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Canon ip4500 Questions
Just starting out with a brand new Canon Pixma ip4500 in the UK and as
this is my first Canon printer I have a couple of questions which are not answered in the manual. 1. I have been printing full colour A4 borderless prints which look very good. So far I have printed 19 sheets and the ink monitor is now showing less than full on two of the tanks. The monitor seems to go down in steps rather than a gradual motion. Are these steps quarters or thirds of the total amount of ink in the cartridge or how many steps are there before the cartridge is empty ? 2. Turning my attention to the purchase of replacement ink cartridges here in the UK, the options seem to be: A Original Canon product at £8 to £10 each B Cartridge World product with reset chips at £5 to £6 each. C Compatible product to which I add the existing chips at £3 each. I understand that options A and B should work with no problems. If I select option C, I understand that I will lose the ink monitor function. Is this loss of function permanent and irreversible or will the use of a full price Canon product after the use of a compatible restore the ink monitor function ? All helpful comments gratefully received with thanks in advance. The resident troll can save himself the effort of replying as his message is always boringly the same. John Chapman |
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Canon ip4500 Questions
John Chapman wrote:
Just starting out with a brand new Canon Pixma ip4500 in the UK and as this is my first Canon printer I have a couple of questions which are not answered in the manual. 1. I have been printing full colour A4 borderless prints which look very good. So far I have printed 19 sheets and the ink monitor is now showing less than full on two of the tanks. The monitor seems to go down in steps rather than a gradual motion. Are these steps quarters or thirds of the total amount of ink in the cartridge or how many steps are there before the cartridge is empty ? 2. Turning my attention to the purchase of replacement ink cartridges here in the UK, the options seem to be: A Original Canon product at £8 to £10 each B Cartridge World product with reset chips at £5 to £6 each. C Compatible product to which I add the existing chips at £3 each. I understand that options A and B should work with no problems. If I select option C, I understand that I will lose the ink monitor function. Is this loss of function permanent and irreversible or will the use of a full price Canon product after the use of a compatible restore the ink monitor function ? All helpful comments gratefully received with thanks in advance. The resident troll can save himself the effort of replying as his message is always boringly the same. John Chapman If a new original cartridge is mounted, ink level monitoring is restored for that one. Replace original cartridges only when it refuses to print due an completely empty cartridge. Replace catridges without ink monitoring immediately when printing is flawed, otherwise you risk damaging the printhead. A lot of info is available at http://www.nifty-stuff.com Cli8 stuf can be found a.o. via http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/sea...h_id=229533640 -- Have fun, Bert |
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Canon ip4500 Questions
Dana 24.03.2008. 21:48, John Chapman lupi chelom po tipkovnici i nastade
slijedeci tekst: 1. I have been printing full colour A4 borderless prints which look very good. So far I have printed 19 sheets and the ink monitor is now showing less than full on two of the tanks. The monitor seems to go down in steps rather than a gradual motion. Are these steps quarters or thirds of the total amount of ink in the cartridge or how many steps are there before the cartridge is empty ? cartridges are tramsparent, so you can compare real level and level on monitor. 2. Turning my attention to the purchase of replacement ink cartridges here in the UK, the options seem to be: A Original Canon product at £8 to £10 each B Cartridge World product with reset chips at £5 to £6 each. C Compatible product to which I add the existing chips at £3 each. I understand that options A and B should work with no problems. If I select option C, I understand that I will lose the ink monitor function. Is this loss of function permanent and irreversible or will the use of a full price Canon product after the use of a compatible restore the ink monitor function ? in some cases, when cartridge is near empty (einoguh ink for colouring "walls" of cartridge), if you put chip on full one, ink monitor will restore level... when you put original, or reset (somewhere) chip, ink monitor will work normally... within first 2-3 sets of colours, you will learn to aproximate ink level (if you use C option), so there will be no need for "eye-checking" levels... -- I am Locutus of Borg, Your life as it has been is over, From this time forward, You will service... US! |
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Canon ip4500 Questions
John Chapman wrote: Just starting out with a brand new Canon Pixma ip4500 in the UK and as this is my first Canon printer I have a couple of questions which are not answered in the manual. 1. I have been printing full colour A4 borderless prints which look very good. So far I have printed 19 sheets and the ink monitor is now showing less than full on two of the tanks. The monitor seems to go down in steps rather than a gradual motion. Are these steps quarters or thirds of the total amount of ink in the cartridge or how many steps are there before the cartridge is empty ? 2. Turning my attention to the purchase of replacement ink cartridges here in the UK, the options seem to be: A Original Canon product at £8 to £10 each That is the only way to get true Canon quality as designed by the engineers. Anything less and you will not longer have a real Canon printer but some hybrid B Cartridge World product with reset chips at £5 to £6 each. I would not recommend that. C Compatible product to which I add the existing chips at £3 each. The word compatible is meaning less. Canon CL8 ink is designed to resist fading and is patented. There is no substitute just a bunch of claim by vendors who sell who knows what mainly from china like the dog food and toothpaste along with leaded paint. I understand that options A and B should work with no problems. Option A is the only one that works with no problems. If crap ink can be traced as the cause for ruining the printer Canon does not have to fix it under the warranty. If I select option C, I understand that I will lose the ink monitor function. Yes and you will get lower quality, increased fading in your prints and unless you print a great deal you will have a higher propensity to clog the print head. Is this loss of function permanent and irreversible or will the use of a full price Canon product after the use of a compatible restore the ink monitor function ? Once you replace all Canon carts and ink that issue should correct itself but you never know just how much your print head has been compromised and if you are getting all of the quality you paid for. All helpful comments gratefully received with thanks in advance. The resident troll can save himself the effort of replying as his message is always boringly the same. John Chapman |
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Canon ip4500 Questions
OpaPiloot wrote: John Chapman wrote: Just starting out with a brand new Canon Pixma ip4500 in the UK and as this is my first Canon printer I have a couple of questions which are not answered in the manual. 1. I have been printing full colour A4 borderless prints which look very good. So far I have printed 19 sheets and the ink monitor is now showing less than full on two of the tanks. The monitor seems to go down in steps rather than a gradual motion. Are these steps quarters or thirds of the total amount of ink in the cartridge or how many steps are there before the cartridge is empty ? 2. Turning my attention to the purchase of replacement ink cartridges here in the UK, the options seem to be: A Original Canon product at £8 to £10 each B Cartridge World product with reset chips at £5 to £6 each. C Compatible product to which I add the existing chips at £3 each. I understand that options A and B should work with no problems. If I select option C, I understand that I will lose the ink monitor function. Is this loss of function permanent and irreversible or will the use of a full price Canon product after the use of a compatible restore the ink monitor function ? All helpful comments gratefully received with thanks in advance. The resident troll can save himself the effort of replying as his message is always boringly the same. John Chapman If a new original cartridge is mounted, ink level monitoring is restored for that one. Replace original cartridges only when it refuses to print due an completely empty cartridge. Replace catridges without ink monitoring immediately when printing is flawed, otherwise you risk damaging the printhead. A lot of info is available at http://www.nifty-stuff.com This is the refillers cult. snip |
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