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    Ideas for an affordable Canon A4 printer ?

    Very affordable, reliable and sturdy Canon A4 inkjet printer ?. I’m afraid there’s isn’t such thing nowadays, but I wondering if some of you folks could give me some ideas. That printer won’t be for me (I’m contented with my Maxify MB5150 ) but for my brother, whose Canon MG5750 is dying (error...
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    Error B200 today, Goodbye Pro-10s ?

    Yes, this morning my Pro-10s greeted me with the dreaded B200 error. Looking bad. I removed the mains cable for 15 minutes, plugged and tried again : no luck. Following the Hat’s advice, I unplugged the cable again, opened the top panel, as if trying to change cartridges and switched on again to...
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    Good-bye to my laser printer.

    Recently I made the firm(?) purpose of tidy up my apartment, disposing of cumbersome items no longer used. First candidate was my B&W laser Brother Hl-l5000. Not used for months. preferring the output of my Maxify inkjet by a long margin. My Brother wasn’t printing great lately. I bet the...
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    Should I start saving ?

    That printer would be handy if , one very distant day, I decide to print my own 3D lampost garden. @stratman, the new Prusa XL seems to be the perfect machine for anybody willing to take the plunge into the 3D seas. What are you waiting for ? :hide
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    3D Printed Custom T-Shirts ?..

    This is not for me, Too much work and hassle to get acceptable, but far from great, results. Anyway, some people may find it interesting.
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    Writing on the wall for the printhead of my Pro10s ?.

    Ouch, Yesterday my Pro10s gave me a nasty B200 error message when trying to print something. I turned off the machine with the front button and then I disconnected the cable from the power outlet for 10-15minutes. Reconnect, switch on and back to normal.. for a while, because today I started...
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    3D printing helping 2D ?.

    Meet the Color-Munki guide-rulers Mark II and Mark III. A simple device for guiding the Color Munki/I1studio spectrophotometer along the 5 rows of 10 patches produced by Xrite software (be it the older Color Munki version or the newer I1studio ). Place the ruler over the sheet of patches, Align...
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    Silly newbie question: what to do with empty spools.

    Title says it all. I've almost finished my first two spools of filament (PETg and PLA) and I'm curious to know folks what do you do with the empty spools ... Treat them as normal disposable garbage ?. keep them for future use (as wheels or something ) ?. Maybe stack them one on top of the other...
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    Longtime lurker willing to enter 3D

    After a long time lurking here, I’m sorry (or probably not) to announce that finally yours truly has decided to take the plunge. The last barrier was 3D designing programs. Having tried several of them, I gave up after a few hours. I couldn't go pass the steep ( for me ) learning curve.. That...
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    Autopsy of a Maxify Printhead

    As I mentioned in @palombian’s Maxify thread, the printhead of my MB5150 perished suddenly. This thread intends to be a rough autopsy of a QY6-0087. I’m not a skilled surgeon by any means, so I leave it to more experienced hands to continue exploring. -Overall view from above with the cyan and...
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    Canon Pro10s nozzle checks, odd behavior ?

    Time ago I noticed that my Pro10s, when performing a nozzle check, sometimes prints the sheet quite fast, say 12-13 seconds since the machines pulls the paper until it emerges. Instead, there’re other times that it takes much longer to print ( 50-55 seconds). That’s because the printhead carrier...
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    Canon Pro1 troublesome printer ?

    Seeing that the last 3 threads of this subforum are dedicated to Pro1 problems, I wonder if that means that this model is very finicky/unreliable and more prone to failure than general purpose machines or even the Pro10/100 series. In all logic Canon sells several times more Pro100 than Pro1...
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    Canon CLI-8 chips for free.

    After switching from a Canon Pro9000 to a Pro10s, I have no more use for CLI-8 cartridges. International shipping for 100 grams and above is quite high, Therefore, I removed the chips from the Canon OEM carts. They weigh next to nothing and are cheaper to ship. I’m offering the lot, along with...
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    Canon Pro pigment printers nearly clog proof ? I begin to differ.

    Last two days I’ve been dealing with an stubborn clog in the magenta channel of my Pro10s. The printer had been idle for only three days. I printed something on Monday and everything was fine. Yesterday, before a small print job I decided to do a nozzle check, just in case.. and damn it, the...
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    Brother printers. How much powder inside starter toner ?

    Recently I purchased a Brother HL-L5000D. As most of you know, these printers come with a special cartridge toner, called starter, that doesn’t have a reset gear and also yields less pages (2000) than the regular toners for this printer ( TN3430=3000 pages and TN3480=8000 pages) When I had...
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    Sponge degradation=ink leaking. Is this common?

    Much has been talked about ink starvation due to dried ink in the sponge blocking the flow but, what about the contrary, sponge not able to retain ink ? I have experienced this issue three times and always with the black pigment (Canon OEM PGI-5 or BCI-3ebk cartridges). All of a sudden, black...
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    Canon Tech. support in need of support.

    Some days ago I changed Internet provider so the older router was replaced with another one. My Pro10s didn’t connect with the new router because it had a different SSID. That was expected so I ran the IJ Network utility provided by Canon that allows you to change the network settings recorded...
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    Canon Pro10s new owner. Some considerations.

    Finally the printhead of my Pro9000 said politely goodbye, so I took the plunge into the pigment world with a Canon Pro10s. After almost three weeks, those are my initial impressions : 1- On the controversial matter of cleaning/purging cycles. I’ve been printing something every single day since...
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    Canon CLI-8 supplies.

    Sadly the printhead of my Canon Pro9000 churned the last page a few days ago. So, I decided to move along, go pigment and pick up a new Pro10s. Therefore, I have no use for the remaining CLI-8 supplies of my Pro9000 (bulk ink, cartridges, chips and resetter). I’ll gladly send whatever of...
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    Ailing printead of IP3000. Possible Options ?.

    The printhead of my Ip3000 is starting to give me problems. Many nozzles on the smaller cyan rows are clogged or dead, No amount of manual or automated cleaning has solved the issue at all. I suspect that this printhead won’t last long. I know these symptoms. I’m faced with several options : -...
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