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    Needed: Empty Japanese Canon BCI-9 Black Cartridge

    I just inherited a printer from a friend that he brought over from Japan. Everything looks ok but was missing the BCI-9 black cartridge. When I used a black PGI-5 cartridge it didn't work. Does anyone have an extra OEM Canon BCI-9 cartridge either full or empty that they can send me at my cost...
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    ip4000 - No photo colors. Printhead failure? Weird nozzle check ...

    Hi everybody. Anybody seen this before? I have a Canon ip4000 that is definitely not clogged based on experience and the nozzle check, but colors don't seem to want to mix. Text black works fine. Nozzle check shows that dye black is fine and other colors are fine except for the secondary cyan...
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    CLI-221 cartridges backward compatible with BCI-3 BCI-6 CLI-8 ??

    I just got some empty CLI-221 cartridges that are for newer Canon printers but are smaller (less taller) than the previous 2 generations. However, they snap in perfectly into the cartridge holder in my i560 and are basically the same shape from the bottom up. I will refill them next time I do a...
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    Can you post your EEPROM page counts? How high can they go?

    I have three Canon inkjet printers that I just printed the EEPROM page counts for thanks to info from this site in how to do it. Although there are many factors involved, I am wondering roughly how high they can go. Here are my results ... i550 - 3439 pages i560 - 5466 pages i4000 - 1649...
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    DURAFIRM ink for Canon? Supplier has switched brands.

    Has anyone had any experience with DURAFIRM brand ink? I was just about to reorder some ink but I saw that they switched to this new brand for Canon. Probably the same as they were supplying before but maybe not? Is it just a re-labeling of an old brand? I see that alot of stores carry it but...
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