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Thank you all for the replies! Here's exactly what happened. I bought a used MG5320, as it shares the QY6-0080 printhead but it only cost $20 on kijiji. The nozzle check tested perfect, so I put it in storage. A few months later, the ix6520 head died (orange flashes, I checked it against the...

Hey guys, I have an ix6520 that was working fine, then sudden print head death. I noticed that some of the MG-series of printers have a compatible head, so I bought one. I tested the A4 printer, the printhead worked fine. Put it in the ix6520, it recognized the printhead (solid blue light)...

Just appeared on local Kijiji. Seller claims in New condition, with ink & lots of paper etc. Assuming a perfect nozzle check, is it worth $200CAD? Are these things refill friendly, do the heads go like they do on Canon?.. Many thanks in advance!

Ive been beating the crap out of my 2 G series printers, buried a g2200 at like 7,000 pages and still using a g3000. They seem to work great with aftermarket inks but the lack of true black is a problem for some photos. My only working 13" printer is a IX6520 which I heard is refill friendly...

Thanks, I am strongly considering getting rid of all my cli-8 system. I wanted to spend $80 on a 'refurb' one on Ebay, but what if it stops working in another couple days? Gah :he

The Pro 9000 had a perfect nozzle check the first time I tried it (incredible right?). Used it for about 2 days, never touched the head as I didn't need to. Died in between printing 2 photos (5 orange flashes). Then, turned it off and on and printed one more photo before it settled on the 5...

Hello all, New to this forum I thought I'd ask for help here with my several photo printers. I have the following, bought used: Canon Pro 9000, i9900 and ip6600d. They were running when I bought them, and all three had printhead failure the next day (the dreaded 5 orange flashes) . Feels...