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Hi Manachau, I also find that with all cartridges of my iP4200s declared empty and refilled several times, there is no stopping of the printers. If the printer says that a cartridge is bad or wrong, there must be a contact problem or perhaps a damaged chip. I wouldn't advise using anything but...

Intern 8, This may seem like a stupid question, but is the print head really dry? If it is still drying out, there could be a changing condition of leakage currents as time goes by. Also, contact cleanliness can be rather important. I would not do anything very rough at all, but you could...

Manachau, Send an email to alvin@tonerchips.com . Tell him you want all the details and cost for the HP cartridge converter. He usually is prompt in answering inquiries. canonfodder

Since I don't own HP printers, I don't understand this exactly, but I think I get the general idea. "Hi & Bestech" is a company in Taiwan which has made various inkjet related electronic items. Amongst others, they worked out the first resetter for Canon CLI-8 chips. They also produce other...

I believe that you have the same chip problem when you buy the Armor approach. They have their own chips on their own cartridges and you have to buy new cartridges from them if you want to have a working ink level monitor. Pharmacist indicated that you do save some by paying less for Armor...

At least one resetter is marketed for the CLI-8 cartridges which the iP4200 and some other Canon printers use. The catch is the price. At $1600 USD it is aimed at commercial refillers like Atlantic Inkjet. It doesn't look like a low cost resetter will do the job. Canon is already fighting...

I have been refilling my iP4200s for quite a while now. Although I have not made any stopwatch measurements, I don't believe my printing is any slower now that my ink monitor is shut off and my guarantee is delclared gone. Perhaps someone just thought up this rumor? We do get false info...

Jayjay22, I have no experience with the CIS you are looking at, but I do have a serious suggestion. Many have reported less than ideal results from the unknown source inks coming from the orient. The low cost of the imported CIS systems is quite attractive, but you should consider this: Buy...

My iP4200 isn't really that old, but it is no longer in production. That qualifys it for being called old by some. I find that this printer truly is the most clog free that I have owned. It has never failed a nozzle check test print. It has withstood a couple of 5 week idle periods and...

Trigger 37, Frys.com sells a Caig Labs product they call K-G100P for $12.95 but it appears to be one of the liquid products by Caig Labs. It is not even clear if it is a spray can or pen oiler type or whatever. You could go direct to Caig. http://store.caig.com Their on-line prices look...

It might be thought that the lubricant needs to be conductive in order that the contacts would make good connections. That is not at all true. The lubricants are quite good insulators. Here is a quote from one of the articles that I previously linked to. "If lubricants are insulators in...

I wrote before about lubricants and mentioned in particular my experience with tin and solder plated contacts. Lubricants are especially helpful in protecting contacts that are exposed to vibration from outside causes. In vehicular applications, there are even company standards developed by...

I don't believe Inkgrabber.com sells an aftermarket cartridge for the iP4300 with an aftermarket chip on it. Inkgrabber.com does sell a cartridge which requires you to transfer the chip from an OEM cartridge to the purchased cartridge. If you believe you bought cartridges from Inkgrabber.com...

Trigger 37, Do let us know when you are ready with the Pixma series like the iP4200, 4300, etc.

Today I received an email with the latest information on the chip resetter made by Hi & Bestech company of Tiawan. The email said: Hi, We have CLI-8 ECONOMIC reseter at 1500 USD /each unit. If interested, pls let us know. Ciao! alvin alvin@tonerchips.com . This price is much lower than the...

Today I received an email with the latest information on the chip resetter made by Hi & Bestech company of Tiawan. The email said: Hi, We have CLI-8 ECONOMIC reseter at 1500 USD /each unit. If interested, pls let us know. Ciao! alvin alvin@tonerchips.com . This price is much lower than the...

I thought about putting carts in different slots, but am afraid that some contamination would occur, even if you didn't let a cleaning cycle happen. The exit port filter of a cart does have some ink ready to come out and it does come in direct contact with the printhead input screen when the...

I don't have any experience that indicates a direct correlation between the numbering found on the chips and the color which they relate to. I suspect that the color identity is written into the memory of the chip, perhaps even after the chip is mounted on a cartridge and the cartridge label is...

Trigger 37, I have been reading all the posts on this subject and find them very interesting. Grandad35 suggests that the contacts for the ribbon connectors might not be gold plated. Do you find that is true? Do they look like things might be tin or solder plated? I manufactured a large...

Websnail, Your new messages mark a welcome return of your information and comments. In my last post I had asked a question in which I said: "Do you ever, sometimes, or never, clamp the ink tube when you are going to unscrew the bottle top and do a refill?" When you get a chance I would...