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Canon Pixma MX330 has proved the perfect addition to home office as the printer can fax, copy, scan, and print on a wide variety of media. This cheap $110 printer boosts productivity by adding an automatic document feeder and a full color 1.80-inch LCD.

The body of Canon Pixma MX330 is streamlined with all of the buttons conveniently placed on the front panel. The bright 1.8-inch LCD screen sits prominently in the middle of the control panel. Overall, the Canon Pixma MX330 measures a maneuverable 7.8 inches tall by 18.1 inches wide by 16.2 inches deep. At such a low price range this printer also include an auto document feeder which help in easier scanning and copying stacks of documents.

To keep costs low, the Canon Pixma MX330 only uses two ink cartridges: one for black and one for tricolors. The package also includes a driver CD with all the installation files needed to customize the prints. The driver also automatically installs Canon’s Easy Photo Print EX software onto the computer that flaunts all the creative features of the MX330.

The MX330 prints color text at the speed of 5.54 pages per minute in a tie with the HP Office jet J6480 that’s almost two times the cost of the Canon. The Black text obtained from the cheap black cartridge of this printer is nicely darkened on standard 20-pound paper. The MX330 will definitely satisfy households where cost and robust features are more of an issue than just output quality.

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Protector for ink cartridge Description

The present application is based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2004-333922 filed on Nov. 18, 2004, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a protector that can prevent leakage of ink from an ink cartridge before the cartridge is attached to a recording device.

2. Discussion of Related Art

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2001-113723 or its corresponding U.S. Pat. No. 6,786,581B1 discloses an ink cartridge having an ink supply hole in which a valve member is provided. In a state of the ink cartridge before it is attached to an inkjet recording device, a compression spring elastically presses the valve member against a tubular packing member provided in the ink supply hole, so as to prevent leakage of ink from the ink supply hole. Meanwhile, when the ink cartridge is attached to the inkjet recording device, a tubular ink-supply needle pushes the valve member against the biasing force of the compression spring, so as to open the ink supply hole and thereby allow the ink to be supplied from the ink cartridge to the recording device.

However, the above-described valve member communicates with an outside space via the ink supply hole. Therefore, if the valve member is erroneously assembled in a tilted state when the ink cartridge is manufactured, or if the valve member is tilted by being interfered with by a foreign matter or a working person when the ink cartridge is manufactured or shipped, the ink may leak through the valve member tilted. (more ink cartridges…)

HP Laser jet 1200 is loved for its excellent print quality and its versatile copy/scan attachment. The LaserJet 1200 fixes all the things which were disliked in its predecessors.

The LaserJet 1200′s bundled software includes scanning and copying programs, as well as ReadIris Professional OCR, for turning scanned documents into editable text files. Offices seeking a multifunction versatility might also appreciate the LaserJet 1200′s copier/scanner attachment option ($149). LaserJet 1200 looks completely different from the LaserJet 1100xi. Most of the changes are for the better. On the good side, the toner cartridge slides out for easy removal when you open the front panel–no more digging into the printer’s interior. But when you do need to get into the guts of the machine, to connect an interface cable or to upgrade the RAM, for instance, you must first open the front toner panel and then pop off the left side panel. This device, which sits on top of the output tray, adds important office functions to the machine. The LaserJet 1200 also handles paper much differently than did its predecessor. The LaserJet 1200 can take 250 sheets of input and 125 output, compared to the LaserJet 1100xi’s 125/100.

Output quality of Laser jet 1200 is much better than output speed. Text samples are excellent at 600dpi, with crisp, solid black lines on both serif and sans-serif fonts. At three- and five-point font sizes, letters had a slightly moth-eaten quality. Based on its speed and output quality, the LaserJet 1200 is an excellent choice, and its sleek design and optional copy/scan attachment make it even harder to resist.

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Ink-jet printing apparatus and ink cartridge therefor Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a printing apparatus to which ink is supplied from a replaceable ink cartridge for printing on a recording medium, ejecting an ink droplet from nozzle apertures and an ink cartridge suitable for the above printing apparatus.

2. Conventional Art

An ink-jet printing apparatus is known in which there is provided with a print head for supplying a driving signal to a piezoelectric vibrator or heating means to print data, pressurizing ink by energy generated by the piezoelectric vibrator or the heating means and thereby ejecting ink droplets from nozzle apertures and an ink cartridge housing ink for supplying ink to the above print head. (more ink cartridges…)