speedracer
Getting Fingers Dirty
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Hello all. I have a Lexmark all in one 6170 that is on borrowed time. The one thing that I disliked the most was the cost of the Lexmark cartridges. I came across the Canon Pixma MP530 at the local Best Buy. It uses 5 tanks that seemed to lessen the cost of operation as I would only have to replace the empty one. Even these cartridges are not that inexpensive and it appears these cartridges come with chips installed and at this time there is NO chip resetting tool. I found many that offer NON OEM cartridges at a much lower price that do NOT come with the chip and the procedure given to overcome the chip makes it sound like once I do it I will never be able to use the level reporting software/function again. Is this true or is there a way to turn it back on? Is anyone working on a resetting tool so one doesn't have to turn this function off? Since it comes with a one year warranty it certainly would not be in my interest to turn it off if not able to turn on in CASE it breaks and I have to send it back in for warranty. Bottom line, someone mentioned the MP780 (now discontinued) which uses NON chipped cartridges. Would it be better to buy that one if one can be found? Is this model the MP530 worth this chip inconvenience? Has anyone had any BAD experiences with this model? I really could use any input before I buy it and find out I made a really bad decision. Thanks to everyone for their time in reading this post and their comments if given...