First working aftermarket CLI-8/PGI-5Bk carts with chips on the way !

[pharmacist]

It looks like several manufacturers have cracked the chips, please look this german item at druckerchannel.de:

http://www.druckerchannel.de/artikel.php?ID=2130&=paperworld_2008_all_the_news

Ninestar (G&G), Peach, Pelikan should start shipping those carts from beginning May this year. Chances are very likely that the introduction prices will be high still (maybe 70-80 % of original Canon CLI-8/PGI-5 cartridges). No information are given if these chips can be reset......

update: the above link has been translated into english by druckerchannel.de !

 

[pharmacist]

And see this:

http://www.druckerchannel.de/artike...cked_canonwbr_wbrchip_to_be_launched_in_march

Pelikan will start to ship these chipped cartridges soon, albeit that the price is dissappointing and hardly any cheaper than the original one........

 

[websnail]

TBH.. I'm wondering if Canon aren't smiling and congratulating themselves for forcing aftermarket manufacturers to admit (through their pricing) that there are development costs and it's about time the aftermarket types faced up to it.

 

[KnightCrawler]

TBH.. I'm wondering if Canon aren't smiling and congratulating themselves for forcing aftermarket manufacturers to admit (through their pricing) that there are development costs and it's about time the aftermarket types faced up to it.

No it's the useless nazi circuit they added which does nothing but cause more problems. The older thinktank worked just fine for years.

The carts and ink that go into printer cost $2-3 and get sold retail for $14....lots of profit built in.