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Well, I'm going to wager than the Canon has the first cartridges in the printer. Floor models don't see much in the way of printing, just from time to time someone uses it to make a copy. Worst case is it needs a printhead an ink. Printhead starts at about $50, OEM ink starts at about $70...

I don't know this company, I just happened to google it http://www.octoink.co.uk/store/products/Canon-CLI%252d8-%7B47%7D-PGI%252d5K-Refill-Set-100%252b250ml.html 39.50 for 250ml pigment black, 100ml of Cyan, magenta, yellow, and dye black. MIS is an official distributer of Image...

I just bought a spare mp830 for $150. I've had no such issues with my mp830. CD printing works great, photos work great. Ink is reasonably priced. The thing is, for black text, even if you were to buy OEM ink, it floats at about 3c-3.2c/page @ 5% coverage. Color tends to get used in the...

I don't know the UK solutions. KMP ink from Germany has been sitedin this forum. On german sites I see it floating at 29.99EUR per liter. That's more than half what I'm spending on bulk in, but I buy by the cup. Hobbicolors gets good reviews, though they are in the states shipping overseas...

Come to think about it, I last did this with an epson r200. I switched to bottles for Canon, mainly because it was easier.

Perhaps you can share what you are printing exactly. Color is used with black and white. Duplex printing tends to use black dye, perhaps some color. Full page printing might use dye though I'm not sure on this issue. I've been told CIS systems are problematic for the Canon, and even if you...

I'm not sure exactly what the issue is, other than the rubber seems to be covered with a power that seems to lubricate it. When it became an issue, I used a spot of lawnmower ether, which contains a silicon based lubricant. Just a tab and towel off with a paper towel and that seems to renew...

Thanks for that. To be honest, I'm going to try for an RMA replacement first before cracking open the case. This way they can't complain about it being user error. But useful information none the less. ETA: Turns out is was user error. I was trying to reset the cartridges backwards...

I've been pleased using a #6 tap and using #6 nylon screws without an o ring. Though once and a while I get the hole wrong and have to move up to a #8 nylon screw. The label plastic seems to provide an adequate seal. Lowes has them at about 25c/pop. To prevent over filling the sponge I...

I must have gotten one of the last ones then. Mine arrived today. It has no power supply so I presume it's battery based. It doesn't work, or doesn't appear to work. ETA: It does work, fault was the user, me, putting in the cartridge backwards.

I don't know the brother, but it should be reasonably safe once the head is out of it's parking position. That's what I did on my old Epson r200, well, actually I found the release. This is what I would do. Do note that on the Canon there is a hidden cost for the printhead. It's rated at...

It's hard to be 100% accurate since I've not had to dig that deep into my epsons. Epsons use micropiezo which is what you describe your Brother as. Using gravity get the ink out, an ink station with a vacuum pump to suck on the head for cleaning. This is rather why I thought your Brother used...

Firstly you should double check the sizes as my data is going by the website. Second, I think you were confused by my post. I'm aware that your brother head is tube fed. If it were an Epson you would put the solution on the waste pad station, where the head parks. Alternative solutions...

Brother DCP 117C It's very likely that the Brother DCP 117C is using a micropiezo printhead. It's BROTHER-LK1866001 or BH-3. As I recall it may have been on of those models where the printhead costs more than the printer. This may sound silly, but imagine they price their printers at below...

You could be correct, however I just tested this by printing to a file. I tried the following line form notepad "the following is a test". The result was a 25k document without the words "the following is a test". The driver was the Canon mp830 For laughs I had the old epson 1520 driver...

I hate to say it, but Canon Chips do cost a little bit. I wouldn't spend 3 each on them, but someone else with a chip reseter might. Aftermarket chips IIRC are about 1/2 that price.

Yes, the canon software is rather keyed to canon stuff. This isn't always a good thing though since they tend to bypass the api layer. It's sort of a no no. But it does, in theory, provide you with ease of use, using their own shit to scan with fewer button presses.

http://graphicssoft.about.com/b/2004/01/16/freeware-find-simplecopier-scan-to-print-utility.htm I would imagine that a scanner would come with software to scan to printer, though my first scanner mainly came with image editing software, and while I "could" print I only had a dot matrix printer...

You want to collect your OEM ink after a cartridge has been used. Great. I'm telling you how much you can expect to get, as much as 2.6ml or as little as .5ml. You'll need 5-20 to make a full cartridge. I wouldn't bother with a syringe, unless you are using one in order to force the ink...

Well, pickings are getting slim, and the really good deals such as the mp630 for $100 or so from buy.com has expired. I find the canons are good printers, good general purpose printers. Ease of refilling is a bonus, CD printing is another bonus. While I own an mp830, in fact one spare, I find...