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January 13, 2009

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Coming to Terms with The Canon iPF 5000 Printer

Time flies when you're having fun, or busy, or both. It's been six months since I started using the Canon iPF5000 and myinitial reviewappeared. Since then I have made some 900 prints, mostly 11X17" and 13X19", with a number of 17X22" and larger as well.
I lived with my previous Epson 4800 alongside the Canon 5000 for a while, but eventually sold the Epson. Not having to worry about switching blacks and the associated hassle and cost was a big factor, but also my findings doing a number of comparisons on an ongoing basis were that the image quality from the 5000 was as good as and frequently better than that from the 4800, and the Canon certainly has a wider gamut. Not really having room or the need for both printers I said farewell to the Epson.
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What I discovered during his period was that there is an additional advantage to the Canon – no head clogs. Over the past six months I have not had a sin...

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