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Just out of interest ...............how and why has your 5200 "bitten the dust" ??

Many Thanks for taking the time to publish and discuss this warning ,(forwarned is forarmed), I have also now put a text file with my manuals.

I believe the general consensus of opinion is:- You must not run any pigment ink thru a CLI8 cart. You can replace the pigment ink within a PGi5 with dye black ink. (but once done it should remain so , do not switch back to pigment black) I have converted all my PGI5 carts to Dye based black ...

Probably the safest choice..........before consigning the 610 and its printhead to printer heaven .......(you have almost certainly done this anyway)..........clean the electrical contacts on the printhead with isopropyl alcohol or similar and examine the pins they contact with to see they are...

I have had bad experiences with machine failures which were for unknown reasons and where the printhead was replaced with a "good " one (and became u/s and also where a machine failed and the printhead was tried in a new machine and then the new machine became u/s. The best you can do is...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Canon-PIXMA-MX350-Refurbished-/390343156311?pt=UK_CamerasPhoto_Printers_Printers_JN&hash=item5ae243e257 This is refurbished....Lord knows what the original price was?.........................at 3,199.00 its a bit beyond what I wanted to...

http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=6232&p=2 You may find my post number 16 on page 2 in this thread of use also.

Oh ja very droll....................I am reminded that several years back I refused to allow a Dutch lorry driver to come on to my unloading bank for not wearing proper protective footwear , (he was wearing trainers.) he had very limited English but at last got the message and stomped back to...

Really clutching at straws here........It may be the electrical contacts . internal circuitry for those bars may have been compromised. Try cleaning the metal pad contact with isopropyl alchohol You mention "more traditional clogging" ?...........this also may be down to degradation of the...

As I am still evaluating this ink and the source is not as reliable as I would like, I will not at this time publish the name (they have surfaced once or twice in discussions in this Forum). . It is very cheap , part of its attraction to me for everyday use , I reserve the Hobbicolours for...

In addition to the suggestions already given , I would also attempt trying a new Magenta cart , perhaps the installed one is a a bad "feeder"and is starving the head. I have an MP600 and currently have 3 used heads in reserve which also have suffered clogging , mainly with the Cyan,,,,,,,but...

Sorry OM2 , this is not going to be a very satisfactory answer :- The term "fried " refers to the fact that the nozzles rely on heating the ink and forming a bubble to make a jet onto the paper, the ink acts also as a coolant to the electronics doing this, if the ink is not flowing correctly or...

My understanding , (and experience so far), is if you have a cart which the chip has decided it must now be nearly empty because of the number of sqirts/firings it has performed it will ask for replacement. If you re-set the cart and forget to put the ink in the reservoir , it will stop the...

Just to labour the point also do not try your newly aquired print head in your old machine on any account.

You are correct , the "disable ink level monitoring "procedure the re-fill company refer to , pre-dates the invention of the chip resetter. This dis-able procedure is described within Canon`s own literature and software , (its to get the last drop of ink out of the cart ) , but............Canon...