I wish there were manual-reset chips on compatible cartridges

[Vorkolor]

After a couple of refills of compatible cartrdiges on my Pixma MG6650 (PGI-550/CLI-551), I wish I could reset the carts manually rather than having to wait for the ink monitor to signal empty and the auto-reset function to trigger. The carts consistently drain faster than the ink level monitoring says, so I have to monitor the cartriges manually (by taking them out of the printer and look at them) to make sure I don't run the printer on empty carts. Which means I have to refill early, and the ink monitor goes out of sync with reality.

 

[jtoolman]

After a couple of refills of compatible cartrdiges on my Pixma MG6650 (PGI-550/CLI-551), I wish I could reset the carts manually rather than having to wait for the ink monitor to signal empty and the auto-reset function to trigger. The carts consistently drain faster than the ink level monitoring says, so I have to monitor the cartriges manually (by taking them out of the printer and look at them) to make sure I don't run the printer on empty carts. Which means I have to refill early, and the ink monitor goes out of sync with reality.

Thus the reason to not use compatibles or refillable on a canon printer. The chips always over report the ink actual Ink levels.
Joe

 

[Vorkolor]

No real alternative with x51-carts. They're not transparent so no way to inspect ink levels when refilling. And no resetters until this year, even though the carts have been around for three years or so.

 

[Ink stained Fingers]

You could check the ink status with a little scale - some like 500gr +-0.1gr, they are small, cheap, and available via Ebay, Amazon or Aliexpress , something like this one http://www.ebay.de/itm/500g-0-1g-10...38369e3&pid=100005&rk=2&rkt=6&sd=220702255219
so you are able to check how far you are away from the actual empty-status