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  1. Blueiced

    Current inkjet printers resolution?

    I haven't been following the inkjet market recently because my old Pixma MP540 is still going strong for my needs, but a friend asked me to look at some models for him. Does anyone know why printer resolution dropped in recent years? 🤔 I mean my Pixma is at least 4800x2400 dpi for printing and...
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    Little help with Nozzle check?

    After 2+ years of using my Pixma MP540 I noticed a strange problem with my nozzle checks lately. I'm refilling my CLI-521 tanks with InkTec ink and I'm really happy with the results but my dye-black appears kinda strange. http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/4171/scan1202050002.jpg (zoom in for the...
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    Black PGI-520 Black cartridge strange problem

    I recently refilled my MP540 cartriges and everythink is OK - no leaking, the color cartridges work perfectly fine but I have a problem with the black pigment one. I refilled it with pigment ink, I think it's a quality one. http://i25.tinypic.com/hvcd2f.jpg I can print text, but when I print...
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    Easy Printer Profiling?

    I recently filled my Canon printer with new 3rd party ink. I really like the results overall. I have printed a couple of test photos with the original Canon Cli-521 ink and now I printed one of the photos with the new ink. The photo is great but compared to the original ink is a little bluish...
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    Canon Pixma MP540, MP630 compatible cartridges and from where?

    Has anyone bought any compatible cartridges for Cli-521 and PG-520 and from where? Do you have any observations which cartridge brands leak or don't work OK. On the german printer forum I read that Pelikan have great compatibles but they plan to release cli-521 in October, which is so far away...
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    1pl droplet size and ink types for Canon?

    I was looking yesterday at a printer catalog from a local store in search for the last remaining MP520 from Canon (there were non left) and I noticed something. The MP520 uses 2pl. size ink droplets, the new MP540 (with CLI-521) uses 1pl. size. Does the ink type reflect the droplet size? The...
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    Inkjet or maybe something else?

    I've been reading this forum lately and it's really great with lots of information and tips. Hope you can answer my question you guys! :D I'm looking to buy a printer and I'm a little confused. I will not print much - about 10-30 pages a month. I want to buy a 3in1 device so I can scan also...
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