[libreoffice-marketing] Re: Canon PIXMA MG6220 disc labeling costs

Hi Tim,

Le 2013-02-03 08:53, webmaster-Kracked_P_P a écrit :
> On 02/03/2013 08:29 AM, Marc Paré wrote:
> >
> <snip>
> > I wonder, how long does the ink lasts once it is in the printer. Would
> > one have to consider this into the cost scheme as well? Does the disc
> > labelling printer ink need to be used by a certain date before the
> > inkjet ink become unusable?
> >
> > Also, does the grey color come in handy for disc labelling LibreOffice
> > disks? I know that you have already produced some and I am not sure if
> > you are saying that the TDF/LibreOffice does not need any grey ...
> > although it looks to me like it does need grey for the TDF part of the
> > subline.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Marc
>
> Canon printers are the only ones I have seen that use the gray. One ink
> provider told me that people tend not to use the gray much outside of
> photos or gray-scale printing. But, I do not know if I would say that. I
> still have not found any real documentation explaining the benefits of
> the second black and the gray ink.
>
> I have used as much gray as the non-black colors. There are actually 2
> types of black ink, one big one with one type of ink and one smaller one
> with a different type of ink. Some printers would refer them as "normal
> black" and "photo black".
>
> If you do not have a printer that uses gray, or only have one type of
> black ink, then "no worries". I have not seen any "tri-color" ink
> printers that prints to disc media, but there may be ones still out
> there. Most of the printers I have seen use black, magenta, cyan, and
> yellow. Some have light cyan and light magenta. Others have extra types
> of black or gray ink in the mix.
>
> The "how long it lasts" or "unusable by date" is a good question. Not
> printing with any printer for an extended period will cause some issues.
> I print a few pages with my HP PSC1410 every month or so to keep its ink
> from "drying up". I had an old printer that had never been opened. Its
> ink was sealed and never used, but it did not work. So there are some
> issues with how long will the ink last in a printer if it is not used
> for a while. I do not know. I have never gotten to that point with
> either the Epson or the Canon inkjet printers.
>
> I say, if you do not need to print DVD labels, you should use it to
> print color pages every so often. That way you keep it running and maybe
> you will never find out about how "old" is "too old".
>
> The only problem I had with the Epson Artisan was the "ink pad near end
> of life" message. That was what told me that I should look into a new
> printer. The ink pad is a "part" of the printing system and not part of
> the ink cartridge you get when you buy ink. I do not know if Canon has
> something similar in their printers, but by the time such a message
> comes up, I may have used the printer for longer than my warranty [2
> years for the Canon and 1 for the Epson], so it may be time to get a new
> printer anyways.

Thanks for all of this information. It is really useful for some of us 
who may be thinking of getting into LibreOffice disc burning/label printing.

Really useful. It would be nice to try this out at a conference to see 
if it would work. Could be good to add this as a budget item just to 
test it out. The cost is not that exorbitant to test.

Cheers,

Marc


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