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@The Hat - no problem with this question, I think this is always a good thing to check first (and to remind to others to do). My model of refillable cartridges hasn't those orange caps, but came with a tape onto the air vents, that I removed before installing the cartridges in the printer. Well...

Oh, thank you all, you gave me some valuable tips and I'm more reassured now. Tomorrow morning I will try to follow your indications and, of course, I'll write here what happened.

Thank you, @palombian! Unfortunately, I haven't other cartridges, this is my only set. But I would empty them without regrets, if I were sure that this could solve my problem... As about the printheads, I'm not sure if (and how) they are removable, at my model. I'm searching a tutorial on...

My printer is a Pixma IX6850 and, from about 3 month, I use for it the refillable cartridges and inks from Octoink (http://www.octoink.co.uk/products/PGI550-%252b-CLI551-Refill-Kit-Bundle-%5B5-x-125ml%5D.html), that are fairly good (though the pigment black needs a print head cleaning if not...

Thanks @PeterBJ. Indeed, the problem is with the sponge displacement, this is more visible in the attached image. The same was the conclusion of Martin from Octoinkjet, who already sent me a replacement cartridge. Thank you again for the useful answers!

Hi, I bought this bundle from Octoinkjet and, following the instructions in the video-tutorial, I managed to successfully fill all the cartridges. But when I removed the orange clips and the tapes from the air vents, I've noticed that the ink from the yellow one is flowing, especially when...

@The Hat, I nor am trying to "emulate what the other graphic designers are doing", nor want to obtain "perfect outputs from my own printer". I know pretty well what to do when I need this. But all I need now is to simulate a neutral CMYK output - also named a "proof print", or a "printed proof"...

@The Hat sorry, but I don't understand what you're trying to say, could you be more precise (and, maybe, use a simpler english)?

@The Hat, you're right in (almost) all you say. When I'm working with photos (or with other images with a large range of colors), I also never convert them to CMYK, in order to not lose the gamut from the start, but to profit as much as possible by the printer abilities to reproduce "extra"...

Yes, that's why I shoot only raw with my old 30D. Unfortunately, for the printers there are no ways to disable the internal processing :) That's interesting, I never thought! But, indeed, it seems logical that the printer driver is made to recognize some usual apps and to act in accordance with...

So they (Canon) should tell to the people that their OFFICE printers are rendering correct colors and don't produce bandings ONLY if Canon Photo Paper is used, but never on plain paper! I wonder which offices on this world would be interested to buy such a printer for their usual documents...

Do you mean that there isn't any visible image in my post? Strange, because I can see it very well, just before the text... Or are you referring to that "view attachment 4091"? That was the first try to upload the (same) image, but the site gave me the message that it was too large (indeed, it...

Hi to all! Two weeks ago I bought a Pixma IX6850 to replace my dead (RIP!) HP OfficeJet Pro K850, that served me for 10 years without shining, but also without too much troubles. As an architect, the first tests I've made with the new printer were that of the blueprints - and these were...

Thanks @Vorkolor! Meanwhile, Martin from Octoinkjet (websnail on this forum) gave me the confirmation on e-mail. There are the XL ones.

Could somebody tell me if the ARC cartridges in this bundle from Octoinkjet are the "high capacity" ones (XL - 22/11/11/11/11 ml) or the "normal" ones (15/7/7/7/7 ml)?

You're right, I forgot to add to the first expenses those for a set of XL OEM cartridges, that costs 60 euro. With this, the total initial costs for refilling the OEM cartridges become 60+100+60 = 220 euro! That equals the price of the IX6850!!! So, indeed, better to use ARC cartridges and if...

I'm still hesitating between buying refillable ARC cartridges and refilling the OEM cartridges, for my new IX6850. Normally, refilling the OEMs is better, but more expensive as initial costs: a chip resetter for PGI-550/CLI-551 costs 60 Euro (here) and a Fill Bill ((that seems to be the only...

Oh, thanks @The Hat, I didn't know this!

Thank you, @martin0reg! I asked on PM only because I wasn't sure that you will see my post here.

Hi, regarding your post #8 from here:http://www.printerknowledge.com/threads/druckerchannel-test-of-ink-for-the-new-canon-cartridges.7984/, could you tell me from where are you buying the KMP black pigment ink (other than Octoink)? Regards, Florin