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I'm planning to buy one, but the funny thing I discovered is this: Digital cameras take awesome pictures, but passable video --- but the video can be hours and hours long. Video cameras (the ones with a disc) can take awesome videos, but the stills are very low quality --- but the video...

Since I'm planning to get me a new printer, I was wondering what are the best ink options out there. I guess it's time to step up to the plate and stop buying local, "universal" inks. Since the new printer will be coming with a 5-tank hybrid system (2 black tanks, 1 for dye, 1 for pigment)...

I'm fed up with my MP198. Yes, and it's been just a few months after I bought it. I'm glad for its awesome scanner, but the printer functions are my priority and after my 3300, I know that this just doesn't make the grade. Now my dealer has 3680s and 4680s on stock, and they don't sell any of...

I have a MP-198 printer with PG-40/CL-41 carts. I like to do printhead alignment after every-other refill, and I noticed that things are getting out-of-whack again. I'm concerned, could this be another "electrical problem" that plagued my iP3300? Here are the pics: 1. Page 1 - notice on the...

I have 2 PG-40 carts that I tried refilling with a new set of black inks that my supplier had in stock. Both clogged up soon after refilling; I figure that as soon as the new ink made its way into the printhead, things got nasty. Now, no amount of cleaning/deep cleaning/soaking head on wet...

There was an iPTool for my old printer that resets the EEPROM or something so that every time I insert a new cart, it shows it as new, as well as get rid of the waste tank full message. Does anyone know of a program like this for the MP198 printer? I did a google search and all I can find...

I'm being given the runaround. I want to buy a Canon 3300 printhead and the only way to do this seems to be to send my printer to the service center, have some dweeb look it over, THEN tell me I need a new printhead. I can't buy it from the dealer, I can't buy it from the service center unless...

I've always been wondering what Quiet Mode was good for, aside from lowering the printer's operating noises. I've noticed the printouts come out slower as well. However, is operating in Silent Mode good for the printer? I figure since it's not jerking stuff around inside, quieter may also...

I got myself an MP190/198 printer instead of the other models since my scanner decided to go kaput as well. I figured getting a 2-in-1 would be cheaper. I hope! Anyways, this baby comes with the 830/831 carts, which are like the 40/41 carts but with less capacity. I asked myself, how can a...

Like I said in one of my older threads, my iP3300 is dying. Let's just say at that time it was showing symptoms, this time it looks like it has to be admitted in the ICU. :rolleyes: With the repair center a good 5-6 hours drive away from me, I'm looking to perhaps spend a few more thousand...

pharmacist has told me that I can purge my carts even using the German refilling method; from what I understand, I should do the following steps: 1. Use the German refill method to withdraw all the ink out of the reservoir 2. Fill the reservoir with water (tap water? distilled?) 3. Continue...

Hello everyone! Been busy for a week with work and a new baby (yay!) and left my printer alone for a while. I come back today and do my regular test print and find out there is an error with the cyan band. Apparently, the lower half of the band is lighter in color (the whole band should be...

This is weird. I printed out a picture on my iP 3300 on plain paper but with settings on HIGH, and I was pleased with the very bright and vibrant blue and red colors. When I print out the picture again, without touching the settings, the picture is still nice, but not as bright or vibrant...

Hello! I'm using InkMon 4 to help me keep track of ink usage, however, I am still a little confused about how it works. From what I understand, it takes the # of ML of ink used (# of ml of ink injected after a certain print job), and the number of bytes of data printed, and uses that to...

Hello guys! I'm using my printer with a little program called InkSaver. What it does is basically limit the amount of ink fired from the printer so that prints on one side of the sheet don't show up much on the other side of the sheet, on a 80gsm white bond paper. I noticed I'm getting...

There are 2 bulk inks available locally, with different prices. How does one "test" if an ink supplier or the ink itself is of good quality? Do I just use it and hope for the best? Do I have to find out the hard way via clogged print heads and busted carts? Is there a safer method? I used...

Back when I was working with my 1200, I was used to low-capacity ink tanks which would be low after 40-60 pages, so I can refill almost within the week. Also, I would tend to use the OEM ink for "worthwhile" projects such as printing pictures. With my 3300, well, I've been out of ideas how to...

Thanks to the encouraging words of the fine folks of this fine, fine forum, I decided to just eff it and get me a new iP 3300 that was going for real cheap (around US$81). This is my second fixed-head printer after my iP 1000, which I had to give up since the print head got clogged and I could...

Hello again everyone! My Canon iP1200's color cart quit on me again. I've been replacing this cart every 4 months or so, can't really keep it going for longer than 6 months, even with everyday printing, the YELLOW color just quits before all others. A trip to the mall brought me surprises...

Hello again guys! Been out of the loop for a while (life, job, family, the usual excuses :) ), but still have my trusty Canon printer. Is there a gadget/procedure I can do to make it reset the ink levels? Thanks!