Canon Users - Do You Believe????

How many people out their believe in using 3rd party inks? If so what
is your brand, printer, paper and your experience with them. How long
have you been using them and how often do you print. How many of you
have had problems with print clogging the head, fading, lower quality
print results?

How much of a mess is it to refill cartridges and how long does it
take. How can you tell when the tank is running low without having to
remove the cart and inspect is physically?


If you only print every couple of weeks with you have a clogging problem
with non factory ink? I have no problems now with my Canon Pixma IP4000
but spending half of what you paid for the printer for ink is high.
Also spending $75 for a print head is out of line when I just saw the
IP4000 for a net price of $100 at Frys after a $30 instant rebate plus a
$20 mail in rebate.

I use 3rd party ink in all four of our Canon printers with no more
problems than I found using Canon's brand. After using three sets of
cartridges you will have saved enough to buy a new printer. Other than
maybe the possibility of Canon ink providing more fade resistant prints
I can't see any reason to pay their high prices. I get the cartridges
for $1.70 each shipped to my door so for me it isn't worth the hassles
to refill.

measekite wrote:
How many people out their believe in using 3rd party inks? If so what
is your brand, printer, paper and your experience with them. How long
have you been using them and how often do you print. How many of you
have had problems with print clogging the head, fading, lower quality
print results?

How much of a mess is it to refill cartridges and how long does it
take. How can you tell when the tank is running low without having to
remove the cart and inspect is physically?


If you only print every couple of weeks with you have a clogging problem
with non factory ink? I have no problems now with my Canon Pixma IP4000
but spending half of what you paid for the printer for ink is high.
Also spending $75 for a print head is out of line when I just saw the
IP4000 for a net price of $100 at Frys after a $30 instant rebate plus a
$20 mail in rebate.

Can U pls furnish a link to ur supplier ?
cheers-Herb.

Michael Johnson, PE wrote:
I use 3rd party ink in all four of our Canon printers with no more
problems than I found using Canon's brand. After using three sets of
cartridges you will have saved enough to buy a new printer. Other than
maybe the possibility of Canon ink providing more fade resistant prints
I can't see any reason to pay their high prices. I get the cartridges
for $1.70 each shipped to my door so for me it isn't worth the hassles
to refill.

measekite wrote:

How many people out their believe in using 3rd party inks? If so what
is your brand, printer, paper and your experience with them. How long
have you been using them and how often do you print. How many of you
have had problems with print clogging the head, fading, lower quality
print results?

How much of a mess is it to refill cartridges and how long does it
take. How can you tell when the tank is running low without having to
remove the cart and inspect is physically?


If you only print every couple of weeks with you have a clogging
problem with non factory ink? I have no problems now with my Canon
Pixma IP4000 but spending half of what you paid for the printer for
ink is high. Also spending $75 for a print head is out of line when I
just saw the IP4000 for a net price of $100 at Frys after a $30
instant rebate plus a $20 mail in rebate.

It is an ebay seller. I suggest sending them a message at
and placing an order for the exact number and
color of cartridges you need. Also, you can still pay through Paypal.
I rarely need the same number of each color since our photo printer use
six ink tanks (i9100 & i960) and ordering this way allows me to mix and
match quantities and colors. I got the best price by doing this instead
of bidding through ebay. I order about 50 cartridges at once to keep
the per unit cost low. Here's a link to their ebay listings for Canon
compatible cartridges: http://tinyurl.com/52c6k

Their cartridges have a 25% larger ink reservoir than most others so you
get more prints per cartridge. I can personally confirm the reservoirs
are noticeably larger than OEM Canon cartridges. As for the print
quality, I can't see much, if any, difference from the Canon ink.
Definitely not enough to justify six times the cost.

herbzee wrote:
Can U pls furnish a link to ur supplier ?
cheers-Herb.

Michael Johnson, PE wrote:

I use 3rd party ink in all four of our Canon printers with no more
problems than I found using Canon's brand. After using three sets of
cartridges you will have saved enough to buy a new printer. Other
than maybe the possibility of Canon ink providing more fade resistant
prints I can't see any reason to pay their high prices. I get the
cartridges for $1.70 each shipped to my door so for me it isn't worth
the hassles to refill.

measekite wrote:

How many people out their believe in using 3rd party inks? If so
what is your brand, printer, paper and your experience with them.
How long have you been using them and how often do you print. How
many of you have had problems with print clogging the head, fading,
lower quality print results?

How much of a mess is it to refill cartridges and how long does it
take. How can you tell when the tank is running low without having
to remove the cart and inspect is physically?


If you only print every couple of weeks with you have a clogging
problem with non factory ink? I have no problems now with my Canon
Pixma IP4000 but spending half of what you paid for the printer for
ink is high. Also spending $75 for a print head is out of line when
I just saw the IP4000 for a net price of $100 at Frys after a $30
instant rebate plus a $20 mail in rebate.

Where do you buy them from?

What brand are they?

How frequently do you print?

Any problem at all with clogging?

How long have you been using non Canon brand ink?

Michael Johnson, PE wrote:

I use 3rd party ink in all four of our Canon printers with no more
problems than I found using Canon's brand. After using three sets of
cartridges you will have saved enough to buy a new printer. Other
than maybe the possibility of Canon ink providing more fade resistant
prints I can't see any reason to pay their high prices. I get the
cartridges for $1.70 each shipped to my door so for me it isn't worth
the hassles to refill.

measekite wrote:

How many people out their believe in using 3rd party inks? If so
what is your brand, printer, paper and your experience with them.
How long have you been using them and how often do you print. How
many of you have had problems with print clogging the head, fading,
lower quality print results?

How much of a mess is it to refill cartridges and how long does it
take. How can you tell when the tank is running low without having
to remove the cart and inspect is physically?


If you only print every couple of weeks with you have a clogging
problem with non factory ink? I have no problems now with my Canon
Pixma IP4000 but spending half of what you paid for the printer for
ink is high. Also spending $75 for a print head is out of line when
I just saw the IP4000 for a net price of $100 at Frys after a $30
instant rebate plus a $20 mail in rebate.

measekite wrote:
Where do you buy them from?

Check my reply to herbzee for the answer.

What brand are they?

See above.

How frequently do you print?

I print on one of the printers almost daily. My wife prints quite a few
photos since she is into scrap booking. Aside from the i9100 and i960
we have an MP780 and an N2000. I only use the N2000 for printing
Autocad half size drawings and the MP780 for mainly faxes and the odd
web page etc. I also ave an HP 2100M that I use for most black and
white printing on letter size and smaller.

Any problem at all with clogging?

I've only had any issues with the i9100 regarding clogging and, IMO, it
hasn't been any worse than you would see with Canon cartridges. Also,
it is the most used printer in the house. I use the air can method of
unclogging the heads that really works great. I take the head out and
blow compressed air into the ink feed hole. Be sure to cover the
nozzles with a paper towel of you will have a mess on your hands.

How long have you been using non Canon brand ink?

For about a year. This is how long we have had the i9100 and it was our
first Canon printer. The i960 has had compatibles in it from day one.
I still have the original Canon OEM's sitting on my desk. It has never
clogged and sometimes sets for over a week between printing sessions.

Michael Johnson, PE wrote:

I use 3rd party ink in all four of our Canon printers with no more
problems than I found using Canon's brand. After using three sets of
cartridges you will have saved enough to buy a new printer. Other
than maybe the possibility of Canon ink providing more fade resistant
prints I can't see any reason to pay their high prices. I get the
cartridges for $1.70 each shipped to my door so for me it isn't worth
the hassles to refill.

measekite wrote:

How many people out their believe in using 3rd party inks? If so
what is your brand, printer, paper and your experience with them.
How long have you been using them and how often do you print. How
many of you have had problems with print clogging the head, fading,
lower quality print results?

How much of a mess is it to refill cartridges and how long does it
take. How can you tell when the tank is running low without having
to remove the cart and inspect is physically?


If you only print every couple of weeks with you have a clogging
problem with non factory ink? I have no problems now with my Canon
Pixma IP4000 but spending half of what you paid for the printer for
ink is high. Also spending $75 for a print head is out of line when
I just saw the IP4000 for a net price of $100 at Frys after a $30
instant rebate plus a $20 mail in rebate.

This is herbzee, I HAVE NOT seen this:
"Check my reply to herbzee for the answer."
stillooking, pls repeat. Thanx,cheers-Herb.

Michael Johnson, PE wrote:
measekite wrote:

Where do you buy them from?


Check my reply to herbzee for the answer.

What brand are they?


See above.

How frequently do you print?


I print on one of the printers almost daily. My wife prints quite a few
photos since she is into scrap booking. Aside from the i9100 and i960
we have an MP780 and an N2000. I only use the N2000 for printing
Autocad half size drawings and the MP780 for mainly faxes and the odd
web page etc. I also ave an HP 2100M that I use for most black and
white printing on letter size and smaller.

Any problem at all with clogging?


I've only had any issues with the i9100 regarding clogging and, IMO, it
hasn't been any worse than you would see with Canon cartridges. Also,
it is the most used printer in the house. I use the air can method of
unclogging the heads that really works great. I take the head out and
blow compressed air into the ink feed hole. Be sure to cover the
nozzles with a paper towel of you will have a mess on your hands.

How long have you been using non Canon brand ink?


For about a year. This is how long we have had the i9100 and it was our
first Canon printer. The i960 has had compatibles in it from day one. I
still have the original Canon OEM's sitting on my desk. It has never
clogged and sometimes sets for over a week between printing sessions.

Michael Johnson, PE wrote:

I use 3rd party ink in all four of our Canon printers with no more
problems than I found using Canon's brand. After using three sets of
cartridges you will have saved enough to buy a new printer. Other
than maybe the possibility of Canon ink providing more fade resistant
prints I can't see any reason to pay their high prices. I get the
cartridges for $1.70 each shipped to my door so for me it isn't worth
the hassles to refill.

measekite wrote:

How many people out their believe in using 3rd party inks? If so
what is your brand, printer, paper and your experience with them.
How long have you been using them and how often do you print. How
many of you have had problems with print clogging the head, fading,
lower quality print results?

How much of a mess is it to refill cartridges and how long does it
take. How can you tell when the tank is running low without having
to remove the cart and inspect is physically?


If you only print every couple of weeks with you have a clogging
problem with non factory ink? I have no problems now with my Canon
Pixma IP4000 but spending half of what you paid for the printer for
ink is high. Also spending $75 for a print head is out of line when
I just saw the IP4000 for a net price of $100 at Frys after a $30
instant rebate plus a $20 mail in rebate.

Here is my response to your post:

It is an ebay seller. I suggest sending them a message at
and placing an order for the exact number and
color of cartridges you need. Also, you can still pay through Paypal. I
rarely need the same number of each color since our photo printer use
six ink tanks (i9100 & i960) and ordering this way allows me to mix and
match quantities and colors. I got the best price by doing this instead
of bidding through ebay. I order about 50 cartridges at once to keep
the per unit cost low. Here's a link to their ebay listings for Canon
compatible cartridges: http://tinyurl.com/52c6k

Their cartridges have a 25% larger ink reservoir than most others so you
get more prints per cartridge. I can personally confirm the reservoirs
are noticeably larger than OEM Canon cartridges. As for the print
quality, I can't see much, if any, difference from the Canon ink.
Definitely not enough to justify six times the cost.

herbzee wrote:
This is herbzee, I HAVE NOT seen this:
"Check my reply to herbzee for the answer."
stillooking, pls repeat. Thanx,cheers-Herb.

Michael Johnson, PE wrote:

measekite wrote:

Where do you buy them from?



Check my reply to herbzee for the answer.

What brand are they?



See above.

How frequently do you print?



I print on one of the printers almost daily. My wife prints quite a
few photos since she is into scrap booking. Aside from the i9100 and
i960 we have an MP780 and an N2000. I only use the N2000 for printing
Autocad half size drawings and the MP780 for mainly faxes and the odd
web page etc. I also ave an HP 2100M that I use for most black and
white printing on letter size and smaller.

Any problem at all with clogging?



I've only had any issues with the i9100 regarding clogging and, IMO,
it hasn't been any worse than you would see with Canon cartridges.
Also, it is the most used printer in the house. I use the air can
method of unclogging the heads that really works great. I take the
head out and blow compressed air into the ink feed hole. Be sure to
cover the nozzles with a paper towel of you will have a mess on your
hands.

How long have you been using non Canon brand ink?



For about a year. This is how long we have had the i9100 and it was
our first Canon printer. The i960 has had compatibles in it from day
one. I still have the original Canon OEM's sitting on my desk. It has
never clogged and sometimes sets for over a week between printing
sessions.

Michael Johnson, PE wrote:

I use 3rd party ink in all four of our Canon printers with no more
problems than I found using Canon's brand. After using three sets
of cartridges you will have saved enough to buy a new printer.
Other than maybe the possibility of Canon ink providing more fade
resistant prints I can't see any reason to pay their high prices. I
get the cartridges for $1.70 each shipped to my door so for me it
isn't worth the hassles to refill.

measekite wrote:

How many people out their believe in using 3rd party inks? If so
what is your brand, printer, paper and your experience with them.
How long have you been using them and how often do you print. How
many of you have had problems with print clogging the head, fading,
lower quality print results?

How much of a mess is it to refill cartridges and how long does it
take. How can you tell when the tank is running low without having
to remove the cart and inspect is physically?


If you only print every couple of weeks with you have a clogging
problem with non factory ink? I have no problems now with my Canon
Pixma IP4000 but spending half of what you paid for the printer for
ink is high. Also spending $75 for a print head is out of line
when I just saw the IP4000 for a net price of $100 at Frys after a
$30 instant rebate plus a $20 mail in rebate.

herbzee has not seen a reply.

Michael Johnson, PE wrote:

measekite wrote:

Where do you buy them from?


Check my reply to herbzee for the answer.

What brand are they?


See above.

How frequently do you print?


I print on one of the printers almost daily. My wife prints quite a few
photos since she is into scrap booking. Aside from the i9100 and i960
we have an MP780 and an N2000. I only use the N2000 for printing
Autocad half size drawings and the MP780 for mainly faxes and the odd
web page etc. I also ave an HP 2100M that I use for most black and
white printing on letter size and smaller.

Any problem at all with clogging?


I've only had any issues with the i9100 regarding clogging and, IMO, it
hasn't been any worse than you would see with Canon cartridges. Also,
it is the most used printer in the house. I use the air can method of
unclogging the heads that really works great. I take the head out and
blow compressed air into the ink feed hole. Be sure to cover the
nozzles with a paper towel of you will have a mess on your hands.

How long have you been using non Canon brand ink?


For about a year. This is how long we have had the i9100 and it was our
first Canon printer. The i960 has had compatibles in it from day one. I
still have the original Canon OEM's sitting on my desk. It has never
clogged and sometimes sets for over a week between printing sessions.

Michael Johnson, PE wrote:

I use 3rd party ink in all four of our Canon printers with no more
problems than I found using Canon's brand. After using three sets of
cartridges you will have saved enough to buy a new printer. Other
than maybe the possibility of Canon ink providing more fade resistant
prints I can't see any reason to pay their high prices. I get the
cartridges for $1.70 each shipped to my door so for me it isn't worth
the hassles to refill.

measekite wrote:

How many people out their believe in using 3rd party inks? If so
what is your brand, printer, paper and your experience with them.
How long have you been using them and how often do you print. How
many of you have had problems with print clogging the head, fading,
lower quality print results?

How much of a mess is it to refill cartridges and how long does it
take. How can you tell when the tank is running low without having
to remove the cart and inspect is physically?


If you only print every couple of weeks with you have a clogging
problem with non factory ink? I have no problems now with my Canon
Pixma IP4000 but spending half of what you paid for the printer for
ink is high. Also spending $75 for a print head is out of line when
I just saw the IP4000 for a net price of $100 at Frys after a $30
instant rebate plus a $20 mail in rebate.

In article , says...
For about a year. This is how long we have had the i9100 and it was our
first Canon printer. The i960 has had compatibles in it from day one.
I still have the original Canon OEM's sitting on my desk. It has never
clogged and sometimes sets for over a week between printing sessions.




I can add to this:

I have a Canon i959 and 2 Canon i960's as well as an ip4000.

The i950 and the 960s have sat unused for up to 2 months at a time, and all I
do is run a cleaning cycle on them before printing after a "lay off" like
that.

The ip4000 hasnt been idle for more than a day since I bought it. Its been
through 4 sets of 3rd party refilled carts, and not a skip or a clog.

I use the 4000 a lot as its quite fast and does duplexing, so I dont need to
use a Photo Printer for daily documents.


--
Larry Lynch
Mystic, Ct.