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Waste Ink Tank Full Error - Cost - Canon ========================== Just rang Canon to ask how much it would cost for them to replace Waste Ink Tank and reset counter. The cost is around 45 including labour and taxes for the customer to post to Canon and for them to post back. For Canon to do...

My printer only ends up upside for very short periods of time, for example, when I have to store my bag in the luggage compartment of a train or maybe when going through a security check. Mostly, when it is not sitting correctly, it is in the vertical position. But given that it is a portable...

@Grandad35 Thanks for your reply. With regard to the Waste Ink and the possibility that it could ooze out and make a mess. My printer is a portable printer and is often carried in a bag or a case. So it is therefore carried at all sorts of odd angles, including upside down. So I wonder where...

@Grandad The site from which I got my Waste Ink Tank full solution didn't have the EEPROM settings sequence. I saw that EEPROM thread but I am too much of a coward to attempt that on my printer in case something disasterous happens, especially as I really love the design of my printer and they...

Thanks. Understand what you mean now. Before, I was thinking that you meant that the Microsoft Photo Printing Wizard had some ICM setting built into itself. Now I realise you are talking about the option that takes you to your own printer's driver settings. Thanks again, for the...

@ Grandad35 I don't quite understand the Service Mode thing you are talking of. Here's how I reset my BJC-85 printer: 1: Unplug Power Cord 2: Hold POWER and RESUME buttons 3: Plug in Power Cord 4: Release buttons after the printers starts up 5: Hold CARTRIDGE and RESUME 6: Press POWER 7...

Erm ............. Really sorry. (1) I haven't a clue how to do that EEPROM thingy for my printer and (2) I have only just seen your post, long after I have already reset the printer. Really sorry. By the way, I have reset my printer without bothering to open it up and physically clean the...

Waste Tank Full - Built In Obsolescence - The Answer ================================== Just been reading the posts of Ocular, Niffty-Stuff, and Grandad35 (Pot Nos 11,12,13) re what causes the Waste Tank Full error to occur. Firstly, I would say that Canon has to use some method. And I guess...

@ Grandad35 In another Forum ( Canon Digital Photography Forums - Canon ICC Profile Guide - Something New for Canon Printers ) you said: ------- It is possible to use CM with Microsofts Photo Printing Wizard (PPW) (or PS without CM), but it is a little more involved. Select...

A website that you may all find very useful, in fact brilliant, for general advice on scanning with good tutorials is a site called Scantips. Have a good look around and let us all know what you think of it. The site can be found here: http://www.scantips.com I think you will pretty much find...

Just been looking at a few posts in this Forum. I have seen mention of Cathy's Profiles, Profile Prism and Qimage. As a result of my reading I have a few questions which hope some of you more experienced folk can help me with. 1. Do I really need to get those programs/services...

@ Grandad35 Hey, you old "smartarse" !!!! :-) Fantastic answer. Funnily enough I used to work in the print trade (pre-press) and never knew all that. The only thing I would quibble with you on is the definition of a ream, which I learnt to be 501 sheets (although, I have for many years been...

Canon produces a number of paper/media types ( I guess HP and Epson produce similar stuff). As I am unable to see samples of these paper/media and Canon's website isn't that helpful, I was wondering whether anyone here could tell me what these different media types are best used for, especially...

I have been looking at measurements for paper weights and thickness and getting quite confused. My Canon BJC-85 printer's manual simply states paper weight in pounds. But Canon papers have g/m2 and micron printed on the box. HP papers talk of mils. And HP and Canon papers can sometimes have...

Thanks for the reply. Actually, the reason I asked is that usually I have a Black Cartridge installed. So everytime I wish to print in colour I have to fiddle around and change to a Colour Cartridge (CYM + Bk). As I am starting to use colour a bit more now, I would much rather keep one...