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I have been buying Canon printers for years. I started with the IP 4300, 4500, 4700 and now the MG series. Some things I have noticed with pricing. When Canon introduces a new printer it comes in the market at full price. [150 Canadian in my case] We know that each new printer isn't...

Can anybody recommend a 3rd party cli-8bk that is able to be reset? thanks in advance!

Saw they are on clearance in Staples.ca. Usually means they are about to be phased out. Auto reset chips are available for this model, so I'm assuming there's a resetter out there as well. And so begins yet another round of wait for the resetter to come out for the new models.

I've had a few Canon Ip4300's for a few years now, and I've reset the ink absorber a few times. (it's been awhile since the last reset) So today the message came up that it was time to change the ink absorber pads. So I goggled the instructions for the reset sequence. This time however, it...

Long story short, I have a heck of a clog in an ip4600 print head. I sometimes get bad ones where I have to disassemble the print head, pull the gasket and clear it and clear the ceramic holes. I have narrowed the clog down to between the screen and the opposite side before it hits the gasket...

Got this link in the mail the other day from R-jettek about the Easyfill M1 Have a look at the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2_d7X-QV98 I currently use the German method, but I kinda like this (I've seen this method before just can't remember where) I know it would add time to the...

I looked into getting a pressure sprayer to purge similar in this manner and balked at the price: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqnZU1u45aQ However, a month or so ago I saw Dollarama carrying them for $2 I tested it and it seems okay, but I still need to get the tubing to test this on a...

Just curious, I see Image Specialists now carries an edible ink, was wondering what you guys thought.

Seems all of my problems with magenta have been caused by Image Specialists magenta ink (all their other inks are fine). Because I have a few liters of it, was wondering if I can somehow "thin" this ink out. Do you think adding a bit of isopropyl alcohol will help thin it out? I will say that...

I don't know if there's a standard line that printer manufacturers are giving to Staples, but this amused me. I was buying a ip4700 to replace a failed ip4500. As I was handed the printer off the racks, the associate told me there was only starter ink and how would i like to buy ink, at which...

I print pretty heavy with my printers, last night I had my ip4600 fail on magenta. Some information: Image Specialists Ink with a auto reset refillable cart. On a cleaning cycle, and a full test page print of red, the red dies half way through the page. Moving a known working cartridge into...

So my ip4500 stopped printing Magenta (it always seems to be magenta). No problem, I have a refurbed print head I bought just for this occasion. I install it, and all is right in the world. All the colors are back at 100%. I use this thing pretty solid for 1 day. Tonight as I'm printing the...

I've been trying to ignore the fact that my printers probably need to have these cleaned out. I've opened these printers up before, but not sure how to remove the printer from the bottom chassis. Anybody have experience with these models? If nobody has pics I will try to document the process...

Has anybody got a source on these? I just spent all night trying to fix my Ip4300 that stopped printing cyan. Just as I'm about to add it to the pile of "needs new printhead" I thought I'd try a gasket that came with my ip4600 refillable carts. To my sickness and horror (How many printheads...

Would it be foolish of me to run around buying up a few IP4600's in hopes a resetter for both waste ink/ cartridges is available? I'm wondering if when the 4800 comes out it will be a new set of chips, so 4300,4500, 4600 new chip,4700, 4800 new chips It would be nice to see how often they...

One of my Ip4500 print heads is failing, so I decide to call Canon up at the same number I used to get the trays from. They tell me they no longer handle sales to end users with respect to parts and refer me to Global Electronics. I then call Global Electronics and they give me a price of...

Hi, Long time refiller of ip4300/ip4500 machines. To make a long story short, when I finally got my hands on a redsetter, I was able to prove that when the printer gave me an unrecognized ink tank error message, simply resetting the tank with the redsetter would clear that error message...

I refill a lot. Occasionally, I get a stubborn clog and I run cleaning cycle after cleaning cycle trying to unclog it. I never really paid attention to the cartridge flushing posts, I figured they we over exuberant when it came to dealing with cartridge restoring. I've had clogs and pulled the...

Just thought I'd throw this out there, seeing as at least once a week I pass up beautiful printers because I already have too many! If you are in North America, check Value Village & Goodwill. You taking a gamble that it was donated damaged, but most of the time, people donate when their...

Long story short, I have Ip4300.Ip 4500 series printers. I just recently got a working resetter (redsetter). Before I had this re setter I would occasionally get unrecognized ink tank messages directly after refilling. When I bought the resetter I started resetting the carts just before I...