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My first inkjet was a Canon BJ10ex. An amazing portable printer that used a spiral shaft to both support and move the printhead. Printing a single page cost a large amount of money though, so I would only print what was absolutely necessary. One day I read a magazine article which suggested that...

It seems that 150+ years of life in expensive pigment colors is too little. Brace yourselves for the color that never fades: http://www.newsmax.com/SciTech/color-pigment-never-fades/2012/09/10/id/451306

I'm considering to buy a cheap Epson all-in-one mainly for scanning purposes. I don't think I'll be refilling this machine (and therefore I won't be printing anything in it). Does anyone know if recent Epson models, or at least Epsons in general, allow scanning with empty ink cartirdges ?

Not printer related. I bought an InstaPure F-8C water filter for a relative who requested a filter to reduce "as many contaminants as possible". She lives in an area where the water is not of the highest quality and she, like most people there, drinks and cooks with bottled water. She is...

I'd like to report that this is the 3rd time I've bought Canon print heads from OfficeStoreDepot and I am very satisfied with their services. They respond very quickly and their prices are unbeatable (at least as much as I could research) even including shipping costs from California to Greece...

Funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX1qAyLTMHE These guys have found a way to clean the waste pads at "only" the cost of the new printer.

Instructions on how to damage your print head by powerdrilling cartridges sitting on it, spill ink while refilling with an open top hole and risk a ribbon damage as the wrong plunger crashes to Canon's new low protective covers. Are these people brain dead ? This is what gives refilling a bad...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhcZv-nzq2Y This is what happens when you don't read the nifty-stuff inkjet forum.

Tom's hardware has published an interesting article with advice for evaluating the quality of your ink and paper. The ink part is obviously focused on refillers which makes it more interesting. They had also published a comparison of inkjet papers a few months ago. This is a very interesting...

I noticed in some recent postings people stating problems with the German method. Since I am using this method for the last 3 years on the same set of 2x5 cartridges with 0 problems and 0 purges and a lot of printing, I've decided to offer a few points about what NOT to do. 1. Don't seal the...

Has anyone tried this ? http://inkjetreset.com/Refillable-cli-8-&-pgi-5-Ink-Cartridges.html

The new MX860 is finally here and by the naming it seems that it will replace the MX850. Ive been waiting for this model to see if Canon would use its new line of smaller cartridges; although it would mostly surprise me if they didnt, I still wasnt completely certain because the new cartridges...

Take a look at http://e-trashtalk.spaces.live.com/ Art Entlich is a well known and helpful regular of the comp.periphs.printers newsgroup. I am sure many members here will find his article very interesting.

(actually the thread title was meant to be: Canon oil-based inks?) http://howtorefill.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8&products_id=7 What do you think about this? Do you think they would really work?

I just had a look at the comparison page for the ip4600 and the ip4500 in order to find how Canon intends to sell these new models. It seems however that Canon is being quite frank as they admit that their old 4500 was a better printer. Look at this or read this small commentary on any...

1) Is it acceptable to patent ideas based on knowledge you get by reading this forum? Should this practice be allowed or it should be discouraged? 2) Would a patented idea prevent other members from profiting from it? If so, why would members be willing to discuss with a person who is...

Vincent Oliver of www.photo-i.co.uk is reviewing the Canon PIXMA Pro 9000. The review is very well written and, as always, very thorough on color reproduction fidelity. Check it out!

PC World has published an article called Eight Ways To Print Cheaper and Easier. In regards to printing cheaper it advices the following: 1) Print in draft mode 2) Look out for offers in ink and paper (OEM of course) As I refuse to accept they are _that_ clueless, I think articles such as...

As I've mentioned in thread http://nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1546, I had ordered a new printhead from inkcessories.com (shipping included, it's much cheaper than getting it from the official Canon distributor in Greece). The package arrived yesterday and after another failed attempt...

I've recently printed another large batch of color documents with full color borderless covers. Everything was going well in the beginning but since yesterday I'm experiencing serious issues with the flow of magenta. After performing a head cleaning the magenta prints, all dots, but faintly...