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After tearing the printer apart, I found out the problem (http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=23740#p23740 ) was a broken paper sensor lever/arm. It must have broken when the paper jam was cleared. There is a neck right before the 2mm round tip that was the weak point where it...

Mine doesn't. I keep mine in the original shipping box, in a dry location.

Found this pictorial while browsing for a different thing on this site. It's cool to be able to visualize how the ink flows its twisty path from the port to the head, and to learn that the clog was in the cartridge holder. http://www.normediasolutions.com/guides/cannon_printhead_cleaning. My...

So, I wonder what Canon's argument is on its disabling the low-ink warning? They disable the perfectly reliable prism sensor (has there been any documented case of failure on the pre CLI-8 printers?). They should just provide the warning that "using a non Canon Genuine ink cartridge will void...

I have an MP830 on the way, so I've been trying to gather info on refilling. One thing that came to mind, as I'm sure everyone has thought, was to trick the sensor to think that the cartridge is still full. Has anyone tried covering the prism window on the bottom of the CLI-8 cart? I don't...