okay, sorry, i've been busy with exams lately but I went and resealed all my cartridges and I think its doing the job now so thanks for all your help! :D
refilling procedures -take the cartridge out, tape up the one end tightly then inject ink until about 2/3 full on the side without the sponge, then I seal to refilling end up again with electrical tape
type of ink used -bought it at an ink-refilling stand and was the type specific for the ip...
okay, here's my problem, I've read the faq's and tried it all but its still not working??
I refilled my ink before it was completely empty and have the canon pixma ip 4300. I read the one link that said printers above ip 4200 were unlikely to be able to reset the ink level for the printer...