea chaps?

JRST

here you go

it s FREE....!!!

http://www.yourprint.canon-europe.com/index.html

Jay

JRST

porkie try the your print first. this will give you a indication before you buy.

Jay

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IP5000..............looks good Porkie

An advanced printer using next-generation technology, the PIXMA iP5000 breaks through the print quality barrier - producing industry-first 1pl ink droplets to deliver ultimate photo print quality.

Features
Photo quality printer with breakthrough 1pl ink drop size
9600x2400dpi & FINE technology
Dual paper trays, integral duplex unit & CDR/DVD printing
Up to 25ppm mono & 17ppm colour
PictBridge-ready for direct photo printing
Efficient Single Ink system
The next-generation printer for users who want more

The ultimate level for photo printing
Benefit from unsurpassed precision colour printing, delivering exceptional colour accuracy and image clarity. Canon's FINE* print head utilises Micro-Nozzles to eject industry-first 1pl ink droplets - the smallest ever - to achieve remarkable detail, with a 9600 x 2400 dpi¹ resolution. What's more, unique ContrastPLUS technology uses an additional black ink to give extra contrast and colour depth to all your prints.

Accelerated print speeds
Breathtaking print speeds bring outstanding productivity to all your printing tasks, without sacrificing quality. Print at up to 25 pages per minute in mono and 17 ppm in colour. Or enjoy rapid borderless printing on 4 x 6", 5 x 7" and A4 sizes. For example, you can produce a beautiful 4 x 6" borderless print in only 36 seconds.

Amazingly advanced
The compact PIXMA iP5000 printer packs more features into less space. An integral duplex unit provides two-sided printing to cut your paper costs considerably. Dual paper trays, that fold away neatly, allow easy multi-path feeding for both photo and plain paper. Plus you can print designs directly onto compatible CD-R and DVD discs, giving a smart and professional finish.

Easy camera direct printing
Print stunning photos directly from your camera - quickly, easily and without even using a computer. The PIXMA iP5000 supports PictBridge, the universal standard for direct photo printing from all compatible digital camera

Nath

Before you do decide to buy one, look to see how much replacement cartridges cost. Sometimes you can get cheaper ones although the printer is dearer and viceaversa ...

JRST

All you have to when you get the printer is aline the head.

JRST

Nath there about £8 each for the originals. depends where you go.

EssexBoyRacer

Make sure u got the paper in the right way, need to print on the glossy side

Nath

I know, I have a van and warehouse full of the poxy things

Porkie

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what does that mean mate?

Disabled Account

Canon have a service where you upload your picture via the internet and they print it on what ever printer you select in there range and post it to you for free. it is called 'yourprint'........

Link: http://www.yourprint.canon-europe.com/index.html

Porkie

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Thanks Doug, I now know what your print is

Thats a great service BUT it doesn't help compulsive people like me who want to do things NOW

I'm going to leave in a hour and its the Ip5000 unless anyone slags it in the next 59 min and 30 secs

Disabled Account

I know, it's a minefield out there.........wanna buy some loudspeakers instead??????

http://www.stirlingbroadcast.net/

JRST

yeah but porkie did the sales person print from it before you brought it. did you see a picture you had taken comeout of it? uhhhhhhhhh.............nah

JRST

that IP 5000's a right hore of a printer. she loves getting raged

Fagin

Porkie,

I would say your problem either lies with the Printer Setup, Printer Driver Setup, Image setup or a duff printer/print head/cartridges. I have an epson at work, which is a cheap and nasty £90 job. It's not even a PHOTO specific printer, but I can get proper pics out of it. I PERSONALLY wouldnt look at changing to another printer...... just get this setup checked out first.

I personally gave up on inkjets for home use a few months back. Fed up of high running costs and drying up cartridges etc. I took the plunge and blew my wallet on a colour laser. Works each time every time and is as fast as fook!

Porkie

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Shaun, the piccys aren't THAT bad... its just they are a bit dark and in others the white is very WHITE and blurs in.

Billabong

Porkster, have you aligned the print heads et - should be an option in the Epson dialogue box. Also be aware than most pics on the internet have been optimised for screen which on a PC is 72dpi - compare that the resolution of your printer and that too will lead to bad results.

My last three printers have been Epson Photo printers and the quality I get is as good as a normal print, but works out considerably more expensive.

Also, as well as paper quality, ink quality is vital - those refill kits and cartridges (non genuine) in my experience give really crap results.

If you want, email me a couple of the pics you've tried to print and I'll tell you if it's the image itself that's poor quality or not.

tonyk

I have an r200 epson which gives excellent results. Porkie make sure that, if its digital camera pics your printing go into the advanced menu and select digital camera correction. This helps it produce the colour more accurately.

Also kodak paper is not very good for epson printers. Your epson uses an oil based ink. Most kodak paper, especially the special offer stuff is designed for printers that use water based inks, ie lexmark and hp.

If you want the best quality inkjet get the r800 or r1800(american import for this one) or you may need to go to a colour laser, ie one about £1500-£2000 to get really good results.

AJ Escos

canon ip5000 is a very good photo printer IMO but if you dont mind paying the extra the bubble jet i9950 is a3 size prints of photo quality

Porkie

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Thanks Bill, but I took the shots especially to see how good they came out. Got another stupid question how come my camera is a 5.1meg but the shots only seem to be 2meg when I look at the file size? Sorry if this is a DUMB question.

The pics aren't that bad. Just not as great as I had hoped for! I will get that Canon one

Katie

Porkie I have an Epson R series (R300 ETC Models) and have found it to be faultless. I use Fuji paper 'Premium inkjet paper' which is glossy....
To be honest the images I've printed I haven't had better from boots or jessops.....
Ive framed them as they are faultless....

Disabled Account

Look at the camera settings (may need the user manual) and set it up for maximum quality/highest resolution, then you can print good sharp images even on A4 size

Billabong

Lee - 5.1MEGa pixels is to do with the CCD sensor in the camera that 'sees' and records the image, not quite the same as 5.1MB (storage file size) A digital camera pic that is 2MB is a BIG file, and should really come out very well when printed as long as all the print settings/paper/ink are all as they should be. The same pic would reduce down to approx 300kb for screen use with NO visual loss of clarity.

Basically, the camera can utilise 5.1million pixels e.g.

3000 pixels X 2000 pixels = 6,000,000 pixels = 6MEGA PIXEL camera

You then have resolution e.g. no. of dots per inch (dpi) 72dpi will show up clear on a screen, but ideally you want something like 300+dpi when printing - the more dots per inch, the higher the resolution and thus quality.

HTH

Bill

tonyk

Porkie if its not set at its highest rate then your camera may not be a real 5.1 million pixel camera, fuji are notorius for this. There cameras offer say 5.1 millon pixels optimised res but the camera only see`s a real 3.1 million pixels. The other 2 million is the camera`s software guessing where to place them.

Porkie

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Thats what I want and thats why this one is going back!

Katie

Get an R200 or R300 mate (same printer exactly quality etc, cept 1 has a lil lcd screen one doesnt, same performance)....and I'll help you use it lolol

sunny

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I have R300 and believe me my pictures come out PUKKA. Well happy with mine. Use Canon high quality glossy paper.

markk

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porkie ' i bought this printer because the salesman said BLING'


i find epson to be very good printers , ive an old one that still prints very good photos , i had a cannon and fook me running costs were fookin massive cartridge cost a fookin motgage - epson bits are cheap as fook !

Sean Bicknell

STEP AWAY FROM THE MODERN TECHNOLOGY YOU INEPT MUPPET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




And if your taking pictures of your knob, you're gonna need more than 5.1 mega pixels and one hell of a zoom lense to see it clearly!!

Sean..

Porkie

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Porkie

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Just got my new Ip5000 and I am VERY VERY VERY pleased!!!

Thanks to everyone for their help and advice especially JRST!

Sean Bicknell

So what is your excuse for being up to your eyes and all stressed out when I called you 5 minutes ago.

I reiterate, STEP AWAY FROM THE PRINTER!!!!!!!!!!



Call me you chopper, when you have 5 minutes.

Sean..