harrogate22
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Hi
Yesterday I boaght a Canon PIXMA IP1800. New cartridges were, I noticed, very expensive, though I presumed that I would be able to get cheap refills for the PG-40 and CL-41. I also thought that I might be able to refill them myself. On the way home I called in at the local CARTRIDGE WORLD, and they informed me that Canon have introduced some form of software block to stop the use of refills. They said that this software block is somehow built into the Windows updates (?), and that it works on a "print-count" basis, so if a given cartridge starts to print more copies than it should (for a legitimate Canon cartridge), then it would prohibit further printing until a genuine cartridge is fitted. Is there any truth in this, and is there any for of patch or work-around?
Thanks,
Ken
Yesterday I boaght a Canon PIXMA IP1800. New cartridges were, I noticed, very expensive, though I presumed that I would be able to get cheap refills for the PG-40 and CL-41. I also thought that I might be able to refill them myself. On the way home I called in at the local CARTRIDGE WORLD, and they informed me that Canon have introduced some form of software block to stop the use of refills. They said that this software block is somehow built into the Windows updates (?), and that it works on a "print-count" basis, so if a given cartridge starts to print more copies than it should (for a legitimate Canon cartridge), then it would prohibit further printing until a genuine cartridge is fitted. Is there any truth in this, and is there any for of patch or work-around?
Thanks,
Ken