JimH123 Loc: Morgan Hill, CA

Excellent advice. I no longer have an inkjet printer. I have had numerous ones over the years, and they all eventually clog up. Plus, they go through ink at such an alarming rate.

I keep a B&W laser printer for general printing only. And they never clog up. But they are not for printing images.

So, I use printing services instead for pictures.

Drbobcameraguy Loc: Eaton Ohio

That's funny I had a 530 that was at least 13 years old. Sat in the garage after I moved and a mouse set up house. I decided to fire it up right before I got my ts860 and by golly it still worked. I use precision Colors for my ink and they also supplied ink for the 530 and the ts860 along with my pro-100. Very very happy with their products.

Goldyrock

I also have a Pro 100, and a spare. Jose Rodriguez, the printing guru has one that is 9 years old with the original head. He recently installed a CISS system from Ink Products. and it appears to be working well. The results are beautiful.

rlv567 Loc: Baguio City, Philippines

I bought a very inexpensive Canon all-in-one printer over 6 years ago for home use. It always has performed extremely well!!! I sometimes use it several days running for a number of prints - or maybe scans, but frequently it's 2 or 3 months between uses for anything. I always have used Canon ink and have not ever had even one problem!!! I am totally sold on Canon products! (My cameras are Canon, also.) (And the printer does a nice job on color photograph prints, with no calibration of anything, ever!!!)

Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City

coolhanduke Loc: Redondo Beach, CA

Anytime you sell a used printer, it’s a must to provide a recent nozzle check to show non of the nozzles are clogged.
Otherwise, I’ve sold several of my retired printers.

yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey

I have a pro-100 and a Pro1000, and never had any issues with clogging on either of them - even after prolonged periods of little to no use. (I know, shame on me).

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

That's fine. I used Canon gear (and Nikons and 12 other camera brands) off and on for years. It all did the job. If you like the results, it's probably because of the sRGB standard that does a "decent*" job of matching consumer monitors to consumer cameras and consumer printers, so long as no one changes settings away from factory defaults. Canon Print Studio Pro is especially good for folks who want pro quality prints from their PIXMA Pro printers.

*"Decent" may be defined differently, depending on your standards.

I've come from a photo lab environment where we had to match over 78 devices to each other, so customers would not ask questions like, "Why does CocaCola Red look suspiciously like Corvette Red?" and "Why does this canvas print look so mute compared to this print on cotton rag paper?" or "Why do these plastic student ID cards have purple backgrounds when we know the background is blue?"

We calibrated and profiled nine color correction department monitors to match each other and a "master" printer, and calibrated and profiled the other printers to match the master printer as close as their technologies (silver halide, Xerographic, dye sublimation, ink jet) would allow. That saved us hundreds of thousands of dollars in wasted labor, materials, opportunity costs, remakes, etc.

We had a few Canon Desktop photo printers in offices. They did work great, but there was one that kept clogging black and yellow inks. Canon took it back.

We had an industrial strength 44" Epson 9600 that ran 20 hours/day, 6 days weekly. It never clogged until the purchasing agent got a "deal" on off-brand inks. It clogged a day after we started using the cheap inks. After a head replacement and switching back to OEM inks, it lasted three more years until we replaced it with a much better, newer Epson.

I have a two-year-old EcoTank 4700 Epson at home that works fine, so long as we keep it busy. Let it sit for a couple of weeks, and it might need a head cleaning. The problem is, we don't print enough to use the ink before it goes bad, so although the ink is cheap (relatively!), having the deep tanks presents challenges of its own. (I need to go make some prints, soon!)

All ink has chemicals in it that keep it liquid. Eventually, the liquid components evaporate, leaving a solid...

ddgm Loc: Hamilton, Ontario & Fort Myers, FL

I have a Canon Pixma Pro 9000 that must be 15 years old and have used 3rd party inks since the OEM ones ran out When we had a winter home in Florida it sat for 6 months for 10 years and has never failed to work. I know I just jinxed it by saying that. If I think of it, I run a test page through every once in a while. I also have had a laser printer for everyday printing, currently using a Lexmark B2865.

alvin3232 Loc: Houston, TX

Hello
My 2 cents, I have been buying HP printers for 20 years and every last printer I have bought from Deskjet to Inkjets and laser printers all have come with CDs. In your case, it could have been a one-off, and even to this day I only purchase HP printers. So it has worked out for me.

Alvin

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Few computers come with optical disc drives these days, because the Internet is a much better way to source media of all types.

Why? CDs are obsolete the day they are burned. That is why every self-respecting company writing device driver software puts their latest device driver software on the Internet, on their company website, usually on a "Product Support" or "Downloads" page.

Even when your printer/scanner/camera/whatever comes with CDs, you should download and install the latest updates from the manufacturer's website. These updates often fix critical bugs in the original software, add features, improve existing features, update documentation, update device firmware...

Few computers come with optical disc drives these days, because the Internet is a much better way to source media of all types.

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

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rlv567 Loc: Baguio City, Philippines

I did not say "decent"!!! (which is a result of lesser quality, I believe!) I said that my printer does a "nice job on color prints" (which to me means it produces a very good picture - without all the fuss and bother of continually calibrating everything!!!). I guess my ink may evaporate some day, but that day has yet to arrive, fortunately!

Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City