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Well, the mystery is solved. A few days ago my MB5150 reported at last that the cyan ink cart was depleted flashing the customary red X symbol. No odd errors. I installed the cyan cart of my other set and that one reseted with the ink at the lowest level. Let's see if it remains in this...

That depends on which way you look at the question. Letting a GI-56 bottle rolling around while you move the needle inside an opaque bottle trying blindly to fetch the ink is not my idea of fun, but I see that your mileage varies a lot in this matter.;) I prefer to move all the ink at once into...

I tried with a syringe and it wasn't very convenient. First you need a very long needle to reach the bottom of the bottle when ink reaches a low level. Then you need to drill an extra hole to let air equalize the pressures, else the ink won't be sucked into the syringe, unless you pull very very...

I can't guess what fancy method uses The Hat.. ;). Mine is blunt but effective. First you need an empty bottle of 150ml or more to store the ink and a funnel is useful too. Remove the cap, drill a hole at the top of the GI-56 bottle to make an intake for air. Screw the cap back on and drill...

The previous printhead of my Pro-10s started to show cyan in the CO band of the nozzle checks a few months before error B200 popped in and I had to replace the printhead. It wasn't as evident as in Dighini's example but quite noticeable all the same. Usually a cleaning cycle fixed the...

As I said here a number of times, I keep my printers always off. My Pro-10s remains plugged to the mains socket, while my Maxify MB5150 is totally disconnected. I haven’t noticed extra ink consumption of the Maxify compared to the Pro-10s, rather on the contrary. I guess that the behavior of...

Definitively you need to improve further. This nozzle test isn’t as good as it should be. See the vertical bars at the left of some colors, specially red but also magenta and photomagenta. Those should be black, not reddish or faint grey. If you use third party inks or a combination of OEM and...

If that was true, as inks are composed 80-90% of water, I expect that every printhead out there would rust in no time right after you print a couple of pages..

...and no waste ink pads to worry about.. although good quality toner cartridges aren't exactly cheap.:rolleyes:

If the orange led flashes and the power led stays solid, then it's not a service call error but operator call error and you should be able to fix it. I don't have a manual for the Pro100 but on other Canon printers, when the orange led flashes three times it means paper jam or front door...

elsofar, the printhead of your Canon I960 ( model QY6-0043 ) is impossible to find new anywhere. Yours must be one of the very few in the world still working OK. As the Hat said, don't kill it with generic ink and avoid aggressive cleaning methods ( i.e. using ammonia ).

You're right, quiet mode must be good for the lifespan of printheads, but I think your words 'a bit slower' are an understatement. On my Maxify quiet mode is very slow. It takes three times longer than normal mode to finish a print job.

This is pure masochism, I won't try. It would show too well the shortcomings of my skills and my printer. :rolleyes: Nevertheless, if you or somebody else here is daring enough, I suggest using a very soft TPE filament. It would be even more fun. :D

Maybe it's the Superspam markII

@palombian, 'eternaly' is a drastic word..;). I'd say longtime enough, if you're careful. During the last years I had to discard two carts because of leaks. After disassembling, I saw that the bag was partially unglued from the plastic frame. Possibly my fault for pushing too hard the plunge...

I've using your PGI-72 inks for several years. Most colours (grey included ) never gave me problems. The only troublesome inks have been magenta and photomagenta. Now I use OEM ink extracted from larger PFI tanks on these two carts.

Yes, a really clever device, but not for me : 1- AFAIK Precision Colors doesn't ships to Europe. 2- I don't own a Pro-1000. I agree with you. Keeping control of ink levels on a Pro-1000 isn't difficult, unless you're quite careless. For one thing, 80ml last long and you can remove a tank...

I don’t think that Canon would make use of such devious methods. Suppose you need a printhead for a Pro-300 or a Pro-10 and the reference is the same. You order from a reseller a QY6-0085. Do you think that they will know which serial numbers work for one printer but not for the other ?. Will...

Maxify and Pixma range of printers apparently are designed and manufactured by different divisions inside Canon. So, what applies for Pixmas it doesn't for the Maxifys and vice-versa. The ARC on the cyan cart of my MB5150 refused to return to full condition after it was declared empty and...

It seems that photoblack is the only color with a bad nozzle test. If you perform cleaning cycles, do it only for the colors of group two. No need to waste the ink of group one because these are OK. It' s not clear if the missing top part of the photoblack band is due to clogs or electrical...