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    new IP4500 ink levels

    You can dispute the transaction with eBay - but you don't get to keep the printer. 'stevec' has a good idea - and the mailing costs are zero.
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    new IP4500 ink levels

    Those goose quills were a bugger, eh?
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    Another Canon ploy to stop refilling

    Hobbicolors claim that it's black pigment can be highlighted without smearing.
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    Cool trick! How to do nozzle checks as a scheduled task

    @ crenedecotret If you have access to the HP 'Toolbox', you can also use the HP test printout. It isn't colour specific like the Canon nozzle test - but since the print head is built into the ink tank (on my 940c) it is easy to compare to the original, initial print.
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    Another Canon ploy to stop refilling

    Hobbicolors pigment ink is listed as 'PMT-BK' for ip4500 and ip4600. It was previously 'PMD-BK'. I assume that Hobicolors is implying that the new formula is suitable for both printers.
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    Cool trick! How to do nozzle checks as a scheduled task

    From the command prompt; C:\net view \\localhost gives a message ".....a duplicate name exists on the network...", whereas using the computer name (or ip) doesn't. It seems that it not an error, but is by design. There is an explanation here. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/254210 Also like to...
  7. J

    Dismantling Canon iP4500

    Most of the help I see is an optimistic 'look for these arrows and insert a screwdriver' sort of thing.
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    What is happening to Canon inkjet printers?

    Best Buy price $241 - 100% markup.
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    What is happening to Canon inkjet printers?

    If HP goes back to the quality of the Deskjet 900 series, then I'm on board. I like the features of the CLI8 printers, but I think the quality is very poor - I have had an ip3000, ip5000 that failed prematurely and an ip6000 that's on its way out - none of these printers has been abused or...
  10. J

    Where to Get Cheap Chipless Canons :)

    At $60 per fill-up, there just isn't any money to be made in this business.
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    Purging via German method

    Is propylene glycol commonly available? Does it have a common household name?
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    Canon Cli-8 Office Depot Cartridges Info..they're great for 2 reasons.

    What's the problem with the carts? They filled with lard?
  13. J

    OMG Found a UK shop selling new ip4500's!!!

    Your part of the chain..
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    OMG Found a UK shop selling new ip4500's!!!

    They don't tell you it's a floor model in the advertising. I had the same deal (why would a retailer put TWO, brand new, printers on display to be pawed over). I was assured that I could have it put in a box and, etc, and so on. I thanked him and left. As an aside, this company (in Canada) is...
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    Get a long needle from your local sotres!

    I see these in Dollorama stores in Ontario (Canada).Same price $1 (Can.) That's ~.75 Cents (US).
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    i9950/i9900: Green cast on Hobbicolors inks.

    I gave up on photo printing using the IP series (I called it an 'olive' cast) using the Hobbicolors ink (I got better results on an old HP using generic ink) and just used a CP-200 to print photos. I've contemplated getting a custom profile from one of the on line sources, but hesitate because...
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    i9950/i9900: Green cast on Hobbicolors inks.

    @pharmacist If profiling requires the printer+monitor (plus paper plus ink?), how can Lewisham_phil benefit from your profile ?
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    Printer Complete Noise

    Doesn't work in my case - some suggestions were that the printer drivers were a problem, but see this link. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952885
  19. J

    Staples Buying Empty Cartridges

    It depends.When I was a lad we still had ration books, diphtheria and the friggin Andrews Sisters.
  20. J

    Printing ink onto fax paper

    I run freezer paper through my HP 940/932 printers. Cut to length and using Panorama Factory I can run off thirty six inch long line drawings of HMS Hood and USS New Jersey. The non printing side is a plastic material and it rolls up like a blue print for storage.
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