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    Canon inkjet printer survey... Our Printers have internal counters?!?

    Waste Ink Tank Full Error - Cost - Canon ========================== Just rang Canon to ask how much it would cost for them to replace Waste Ink Tank and reset counter. The cost is around 45 including labour and taxes for the customer to post to Canon and for them to post back. For Canon to do...
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    Canon inkjet printer survey... Our Printers have internal counters?!?

    My printer only ends up upside for very short periods of time, for example, when I have to store my bag in the luggage compartment of a train or maybe when going through a security check. Mostly, when it is not sitting correctly, it is in the vertical position. But given that it is a portable...
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    Canon inkjet printer survey... Our Printers have internal counters?!?

    @Grandad35 Thanks for your reply. With regard to the Waste Ink and the possibility that it could ooze out and make a mess. My printer is a portable printer and is often carried in a bag or a case. So it is therefore carried at all sorts of odd angles, including upside down. So I wonder where...
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    Canon inkjet printer survey... Our Printers have internal counters?!?

    @Grandad The site from which I got my Waste Ink Tank full solution didn't have the EEPROM settings sequence. I saw that EEPROM thread but I am too much of a coward to attempt that on my printer in case something disasterous happens, especially as I really love the design of my printer and they...
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    Colour Matching / Profiles - Please Educate Me

    Thanks. Understand what you mean now. Before, I was thinking that you meant that the Microsoft Photo Printing Wizard had some ICM setting built into itself. Now I realise you are talking about the option that takes you to your own printer's driver settings. Thanks again, for the...
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    Canon inkjet printer survey... Our Printers have internal counters?!?

    @ Grandad35 I don't quite understand the Service Mode thing you are talking of. Here's how I reset my BJC-85 printer: 1: Unplug Power Cord 2: Hold POWER and RESUME buttons 3: Plug in Power Cord 4: Release buttons after the printers starts up 5: Hold CARTRIDGE and RESUME 6: Press POWER 7...
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    Canon inkjet printer survey... Our Printers have internal counters?!?

    Erm ............. Really sorry. (1) I haven't a clue how to do that EEPROM thingy for my printer and (2) I have only just seen your post, long after I have already reset the printer. Really sorry. By the way, I have reset my printer without bothering to open it up and physically clean the...
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    Canon inkjet printer survey... Our Printers have internal counters?!?

    Waste Tank Full - Built In Obsolescence - The Answer ================================== Just been reading the posts of Ocular, Niffty-Stuff, and Grandad35 (Pot Nos 11,12,13) re what causes the Waste Tank Full error to occur. Firstly, I would say that Canon has to use some method. And I guess...
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    Colour Matching / Profiles - Please Educate Me

    @ Grandad35 In another Forum ( Canon Digital Photography Forums - Canon ICC Profile Guide - Something New for Canon Printers ) you said: ------- It is possible to use CM with Microsofts Photo Printing Wizard (PPW) (or PS without CM), but it is a little more involved. Select...
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    Scanner Suggestions and Recommendations

    A website that you may all find very useful, in fact brilliant, for general advice on scanning with good tutorials is a site called Scantips. Have a good look around and let us all know what you think of it. The site can be found here: http://www.scantips.com I think you will pretty much find...
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    Colour Matching / Profiles - Please Educate Me

    Just been looking at a few posts in this Forum. I have seen mention of Cathy's Profiles, Profile Prism and Qimage. As a result of my reading I have a few questions which hope some of you more experienced folk can help me with. 1. Do I really need to get those programs/services...
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    Paper Weights - Equivalents - Is there a table?

    @ Grandad35 Hey, you old "smartarse" !!!! :-) Fantastic answer. Funnily enough I used to work in the print trade (pre-press) and never knew all that. The only thing I would quibble with you on is the definition of a ream, which I learnt to be 501 sheets (although, I have for many years been...
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    Media types - what are they for?

    Canon produces a number of paper/media types ( I guess HP and Epson produce similar stuff). As I am unable to see samples of these paper/media and Canon's website isn't that helpful, I was wondering whether anyone here could tell me what these different media types are best used for, especially...
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    Paper Weights - Equivalents - Is there a table?

    I have been looking at measurements for paper weights and thickness and getting quite confused. My Canon BJC-85 printer's manual simply states paper weight in pounds. But Canon papers have g/m2 and micron printed on the box. HP papers talk of mils. And HP and Canon papers can sometimes have...
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    Printing Letters using Colour Cartridge on Canon BJC-80/85

    Thanks for the reply. Actually, the reason I asked is that usually I have a Black Cartridge installed. So everytime I wish to print in colour I have to fiddle around and change to a Colour Cartridge (CYM + Bk). As I am starting to use colour a bit more now, I would much rather keep one...
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    Lithium Ion Battery for Canon BJC-80/85

    Has any clever soul out there produced a Lithium Ion battery that is compatible with the Canon BJC-80/85 printer? I don't particularly like the standard NiMH battery for this printer. Thanks in advance. .
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    Printing Letters using Colour Cartridge on Canon BJC-80/85

    Can someone tell me whether on the Canon BJC-80/85 printers, coloured ink is also used when you print a black & white document and are using the Colour Cartridge? Or does the printer have the intelligence to use only ink from the Black Ink Tank? Advice appreciated. Thanks. .
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    Bluetooth Printing Adaptors

    Can anyone recommend a nice Bluetooth printing adaptor. The criteria it should meat are as follows: 1. Should NOT require plugging in to mains electricity. 2. Preferrably small in size. 3. Preferrably USB 4. Should work with existing PC/Laptop Bluetooth adaptor Hope someone can help...
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    Spool moves but no ink comes out?

    @ Blaster Q and Niffty-Stuff Thanks for your amazingly fast responses. In answer to your questions: All print cartridges are original Canon. The Black Ink Tank is a third party brand and prints OK. However, at first it wouldn't print and then I had to do the Deep Cleaning thing and it...
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    Spool moves but no ink comes out?

    I have got a similar problem with my BJC-85. In my case everything this fine with the Black Cartridge. But if I use the Photo or Colour Cartridge then nothing prints. I have done all the Nozzle checking and Deep Cleaning stuff. And I haven't any protective tape on the print head or ink tanks...
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