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Hi all - My trusty MP610 printer is staggering on its last legs (cyan color nozzle is burned out, Canon driver has long been unavailable for Mac and the Gutenprint driver has become increasingly flaky, etc), so I've been planning to get a new all-in-one for some time. B&H just dropped the price...

Hello all - After years of refilling my Canon printers (first an IP4000, then an IP5000, now an MP610), I think I need to move on. I've already replaced the printhead on my MP610 once, and now the cyan nozzles have failed again and finding a new printhead is out of the question. Plus, there...

Hi all - I've owned and refilled Canon printers for a long time, and am grateful for all the help I've received in this forum. I've just moved to an M1 Mac mini (running OS Big Sur of course), and am trying to figure out my options for continuing to use my MP610 printer. The ancient Canon...

Hello all - I recently bought a large bottle of pigment black ink, and now realize it is likely to last me for several years. My apartment can get very hot during the summer if I am not around during the day (can frequently hit 95°F inside), so I'm wondering whether it might be advisable to...

Hello all - My wife's old IP1800 printer finally died, and I need to get her a replacement. She uses the printer for black text printing only, and for storage reasons needs a printer that is roughly the same small size as the IP1800 (the width must be less than 9.5", and the height must be...

Hello all - My trusty Canon MP610 had been working perfectly until a few weeks ago when I got the dreaded UO52 "The type of print head is incorrect" message. Reseating the printhead did not solve the problem. I found a Canadian seller on Ebay who had what he claimed was a new QY6-0067...

Hello all - I've received excellent advice from folks on this forum in years past, and I hope you can help me again. I've been having problems with my Pixma MP610 printer. I use OEM cartridges which I refill with Hobbicolors ink. About a month ago, I inserted a refilled PGI-5Bk cartridge...

Hi all - I have a Pixma IP5000 printer which has given me a series of problems - do a quick forum search for my username if you want the gory details. Basically, the problem has been erratic magenta performance. It's not a cartridge problem (I've switched in new OEM carts, with no luck), and...

Hello all - A while ago, I posted about a problem I was having with improper magenta printing with my IP 5000 printer. Eventually, I bought a new printhead which solved the problem (this was the second replacement head I have used; I had had the same magenta problem a year earlier and...

Hello all - I have a Canon Pixma IP5000 printer (modded to print DVDs), and have been refilling my cartridges with Hobbicolors ink. About a year ago, my images started printing with significantly reduced magenta. Repeated cleanings did not solve the problem. The nozzle test showed no...