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This is a thoughtful piece put together by CDan http://club.myce.com/f123/printer-comparison-epson-vs-canon-230213/ One of the complaints with Epson is its higher ink consumption as compared to Canon although the new Artisan series is not included in the above comparison. Perhaps Epson has...

A few of thoughts : I'm not in the "let it dry for a couple days" camp because I strive to keep the electrical contact area dry in the first place and don't want any drying of the printhead or intake ports to occur. If I thought that I had wetted the the electrical contact area, then yes, the...

Well done, web ! Congrats from the PNW !

Welcome. You will have best results using only genuine Canon carts for refilling purposes. Before printing the document, click on Properties and choose Greyscale.

Doesn't take much time if you ask here, first. A refilled, OEM cart set for iP4500 should cost no more than $30 - $35

Maybe you need to step up to a disk publisher class machine. Many of the currently available solutions are here: (brace for sticker-shock) http://www.supermediastore.com/printer.html

Wow, this is an ancient thread :| If you don't have the original orange plastic caps, something in the way of a silicone rubber pad + tape would work. Like these, but they're a little spendy (IMO) from this vendor. Island Inkjet use a similar product....it's a long shot, but you might be able to...

Reading from a genuine BCI-24 box : PIXMA iP1000/iP1500/iP2000 PIXMA MP130 S200 S300 series i250 i320 i350 i450 series i470D series MultiPASS F10/F20 MultiPASS MP360/MP370/MP390 I believe that all of these are long out of production.....check eBay and/or craigslist

See here : http://cgi.ebay.com/Hobbicolors-Medium-Refill-Kit-6CM-UW8-CMYKPcPm-Canon_W0QQitemZ260438233888QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPrinter_Accessories?hash=item3ca3541320&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1234%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 And here ...

x2 !!! This is long overdue. It should be compiled and locked with a sister thread that would allow for dicussion of addendum. Well done post, stratman :cool:

Since XP is based on W2K, the iP5000 driver should be the same for both. It's the "upgrade" process vs. a "clean install" of XP that can bork a driver and other things. The above is an out-on-a-limb assumption that you used an XP Upgrade disk as opposed to a Full Retail or Full OEM version of...

Yes, this is whyI said verify which drivers were actually being used. Search > iP5000 > Explore > read me > driver ver. ? date ? We have an iP5000 (Hall-of Famer) here and it's under XP using driver ver. 1.80....but if you did an XP upgrade and not a clean install from W2K, the iP5000 driver...

To refresh drivers I would completely uninstall the old drivers and then reinstall new drivers following Canon's procedure (applying power and communications when prompted, etc.) Verify that the new drivers are being used and not the old driver or a generic. Use new, genuine carts or high...

HobbiColors and Precision Colors are the two most popular inks here. Both use eBay storefronts. Both are excellent. Search these forums for info on refill methods...German or top-fill.

refurb MX850 @ CanonUSA store: http://estore.usa.canon.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10051&storeId=10051&categoryId=17251&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=12054&top_category=12054&pageView= MX850 uses the previous generation CLI-8 carts which are refillable/resetable.