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Yeeeeeeech----------I am just trying to get my mind around the problem you face. My initial take is the following-----you need a machine---any machine--that will deposit eight different chemicals in varying proportions onto a media--in this case glass--for chemical research. Then you get this...

To Hoss, First, you had a previous post where you said you were using C&C ink--and had a overall reddish cast---now I assume you meant to say G&G ink---which many on these forums use and is a known good ink for Canon printers. But G&G vends its ink in two basic forms---as a raw ink in which...

What a bummer But I have to wonder if the printhead had an internal short in it---hence the rapid heat build up--and with luck, it may just be a blown fuse. But sound like time to check Canon tech support and get the error code.

To feeblerelf, I am not really the right person to answer this thread as I don't have a i960--which is an excellent printer. But the basics are the same on Canon printers.--but I don't like to see a post go unanaswered. (0) With printer powered on lift the cover---printhead assembly should...

To akon, I would say the bulk of users on this forum don't have profiling software. But its still a question only you can answer on the basis of are you happy with what you have.---if you are happy with the results of Canon OEM ink, chances are you will be happy with hobbicolors---after all...

I did what I should have done before and did confirm that the i9950 is indeed unchipped--and takes the BCI-6 cartridges---unlike the ix5000 that takes the CLI-5&8 chipped cartridges. But in US prices---even one A3 color photoprint is going to suck up well over a dollar of OEM cartridge...

To expand on what hpnetserver said, do a nozzle check first. The cost of beating that dead horse by trying to get a color photo right may result in a damaged printhead. So you do a nozzle check check--which uses minimum amounts of ink--not a color photograph in large sizes that use maximum...

To richey, Although I don't have an A3 printer, I think I can understand some of your concerns. I also comment that you may be coming to these boards somewhat ignorant of certain other concerns---But I want to stress I don't mean ignorant in any insulting way, just a lot of concerns you may be...

To Dan, I totally agree with the prism drawing---you have a light source through the cartridge walls--which will hit and reflect up to a sensor--if there is ink in the reserve tank enough of the beam will be interrupted so the sensor will not trigger--after the reserve tank empties the light...

To Dan, Sure don't understand where I am failing to follow you---your question is why were the Canon's dissabled from printing CD's?---short answer Canon didn't want to pay the royalities on the Phillips patients---so they delibertly did not install some parts in select regions---what...

To Dan, I think you are correct that the larger sponge section probably holds more like slightly over half the ink when the cartridge is new---exactly how the cartridge emties is less clear to me---but in the non-chipped Canons of the BCI-3&6 variety, there is some evidence that (1) Low ink...

To Dan, Its my understanding that Phillips owns some of the patients for CD printing---so rather than pay Phillips some fairly high fee in those countries where Canon can't get around the patient, Canon just does not enable CD printing as a factory option. But since the overall Canon design...

Perhaps the dominant message in this set of posts is that the set of suppliers a given set of people have access to is not only location specific but also that certain experienced users in that location may know of other suppliers someone else in that location may not know of. Which could...

To FordPerfect, The first thing I fail to understand is why you are wedded to Staples---not saying that there is anything wrong with Staples---to me its just another office supply. But if you are in Canada, you are in a fairly good market, with all kind of suppliers available by MAIL ORDER...

To grybeard, The ip4000, the ip5000, the ip6000d, amd the MP750 are all unchipped. The MP500, the ip4200, and for that matter the ip5200 are all chipped. You can often tell the chipped Canons by noting which cartridges they take---any Canons that take the BCI-3&6 cartridges are unchipped----any...

I have zero experience with megatoner, but I do note they are not the only vendor selling cartridges that cheap. And some of these other outfits do have somewhat of a following. But to acheive that low price they probably use depend on very cheap wholesalers and are agressive in seeking the...

I note the ix 4000&5000 are both four color printers and lack the photoblack of the somewhat similar A-4 printers with the ip instead of ix designations. Just kinda wondering what the Canon thinking was on this?---why withhold the photoblack?

Oh one more critical factor PKT, Roughly where are you?---I am in the USA---that means I get certain market acess that someone somewhere else might not get and vice versa. So its an important variable because it can restrict what your purchase options are---but does help in that it may put you...

I certainly don't dispute what fotofreek said but I may take the opportunity to expand on what has been said. I do agree that if one just needs monochrome text, a B/W laser may well be the way to go. But as soon as one wants some color in your output, todays broad options are either a color...

Run don't walk to said Staples and snap it up. The MP 760 has the ip4000 printer engine, is likewise non-chipped, and is paired with a very good quality scanner. The MP 780 has the fax the MP760 lacks, but you then don't get as good a scanner in the tradeoff.--better scanner vs. having a...