Canon ink cartridges

[John]

My old Canon i9900 died recently.

I am replacing it with a new Canon Pro 9000.


I have over 75 new original Canon ink cartridges BCI-6 left over from my old printer.

The new Pro 9000 uses CLI cartridges.

Does anyone know if I can use my old BCI cartridges on the Pro 9000.

The cartridges look very similar.

There are no chips on the BCI cartridges, but I believe the CLI cartridges has a chip installed on them.

I would just like to know if I can use up these old ink cartridges without having to sell them on eBay.


Any help, would be greatly appreciated.

 

[msmart]

until someone with more experience comes along....

I doubt it as the printer needs chipped carts to work. As for what to do with your old carts, not sure, again someone will come along with a suggestion.

In the mean time, have you seen this thread....?

http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=4269

 

[ghwellsjr]

Without the chips, the printer will not even try to print.

 

[John]

Is it possible to remove the chip from the CLI cartridges and attach it to the BCI cartridge?

 

[pharmacist]

Nope: there is a phsysical differnece between CLI-8 (with indentation) and BCI-6 (without), making it possible to put a CLI-8 into an BCI-6 printer, but not the other way. I would suggest you to use the German Durchstich method to withdraw the ink from these cartridges and to refill the CLI-8 carts and reset them with a resetter. The empty ones you can sell on ebay.

 

[yupkime]

To the mods,

Is it about time to setup a buy/sell/trade forum?
Just user to user with no commercial postings.

I know it opens up a whole new can of worms but if it can be done regionally that would be great!

 

[Manuchau]

Excellent idea, yupkime, but only if done in a separate section or companion forum. I'd love to see a response from the moderators about this.

Good to see another British Columbian here.

 

[John]

Thanks for all your input on this matter.

I will be posting the cartridges on eBay.

Thanks again for your help.

 

[yupkime]

Try craigslist too ... no fees!