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So I bought a Brother DCP-9015DCW after struggling with my inkjet and deciding I needed a more reliable document printer. It came with "starter" toner cartridges with reduced capacity (stated roughly 700 pages black, 500 pages color). I printed until it indicated "black toner empty" and refused...

I tried some canvas "paper" from Clas Ohlson in my dye printer, using quality aftermarket inks and the printing software that came with the printer. A color print looked terrible, mud-like browns instead of blacks. BW printing looked OK, dark grey instead of deep black but not in a way that...

First I watched this video by a fellow apparently trying to break his printer in as many simultaneous ways as possible: https://youtu.be/isOCwleSZLM Then I looked around and found that the cartridge carriage of my Pixma MG6650 actually comes out fairly easily. I just pulled it gently but firmly...

Recently (last month or two) my photo prints have had a green cast. I'm using refillable cartridges (CLI-551, refilled OEM not an option). I don't recall the cast being there in the spring, but I don't recall when I switched from compatible cartridges to refillables and installed this magenta...

After a couple of refills of compatible cartrdiges on my Pixma MG6650 (PGI-550/CLI-551), I wish I could reset the carts manually rather than having to wait for the ink monitor to signal empty and the auto-reset function to trigger. The carts consistently drain faster than the ink level...

Hello. I use non-OEM ink in my Pixma MG6650 (CLI-551 cartridges) from a source that's well-regarded here, and I note that photos I print seem to fade quite rapidly in sunlight. The cyan colour seems most affected. Other than minimizing sunlight, what factors influence fading? Is the paper...

I think the other carts are affected too, but certainly the cyan is draining too quickly. I haven't seen any messes, but the ink has to go somewhere, and I have had a couple of cases of cross-contaminated color (cyan in magenta channel), always fixed after a couple of sheets. I've ordered a...

How does a Canon printer know the ink level? I'd guess something like this: The printer knows exactly how many droplets it has squirted out, and how much ink is supposed to be in a new cartridge (or the chip tells it). So it keeps track of ink use, and calculates remaining ink from that. The...

Hello, My printer is a Canon Pixma MG6650, which takes PGI-550/CLI-551 cartridges. After the "setup" cartridges that came with the printer were emptied I used Peach compatibles, which worked fine, but I'd like to try refilling for even greater savings. So I ordered ink from Octoink, and...