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    Good idea to start with OEM carts?

    Hi, I bought a used canon Pixma ip4200. It came with a boatload of generic carts (white box, no brand name). The carts are horrible. Usually I can only get a couple of prints before a cart clogs and I even had a chip fail. I replaced one really troublesome cart with a OEM cart and all...
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    Don't ever turn printer upside down!

    Hi all, I had an old Pixma printer that's been sitting in my garage for a year waiting for electronic disposal pickup. It had some debris on it so I turned it upside down to shake it off - big mistake! Loads of ink came out of it. Now I know where all the ink from the cleaning cycles goes. Had...
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    Could it be the sponge that limits refills?

    Hi, I have a ip6210 with the crazy 3 color $35 cartridges and I can refill between 3-6 times or so. When a color finally fails after refill I still get some partial output. Sometimes several deep cleanings will cure it but that's rare. I'm thinking the sponge starts to disintegrate and/or the...
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    Selecting Printer

    Hi all, I have a ip6210. This printer has the dual, triple color, $35 cartridges which make it absurdly expensive to operate but I got around that to some extent by refilling. Problem is the refilling will only work 3 - 5 times or so. Both cartridges have had it so I think it's time to get a...
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