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  1. benryanau

    Yellow ink turning solid in ink tank

    Hey guys... Hate to say it but I reckon I've got a pretty good idea what's denaturing your ink.. Belive it or not, it's actually quite likely to bacterial/fungal action! Haven't time to go into it now but I've had a similar issue in the past and isolated microbiological action as the likely...
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    Canon MG5220 ROM dump and service manual

    Hey nice one dewyatt.. so cool to see someone finally poking under the hood of these Canons! Stumbed across your post and tried to grab the info you kindly posted up to see what I could see.. but the links are dead? If you could repost them that'd be good.. and if I can get copies I could host...
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    MX885 - Equivalent overseas models? Service manual, mode, tool?

    Thanks Hatter, yeah I know each model of resetter is coded to a specific family of cartridges. I'd love to know what the actual mechanism is, whether the chip is a serial eeprom (they mustn't use fuse bits).. and whether the resetter just burns the chip's ink/droplet memory locations with the...
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    MX885 - Equivalent overseas models? Service manual, mode, tool?

    Yeah I was a bit disappointed with the dud chip, it happened when I pulled the cart and refilled it. Physically the card is well made, good plugs, sponge, good outlet flow, clean to fill.. I'll take your advice and grab a resetter, and swap the OEM chips on as the ARCs die. Are all the...
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    MX885 - Equivalent overseas models? Service manual, mode, tool?

    Sorry mate I should have included a link to it. The rear tray path is curved so I can't see how it takes a disc.. can you link up the info for this? I actually looked a while ago to see if it would and I had no positive hits.
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    MX885 - Equivalent overseas models? Service manual, mode, tool?

    Hi all, Been lurking for ages, waiting for my first issue with the recent MX885... which I'll cover in another post. Swapped to cheap but well-made/designed clear refillables with auto-reset chips after the horror of the opaque cart refills. Trying to get to the botom og a U150 (Not recognised)...
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