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    MB2700 Ink levels for color carts incorrect

    Hi folks, This my third refill with the color carts, so far I did not encounter any issues. Today, my Magenta came up with the refill message, so I removed the cart and refilled as usual. I use the genuine carts and this method to refill them. I put the Magenta cart on the scale, it was 28 gr...
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    MB2720 - First refill with problems

    Hi guys, The printer is 3 months old, I purchased my inks from precisioncolors, and did follow the instructions to the letter. I am not a newbie, so nothing really difficult to be done comparing to the past Canon printers I owned. First, I did the black cart, after 15 days the three colors. No...
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    New to laser printers

    Hi guys, So far, I have always owned inkjet printers from Canon, my latest being the MX922 which I refill using Precision Colors inks. The printer has recently thrown the B200 error, although I was able to reset it, I fear it will be unusable soon. I realize it is becoming more and more...
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    i865 - The appropriate print head is not installed

    Hi there, It seems like my printer is ready to go... The printhead burned out, so I bought a new one but now I get: The appropriate print head is not installed I have new carts and new inks too. Here is the background before getting to this point: 1) I installed the new printhead, together...
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    MX922 - My first carts refill

    Hi, The original carts are almost at the end, the PGI250BK is now blinking at 1 sec. frequency, the CLI-251M blinks at 3 secs frequency, the others are still OK. I am prepared for the switch, I purchased the Precisioncolor aftermarket empty carts and inks, before refilling I have a question...
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    Which multi-function printer for easy refill?

    Hi guys, I am been refilling my i865 for 9 years, refilling time is generally no longer than 10 min. for all carts, still working perfectly. I got a multi function HP, I never succeeded to refill it, therefore I will ditch it. I want to buy a basic multifunction printer from Canon that allows...
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    i865 printhead clogged every other day

    Hi all, I've been refelling this printer for 10 years with great satisfaction. Till last year, I bought inks in Italy, then I moved to Canada and I began to buy my inks from MIS. I slowly began to switch them, I mean, once I finished the 'Italian' ink I would refill with MIS ones. I know...
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    Hp photosmart c4480 - Refill

    Hi all, a friend of mine gave me his HP C4480, I am not new to refill as I have been doing this for years with my Canon i865, so I just need a tip on the methodology and a reliable ink supplier. Thank you Alex
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    Refill the OfficeJet 6500A Plus

    Hi folks, a friend of mine bought the 6500A and once he saw the price of the Black cart he came to me and asked for advise :gig I still have my Canon i865, after 7 years of refills it works better than ever :thumbsup I had a look around and came to the conclusion that the 920 carts can be...
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    Quality empty carts supplier

    Hi all, I moved very recently to Canada and I am looking for a new supplier for my empty carts. I used to buy the ones for my i865 at Colorbat, excellent carts indeed but unfortunately he is no longer reliable in terms of "in stock" items. Now I also have a second printer, a MX870 and that's...
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    Ink type for MP500 and MX870

    Hi, I have just bought a PIXMA MX 870 but I still own an old MP 500. Since I have a good quantity of ink in stock for my MP 500 I was wondering if I can use it in the MX 870 or if they are incompatible?? Thank you! Regards Alex
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    i865 - Configuration problem with network printing

    Hi guys, I know this is not be the right forum, but I have always found good help and shared good experience with you, maybe you had the same problem I'm now trying to solve... I have a small home network connected as follows: - My Desktop (Server) wired - My Laptop (Client) wireless - One...
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    i865 clogged - Help please

    Hi, As expected, my fears before I moved came true. My printer was out of activity for 1 week, before then, printing was perfect, also because I had a three months old printing head. When I printed the nozzle check, it seemed that the 6BK was in trouble, so I took the printhead out, a syringe...
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    Prevent clogging

    Hi, In a few weeks, I will move back to my home country (Italy). I use Colorbat ink cartridges and due to the move, most probably my printer will stay out of activity for at least one week. What can I do to prevent clogging? Should I keep the cartridges in the printer of take them out...
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    Problem with black when printing text

    Hi guys, First, happy new year to you all! I have a Canon i865 that I refill regularly and without any problem, so far... Well, I noticed that when printing a text, the black tends to spread over the background color. For example, take an Excel cell, green background, I type "AB" in black...
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    Refilling a Canon i865 with a little help of....my friends

    Hi guys, Some days ago, after having spent some time to collect information, I bought the inks from an Italian chain of shops, you can get more info on their website http://www.prink.it/eng/index.asp I thought it was a good idea to put some info on a EU dealer and tell about my questions and...
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    i865 Settings

    Hi all, I've got problems to set the printer to print the colors I see on my screen. I use sRGB IEC61966-2.1, Adobe Gamma, I'm not so refined to need perfection, but reall what I print is totally different. I used to have manual color adjustment, so I thought that I had put some wrong setting...
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    Canon i865

    Hi guys, I bought this printer some months ago, but I'm struggling with the colour set up, I'm so upset that unless I get an improvement out of this forum, I will sell the printer. I used to have a HP 720C, excellent printer, but then it broke down and I decided to go for the Canon i865, one...
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