BCNImage Printers

I ordered this 2-pack 40 days ago and paid almost 5% more for it, so best not hesitate. On the other hand, I notice some Canon printers that have depreciated as much as 50% in price since I purchased them. Face it, the printers are mere “loss leaders” for companies like Canon. Once you buy one, you might as well be a subscriber to a monthly ink-supply plan run by the company. And bear in mind that black #5 is merely one of 5 cartridges required by a Canon 4200 printer. (The only consolation is that black #8 takes 4 times longer to run out than the remaining 4 cartridges.)

The government might be able to save GM if they followed a similar model. Sell those Hummers (along with every other guzzler currently piling up in car dealers’ lots) for a drastic discount: let’s say ten grand apiece (but advertise a “limited supply” to assure a complete sell-out). Now give control of the oil companies to GM (or at least work out an arrangement that would allow the car-makers to set fuel prices and receive a portion of the profits–after all, what’s Exxon, Conoco and Chevron without cars?) In fact, if the cost of gas soon rivals that of a new car, as is currently the case with ink cartridges and printers, you’ll see two enormous benefits: 1. consumers will continue to drive their luxurious (and real big) American-made vehicles just as they saw their parents do, thus providing a regular and dependable, bottom-line profit margin to the endangered domestic auto manufacturers; 2. consumers at the same time will start to drive a lot less, thus conserving rapidly depleting oil reserves not to mention the air we breathe and the life of the planet.

It’s time to stop kidding ourselves: forcing Detroit to manufacture lightweight mobile tin cans that deliver only slightly improved mpg is no long-time solution. Bringing back the Eldorado, the Roadmaster, the Olds 98 and Tornado makes more sense, if not cents, for just about all of us.
Rating: 5 / 5

Canon PIXMA MP600 All-in-One Photo Printer with Easy Scroll Wheel (1451B002) I used to be a die-hard HP fan. The Canon PIXMA MP600 has won me over. There is so much to like about this Printer. From the Easy Scroll Wheel, the individual ink tanks, to the Auto Sheet Feeder and Cassette–it works for me! The only thing that might present a problem is the size of the unit. Check the dimensions…with the paper support and paper output tray retracted it measures approximately 17.7 (W) x 15.3 (D) x 7.6 (H)inches. Otherwise, this unit has been great!
Rating: 5 / 5