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Thank you Gean for weighing in, And I agree with you----but your calculations are off some---because not all the ink one buys in that OEM cartridges is usuable ink. In the case of a BCI-6 it looks like the figure is about 75% of the ink is usuable---so multiply your figures by 4/3.---------and...

To resander, You will find many Canon fans on this forum----I am one also----but when you pay a very small initial price for a printer---you are asking to get ripped off on the ink---and every inkjet printer manufacter will be happy to sell you a cheap printer that will gouge you on replacement...

To fadeaway, Thank you for posting the links I had lost---and sorry for not crediting you and Correzpond. I remembered there were others than grandad35 but without finding the links I could not properly dish out the credit for what amounts to very fine work. So all hail those who worked on the...

The sad facts is---its only been about a year since the introduction of chipped Canons----and the supply of new unchipped Canons will continue to diminish-------and fewer and fewer knowlegable consumers like ronk1030 will have that great day of discovery as one of the last is snapped up.

To Pixma_newb, Hey good choice---its a great printer---but learn to use the software you have before you willy nilly look for better. Your options are wide open with a non-chipped Canon---will you use OEM cartridges---third party cartridges, or refill your own? What photopaper will you use...

I for one am getting somewhat tired of too much Canon bashing. When you compare all the major ink jet printer makers---OEM cartridges to OEM cartridge---on a per page ink consumable cost----Canon still beats Epson by a small margin and HP, Lexmark, and Dell by a wider margin---at least on the...

To Wrybread, There was an excellent post on this subject about three months back on fading from ozone exposure---and grandad35 was one of the posters so you might search his posts to find it.---don't get lost though---you can spend alot of productive time reading any of grandad35's posts. But...

The nozzles are where the ink exits the printhead---the i960 has many thosands of them--they are very small and hence easy to clog---and you want to concentrate in the area below where the photocyan cartridge snaps into the printhead--and don't forget the spongelike opening below the photocyan...

You don't want it soaking too long or too deeply immerced in the windex. The trick is to keep the solvent flowing through. But at least the nozzle check shows the clog is not complete in PC.---as the solvent flows through--it should get the rest. But too much soaking and too deeply immerced can...

To Davey_fl, First, don't be too deep clean happy---use once in awhile but never twice in a row. You simply toss lots of ink into your printhaed and if it can't get out--then you got problems. But you are on the right track---I would recommending flushing the printhead again with water to wash...

The only advice I have is to print at least once a week. I try to avoid any deep cleaning cycles. But once a clog starts it takes time to get it dissolved away. Had a slight clog starting---so I printed a 40 page PDF manual--something I would never have never done so casually--before getting a...

Out of curiosity, what is the ink capacity of these cartridges?

Since you have a non-chipped Canon, its well worth saving in MHO. But you are still in trouble shooting mode---lots of steps must occur--and a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. And anything is possible. The ink must flow out of the cartridge ink outlet hole---into and through the...

sounds like you have a clogged head with the black nozzles--read up on head cleaning and try the mild cures first. Do not try deep cleaning again--its simply beating a dead horse--and making the problem worse.

Dear Fenrir Enterprises, I can't really speak knowlegably about any of those inks because I never tried any of them---although I did download a refilling video--maybe from jet-tec--or maybe a similar sounding brand--and the instructions just flat out disgusted me. But you may have hit a nerve...

I have another question---given the fits created when a problem occurs in this i9900, the clear disruption of schedule that creates impatient people waiting in line, and the sort of big bucks amount of business---why is this business totally dependent on one and only one printer---surely another...

No the Canon and HP chipped system is totally different--the Canon does not remember a cartridge ID number. I think what fotofreak is referring to is the conventional wisdom that its better to have a spare cartridge ready to pop in--rather than have to immedietely refill the cartridge--...

To Ranger 2644, I will tell you that if you can get a Canon MP780, it will meet your needs for a very long time to come. I happened to get a bargain some time ago in the form of a refurbished MP730. Which is sort of a one generation back MP780 without the photoblack cartridge. Its a very rugged...

Sorrry, Clearly Adamj is much smarter than the average printer purchaser--and then doubled demonstrates that by finding this forum. The average inkjet printer purchaser seems about as smart as a box of rocks--they don't even seem to aware of any of the issues, don't even comparison shop on...

To Chemistry Printer, Your problem and the question of d87cfv--are there no machines dedicated to this task have continued to resonate in my miniscule mind. After some thought, a wonderful home barbequeded steak dinner, and a few beers have all conspired to reach the unmistakable conclusion...