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Is the ink level of your color cartridges go down after a few cleaning cycles? If yes, the ink was sucked from the cartridges through the inlet screen, internal ink channels and nozzles down to the purge pads. Put some Windex on the inlet screens and do a nozzle check. If you still do not get...

Great find! With the clear cartridges, you can monitor the ink level easily.

Since the print head is clogged and the new cartridges are expensive, average "Joe Six Packs" will not touch it. There are no competitor for this printer. Take your time to negotiate the price. All bets are off if you do not know how to unclog Epson printer. With my limited knowledge on...

What is the model number of your printer? Is it a i560? Please do a nozzle check and upload the nozzle check for analysis. Use the "Upload" tab on the top of this page to upload nozzle check image.

Trigger 37, You have a great collection of service manuals on Canon printers. I do not have MP610 or MX860 service manual to trade. I will contact you when I need a manual. I refilled one of my empty OEM magenta cartridge with Image Specialist ink this afternoon. The yellow looks okay...

I did not misunderstand you. I think the magenta cartridge delivers more ink to the purge pad while idle which causes the "wicking" action. It was late at night. Just cover the breathing hole for a quick test over night. But it does not stop the slow leak. What you said makes sense...

Trigger 37, Thank you for the detailed analysis. It is not a internal leak between the magenta and yellow. Otherwise, both the magenta and yellow will have the same color - brown. The magenta cartridge is a generic compatible cartridge. It is half full at the moment. This cartridge has...

I am working on a Canon i560 and a i850 with the exact symptom as emerald's i560. After doing a cleaning cycle, all colors are normal. After let it sits for 30 minutes, magenta ink is getting into the yellow. I have read emerald's post #29 on this thread over and over. My conclusion...

Don't try to charge the button battery. Read the button battery number and buy them on eBay 10 for $1.

I always think that the purged ink will be evaporated over time unless one is doing lots of cleaning to unclog print head. The foam pad may prevent the ink located down at the bottom layer from evaporating. ghwellsjr, now you have the ink draining into a dish. Please report back in a month...

Lot of thing can be done to toilet paper. I did embroidery on the first square of a roll of toilet paper and displayed in the guest bathroom. It is a talking piece. You may be able to print it using the CD tray. The problem, you may encounter, is ink bleeding. Another idea is to print your...

If Lexmark can get away with this practice, other printer makers will fellow. Watch the Kijiji or Craigslist for Canon printer using BCI-3e/BCI-6 or PGI-5/CLI-8 cartridges. Buy, clean and store them.

1. You are paying for it on operating cost. The Canon cartridges for MX860 and MX850 are roughly the same. But the MX860 cartridges have 1/3 less ink than those for the MX850. 2. If you refill the MX860 cartridges, you will be refilling more often because the cartridges hold 1/3 less ink...

Obviously, this guy is not a Canon authorized repair guy.

Here is a how-to article on converting Canon printer to print CD. It lists all models that supports CD printing and the CD tray used. http://damnprinter.com/105/the-five-easy-steps.html

ip4500, Canadian version, comes with CD holder. MX850 can be converted to printing CD if you buy a holder. Other models, i don't know.

Yes, iP5300/ MP810/ iP4500/ MP610/ MX850 are using the same print head. http://officestoredepot.com/qy6-0067canonprintheadclickhere.aspx If you do not need the extra functions, buy the iP4500 or iP5300. If you need multifunction printer, get the MX850 because of the duplex copying, scanning...

The waste ink and Windex are drianed to a foam pad at the bottom of the printer. Yes, it grows on you. Not before long, you will be sharing your unclogging tips.

Is the Windex stay at the right purge pads? Don't give up so easily. Unclogging print head takes time. Repeat the soaking overnight with a column of water in the tubing. Stubborn clog needs lots of soaking. It took 3 soaking overnight before unclogging the MP830 print head. I understand if...

You have two layers of protection if you pay by Paypal using credit card. File the dispute with Paypal first. Then with the credit card company. Credit card company will reverse the charge since the printer is not as described.