Their attitude is similar to Sony raging about intellectual theft and piracy, then offering DVD burners with their name on them - oh and don't forget your Sony brand, blank, DVD's.
From what I could find out about the disks (made in the UAE) they are the same MID code as the good old Verbatims with the AZO dye coating..
Any decent burning program will confirm the code MCC03RG20
See the link...
So if your brand new original Canon cart is inserted into the printer, registered as full, develops a fault which lets the ink run out, the printer will happily print until the head burns out?
I agree with Mowerman90.
I only refill a cart if it's signaled as empty - I did it first because It seemed that I had to perform more cleanings after the nozzle check when I topped up the other carts.
Your caution does you credit, but the printer telling me that it was time to refill is the least of it.
I fill each cart as prompted -only that one - even if others are getting low.
Leaving the head open while I remove carts that are low, it seemed to me that I ended up with bad nozzle test and...
Even with the translucent carts, I have no easy time seeing when the tip of the needle is in the reservoir, so a piece of white tape around the needle indicates that it has traveled far enough, helps me out.
This combined with a kitchen scale might be enough to keep using the German method...