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Canon Colorado 1650 Print heads and usage
- Thread starter jasonx
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FireSprint.com
Trade Only Screen & Digital Sign Printing
We've replaced just about all of them within the first year. It was likely our fault, we learned. Just a poor start with service and training.
Got it in January, took a few months to get it really running, ruined the printheads in September, took a couple of months to get them replaced. Now we have all new printheads and have run 30,000sqft without issue in the last 2 months. Yay!
I've heard other people having pretty good luck with the Colorado, so I assume it's mostly how we operate and who we're working with (reseller) that has caused our troubles. No so much the hardware itself.
Got it in January, took a few months to get it really running, ruined the printheads in September, took a couple of months to get them replaced. Now we have all new printheads and have run 30,000sqft without issue in the last 2 months. Yay!
I've heard other people having pretty good luck with the Colorado, so I assume it's mostly how we operate and who we're working with (reseller) that has caused our troubles. No so much the hardware itself.
Pauly
Printrade.com.au
Im curious to how the print heads got damaged?
balstestrat
Problem Solver
I on the other hand am curious what is your total sqft usage on it? Just wondering how well utilized you have the capacity on it.
Christian @ 2CT Media
Active Member
We are at 390,000sqft since Dec 2019... No print head changes yet. We bought it for 1 specific client and project but it has become our go to machine.
victor bogdanov
Active Member
I've had my 1650 for a month now, so far 30k sqft printed. Canon is hinting that the print head life is around 250k sq/ft but don't have a definite answer.
I'm using 2x as much yellow as any other color so I'm sure those heads will go first
I'm still trying to decide on a service plan and guage my print volume. It seems that on higher volumes the most expensive service plan is a good option due to the reduced head cost but there doesn't seem to be a solid estimate of head life
I think at print qualities that are sellable the heads have a lot of "reserve" for turning off bad nozzles.
Good to hear that Christian is almost at 400k, makes service plan decision harder lol
I'm using 2x as much yellow as any other color so I'm sure those heads will go first
I'm still trying to decide on a service plan and guage my print volume. It seems that on higher volumes the most expensive service plan is a good option due to the reduced head cost but there doesn't seem to be a solid estimate of head life
I think at print qualities that are sellable the heads have a lot of "reserve" for turning off bad nozzles.
Good to hear that Christian is almost at 400k, makes service plan decision harder lol
FireSprint.com
Trade Only Screen & Digital Sign Printing
So it looks like we have ran around 300k sqft in about 11 months through ours.
victor bogdanov
Active Member
So maybe all of your heads getting replaced is due to the 250k life canon says the heads have?
Pauly
Printrade.com.au
Canon say 1 heard per year / 20,000sqm. not all 8 heads.
victor bogdanov
Active Member
What country are you in? in USA we get no warranty on heads at all. I did some digging on Canon's website and looks like USA and a couple other countries do not get any warranty on the heads but the rest of the world does
victor bogdanov
Active Member
You are lucky in Australia you get head warranty. Not in USA, I guess we can pay up, 0 head warranty for USA
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MelloImagingTechnologies
Many years in the Production Business
Is there an extended warranty available?
balstestrat
Problem Solver
Lol it's Canon.. Ofc there is service plans.
MelloImagingTechnologies
Many years in the Production Business
What is the cost of extended warranty?
victor bogdanov
Active Member
you can buy a new Epson s60600 every 2 years for the price of the service plan on the 1650, not counting the potential print head cost on the 1650