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Topic: Canon Printer Chip Reset |
Robert Leaman
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Murphy, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2009 3:53 pm |
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OEM (Canon) CLI8 and PGI5 printer ink tanks have chips which serve to monitor ink levels and provide an "On-Screen" message of "Empty" when the ink level runs out. This message can be over-ruled by holding the reset button until the tank LED extinguishes. However, if the message is over-ruled, the information to either refill or replace is lost. For those cheap skates like me who refill ink cartridges, a chip resetter is available and it really works. For reasonable ink prices and accessories, go to:
http://www.inksupply.com/new_prod.cfm
and scroll down a bit.
Can you refill ink tanks? Damn right since I have refilled one set of Canon tanks more than 10 times. It sure is cheaper than buying new tanks.
Hereare the Canon printers that use the above mentioned tank cartridges:
PIXMA IP3300/PIXMAIP3500/PIXMA IP4200/PIXMA IP4300/PIXMA IP4500/PIXMA MP5200/PIXMA IP6600/PIXMA IP6700/PIXMA MP500/PIXMA MP510/PIXMA MP520/PIXMA MP530/PIXMA MP600/PIXMA MP610/PIXMA MP800/PIXMAMP800R/PIXMA MP810/PIXMA MP830/PIXMA MP950/PIXMA MP960/PIXMA MP970/PIXMA MP700
PIXMA MP850/IX4000/IX5000/PIXMA Pro9000 & more--- |
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 20 Mar 2009 2:27 am
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Refilling is not an option for me. I ruined the "printhead" on a Canon printer about three years ago with "remanufactured" ink cartridges. They wanted $80 plus shipping for a new printhead and the unit only cost $89.95 new.
The unit I have now is still under warranty and I won't use or even try anything exect OEM cartridges while it's still in warranty.
Most vendor's ink cartridges ink counter are not resettable (the one you reference is the first one I've seen). That's something places like Walgreen's won't tell you when they refill the cartridge. We get a lot of posts/complaints on the Dell users forum about a refilled cartridge still showing "low ink" or "out of ink".
On Lexmark/Dell and HP cartridges, which have the "printhead" built into the ink cartridge, you can usually get 3 refills before the printhead starts failing. If you are not doing pictures, especially high resolution/quality pictures you can sometimes get by with a refilled or "remanufactured" cartridge but if print quality is a concern then OEM's are the only way to go. |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 20 Mar 2009 6:28 am
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I also used to refill my 4 Canon S520 cartridges, but gave up after some of them leaked all over the printhead and rollers (and paper). I also had to replace the printhead assembly after it got clogged from the refilled ink.
After that I bagan buying new "compatible" ink cartridges from 123InkJets, for about half the price of OEMs. I had no more leakage problems with those compatible carts, as they were manufactured new, not refilled. The colors were not identical to Canon colors, but were close enough for my usage.
Since decommissioning the Canon S520 and buying an HP OfficeJet 5610 I have stayed strictly with OEM cartridges and they give perfect results and last a long time, at a fair price. I still get some of these cartridges from 123Inkjets at about 10% under list. Sometimes I buy them if they are on sale in an office supplies store. The colors are perfect every time.
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Robert Leaman
From:
Murphy, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 21 Mar 2009 4:38 pm
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| I've refilled ink cartridges since 1997 and I never had a leaking cartridge. Since my Canon has a separate print head, refill times are not important. At times, the print head refused to work. I put it an ultrasonic cleaner and that solves the non-working problem. The resetter that I purchased for Canon cartridges works perfectly and takes about 10 seconds with its self-contained, replaceable batteries. There is one caveat to a refill. Almost all refill instructions call for a hole in the cartridge top. This is wrong since that will not create an immediate vacuum in the cartridge and it will leak when it is inverted for installation. Drill the refill hole in the cartridge bottom and use a reusable silicon plug to seal the hole. Now, when the cartridge is inverted for installation, negative cartridge pressure prevents leakage. This may not be in agreement with other opinions but it works well for me. I still maintain that it is cheaper to refill than buy new or cut-rate cartridges every time a cartridge runs dry. By the way, when an ink cartridge is permitted to run dry, get ready for a print head failure since the ink cools the vaporizing transistors in the print head. |
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Wiz Feinberg
From:
Mid-Michigan, USA
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 22 Mar 2009 1:58 am
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| I now use Epson models that have CD/DVD printing capability. But, before the Epson's I had a Canon and only used Canon ink cartridges (and I didn't let them run completely out and did enough printing to avoid any "dry out" problems). The printhead went bad about a month out of warranty (I tried various methods to clear the printhead but nothing worked). Canon wanted $89 for a new printhead assembly and that was only $10 more than I paid for the printer. It was replaced with an Epson for the CD/DVD printing capabilities. Since I've had an Epson, I haven't had the printhead problems I had with Canon. The Epson uses 6 separate ink cartridges. |
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Robert Leaman
From:
Murphy, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 27 Mar 2009 4:36 pm A Different Resetter
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For those who Epson's slightly outmoded technology, there is a cartridge chip resetter for each type of Epson cartridge that carries a chip. See:
http://www.printerfillingstation.com/Ink_Refills/accessories.htm
Make sure you get the correct one, there are three (3) different types. |
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