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    SmartInk

    I just wondered if anyone has had experience of using ink from Smartink.nl? I am particularly interested in finding out more about their Canon Ultra Chrome dye ink. Searching the forum, I note some testing has been done on this ink's exposure to UV light, but I am more interested in how the...
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    The ip5200 is dead...long live the ip5200

    Amazing offer to those in the US. I was curious to know how much it would cost to buy and ship to the UK. It kind of had this affect when I discovered the shipping costs involved. :ep
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    Power Off Procedure?

    @vienna01, I have the MX925 - the European version of your printer, and will face the same issue at some point in the future. Essentially the printer calculates (estimates) the accumulation of waste ink that is collected by the absorbers within the printer itself. It is not so much dependent...
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    Power Off Procedure?

    Yep, absolutely agree, and of course I was in fact further supporting @palombian's viewpoint. Taking it a stage further, you could factor in the time you invest in "total cost of ownership". A replacement printer could involve reading more instruction manuals, carefully setting things up...
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    Canon MX922 Is There Service Tool or Service Mode?

    I have just bought a reasonably priced new spare genuine Canon print head for one of my Canon printers. It just so happens that the new print head comes packaged within a brand new ip7250 with a set of starter inks to boot! :celebrate:weee Just found out it doesn't make toast!!! :he
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    Tubing to Use Flushing Clogged Printhead Epson 650

    I would perhaps suggest first seeing whether the ink intake on top of the print head will absorb a few drops of windex. I use dedicated print head cleaner/flush, so don't personally have any experience using windex. What do you think @Ink stained Fingers?
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    Tubing to Use Flushing Clogged Printhead Epson 650

    @vienna01, which black ink is affected? Is it the pigment or the dye cartridge? How long have you had the problem? When you carry out a nozzle check, do you get any trace with your black print cartridge, and do all the other colours print normally? Have you taken your print head out of the...
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    Power Off Procedure?

    Here's a interesting little article from Which? following their research into ink consumption. https://www.which.co.uk/news/2017/04/which-printer-tests-reveal-4000-ink-waste/
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    PGI-550 & CLI-551 reputable UK cartridge sellers?

    Here's an article that may be of some interest to you @BoKKeR. https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/printers-and-ink/article/best-cheap-printer-ink/best-cheap-ink-cartridges
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    Power Off Procedure?

    That is certainly an important consideration, @palombian, but is likely to become more significant relative to the initial amount invested. And, of course, the initial investment is not necessarily limited solely to the purchase price of the printer, but could encompass a whole raft of other...
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    Canon MX922 Is There Service Tool or Service Mode?

    I always think that the old ones are the best! :)
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    Canon MX922 Is There Service Tool or Service Mode?

    I take solice in the fact that I am perfectly at liberty (should I so desire) to keep using my toaster to the point when the accumulation of breadcrumbs either creates a short circuit or sets my toaster on fire. Not being one for too much excitement (and certainly not too early in the morning)...
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    Canon MX922 Is There Service Tool or Service Mode?

    @Technician, you beat me to it. I was thinking of the case with HP too, and I must have been scouring the internet as you were writing the above. To me it seems completely unacceptable that printer manufacturers (and let's be clear here - not just Canon) are allowed to build and sell products...
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    Tubing to Use Flushing Clogged Printhead Epson 650

    Yes, and sometimes those further complications aren't always immediately evident - it is possible for problems to surface not long after seemingly solving the problem. "Gently" is definitely the way to go. What steps have you taken so far @vienna01?
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    Canon MX922 Is There Service Tool or Service Mode?

    The reason I queried the ip7250 is that it was first launched a good while ago, and certainly doesn't fall within Canon's latest generation of printers. The MX925 (MX922) is pretty much in the same boat, and similarly this takes the 550/551 cartridges also. I just wondered if these printers...
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