EASteadman
Newbie to Printing
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Quite frankly, all you guys and gals had me worried. First, I was told that you could refill Canon Ink Cartridges and I had been in contact with Canon who wrote me that they did not now or have any future plans to prevent their customers from refilling ink cartridges, even though they frowned upon it.
Later, after I made my purchase of the MP210, I start reading in this forum that people are running into the same hurdles over Ink Refilling that Lexmark and others have forced upon their customers. Upset was a mild word for what I was beginning to feel. I read and reread everything I could that was out on the Internet and some of the tactics touted had me dizzy and frustrated.
After quite a rant and rave, it dawned on me, what does the manual say? There is was, right on page 45 under "Ink Has Run Out", "If printing is in progress and you want to continue printing, press the Stop/Reset button for at least 5 seconds with the ink cartridge installed. Then printing can continue under the ink out condition. The function for detecting the remaining ink level will be disabled."
After refilling the cartridge, that is exactly what I did. Order a print and when the program balked, I pressed the Stop/Reset button for 5 seconds. It printed and then some time later, up popped a message akin to those that Lexmark used to throw at me. But, this time, I just reached over and pressed the Stop/Reset button for another 5 seconds and WHALLA, I've printed another 41 pages of graphics without another notice (except for the "ink is low, check ink levels" on the copy status while it's printing).
So, on the short side, I am a Happy Camper. I have a brand new copier that only cost me $58 at Wally World (only $6 more than I paid for that HORRIBLE Lexmark) and I can make as many copies as I want without fear of going without something to eat the rest of the month.
Later, after I made my purchase of the MP210, I start reading in this forum that people are running into the same hurdles over Ink Refilling that Lexmark and others have forced upon their customers. Upset was a mild word for what I was beginning to feel. I read and reread everything I could that was out on the Internet and some of the tactics touted had me dizzy and frustrated.
After quite a rant and rave, it dawned on me, what does the manual say? There is was, right on page 45 under "Ink Has Run Out", "If printing is in progress and you want to continue printing, press the Stop/Reset button for at least 5 seconds with the ink cartridge installed. Then printing can continue under the ink out condition. The function for detecting the remaining ink level will be disabled."
After refilling the cartridge, that is exactly what I did. Order a print and when the program balked, I pressed the Stop/Reset button for 5 seconds. It printed and then some time later, up popped a message akin to those that Lexmark used to throw at me. But, this time, I just reached over and pressed the Stop/Reset button for another 5 seconds and WHALLA, I've printed another 41 pages of graphics without another notice (except for the "ink is low, check ink levels" on the copy status while it's printing).
So, on the short side, I am a Happy Camper. I have a brand new copier that only cost me $58 at Wally World (only $6 more than I paid for that HORRIBLE Lexmark) and I can make as many copies as I want without fear of going without something to eat the rest of the month.
