UPDATE: "Problem with Canon Pixma ip4000 printer"

External Since: Apr 17, 2006 Posts: 6

shnaggletooth.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com wrote:
>zakezuke wrote:
>> > I received a brand-new (refurbished? not sure) ip4000 Pixma tonight
>> > from Canon, even though my defective one was two weeks past warranty.
>> > And yes, it came with a new print head and new ink. So, thanks to this
>> > excellent customer service, my opinion on Canon has done a 180:
>> > (reversing my earlier, knee-jerk vow) I will definitely continue buying
>> > Canon products
>>
>> Cool beans... though technicaly we never ruled out your enviroment or
>> user as the cause of the issue. Well user is not likely unless you
>> were printing on cats or some such, more likely is power surge...
>> something that is always suspect. Given your oddball issue it would be
>> wise to check your surge protector.. if it blinks it means it's not
>> working and should be replaced. Many are not spendy, which is good as
>> they are ment to be kamikaze devices.
>>
>> Not saying it was the root cause, but it is a good printer, and worth a
>> few bucks to keep it protected in the unlikely event your MOV failed.
>
>I'm kind of wondering about the cause myself. In the year I've had the
>ip4000, I probably printed a total of 70 pages, mostly just b/w text,
>and haven't used it in about three or four months. It's hooked up to an
>Electricord six-prong surge protector, which it shares with my
>computer, my computer speaker system (rarely turned on), a digital
>alarm clock and...er, a large, old, and energy-sucking air conditioner.
>
>
>If a power surge is the culprit, then that air conditioner might be the
>problem; sometimes the lights in my apartment dim momentarily when the
>A/C periodically adjusts itself. (Though, the power to my printer was
>never turned on when I wasn't using it, so maybe it wasn't a power
>surge thing, after all.)
>
>Shnaggletooth

Air conditioners, especially the older type, have large "inrush" currents, this
is a very short lived current that occurs when the compressor starts that may
well be several times the normal operating current. So the advice given by Bob
Headrick and Zakezuke is sound.
Tony

External Since: Apr 17, 2006 Posts: 12

> Wow you have a Kirby vacume and no AC? Those vacumes cost a small fortune.
> You must not live in Florida like me Smile

.. Living here without ac is very
> hot during the summer.

Those vacumes can be had used for much less... it's no big deal. But I
am in Washington. I don't know anyone with AC. There are only a few
days in the summer where it would be nice, but one could just install
an attic fan and be pretty much happy.