Love my Canon i475 - what's comparable?

DK wrote:

>In article <. com>, "zakezuke" <> wrote:
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>>>ip4000 can stil be had cheaply:
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>>Respectfully, the sites you listed were quoting the printer at $150ish,
>>not taking into account shipping. The BUY.com deal at about $80 for
>>the ip4200 I think included free shipping. MSRP was $149.99 but many
>>bought them when it was sub $100.
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>>Unless one was planning to buy non-oem cartridges
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A GIAGANTIC MISTAKE

>> I'd lean tward the
>>ip4200 at $80.
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>Agree. But I thought the original poster implied the ease of refilling
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HE WAS NOT STUPID

>as one criterion and in this case extra $60 might be worth for not
>having a hassle of chipped cartridges.
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ONLY THE IDIOTS MAKE A TIZZY FOR THAT

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"BG" <> wrote in
news: :

> I loved the price and the look of the print, and the cost of the ink
> was better than anything else. Now my wife wants to buy a printer and
> when I went to look at the Canon's, all their numbers have changed.
> Do they still make a printer that uses the 24 Black? It's so nice to
> be able to buy an ink cartridge for less than $10. Recommendations?
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AFAIK, there are none with removeable ink carts and tri-color cart like the
BCI24. The x000 Pixma line did have one though.

The new models either use tri-color Head-On-Cart (Pixma iP1600), or
individual carts (Pixma iP3200 or and higher), with better value with the
CLI8/PGI5 carts.