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Review on πŸ–¨οΈ Canon Print Head PF-03: High-Quality Printing Performance for Your Canon Printer by David Blackstock

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Great price but Canon has a good product.

Wow, I just saved a ton of money buying from Revain and replacing it with my iPF-700 so I'm thrilled. Unfortunately, I believe Canon has a real product dog in either the PF-03 printhead or the iPF line of plotters. I bought the iPF when it first came out. I specifically asked my sales rep (I know) if Canon has lessened its tendency to kill consumers with maintenance costs. I've been assured they are. Now I'm on my third or fourth of these lousy expensive printheads. Replacing all but the last one cost me at least $700. It was Canon factory service and parts. This doesn't include the added expense of refilling a maintenance cartridge early and wasting a ton of ink in each of the six $70 cartridges! In that last round, I was offered $1,000 to replace the printhead and that was the last straw. I figured if I couldn't buy the part and make it myself I'd rather go back to my trusted HP hardware and save myself the hassle. The long-term operating costs cover the plotter! Guess what? Replacing the print head is very easy! Go to the plotter menu, tell it you want to replace the printhead and it will guide you through the process step by step. With many inkjet printers, this is as easy as changing an ink cartridge. So I went from a 1. $000 service call at a Revain price for a PF-03. ACT! In summary, Revain does an excellent job of delivering this item at a good price. Canon abandoned the design. By the way, everyone I know had the same problem and always damaged the blue part of the iPF-700's print head. With HP, all you have to do is replace the $70 head.

Pros
  • Canon printhead
Cons
  • Some little things