Recent content by Bird333

I'm not sure if it's the printer or these cartridges. We had a ice storm where the power was out for several days. When the power was back, the three colors showed low levels and the black showed full. I refilled all the carts but the levels are the same. Before I refilled I got an error...

I'm using the auto ink carts on this printer. It is not displaying the correct ink level. It's not showing the ! anymore but it still looks like the cart is low. Now I refilled them when they were low and not completely out. Is that the problem? Do I need to wait until it says the cart is...

What do you mean? I don't recall any settings about firmware updates when I installed the printer. Does anyone know how to stop the reminders?

Fair enough. How can I stop the nagging then?

I got a notification on my printer that there is a new firmware available. 1. Is it possible to manually download the firmware and install it? 2. Is there a change log somewhere for it? 3. Is it safe to install? I.e. it won't block refillable cartridges or cause other printing issues. 4. Is...

Do they occasionally just do this on their own?

Sorry printer is a Maxify MB5120 1. Well this is a unique situation too. I'm running a VM on i5-3550 16 gigs ram running Win 10 Pro. 2. Internet speed is 300/300 3. Printer is connected to ethernet. 4. Aftermarket auto reset cartridges with refill ink. 5. No print jobs stuck in queue. 6...

It has a new printhead and I'm using 3rd party ink. I have a somewhat unique printing situation as I am printing most of the time over the internet through GoToMyPC. I bring this up because it only seem to happen when I was printing a PDF which for some reason creates a large print file. It...

For some reason my router has decided to assign a different IP address to my printer. Is there a way to change the address on the port? Surely I don't have to reinstall the driver just to get it to detect the printer at a different address. Can I just change the 'location' on the 'general'...

Thanks for your thoughts.

Yeah, I know. That's why I'm just asking about the black ink. Do you think it would be ok? Should I be concerned about causing damage?

I've got some ink that was for a Pixma MX870 and I am wondering if I can refill a Maxify MB5120 with it?

If your printer came with one can you also use the other?

I was just curious. I didn't understand why I was using up colored ink when I'm just printing grayscale.

I'm currently using a MB5120 but this has happened with all the Canon printers I have used.