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Good for those of us who don't mind wires, then! :-) I paid 20 for the 5200 - an absolute bargain IMHO. BTW, what's the German method?

5200 now bought and, if it's not a rash thing to say, is working beautifully. Much better than the i6500, in fact. It was for sale because the lady of the house didn't like the USB wire across her bedroom... :-)

Thank you Wilko. I thought it might be worth having if only because the older kit tends to be better made (i.e. the newer stuff is usually 'cheapened'). Pleased to know a bit more about the CLI-8 cartridges, too - I'll certainly look out for a chip resetter. Thank you for the ink...

A Canon ip5200 has come up locally (s/h) for reasonable money, and has the 5-colour ink system that I would prefer. I read variable reports of the refillability of the CLI-8 cartridges, but I notice that chipped replacements are available very cheaply on eBay. Has anyone experience of these, or...

Yes, I'd like to refill (I still have plenty of ink!) No, I don't need an all-in-one. The HP6000 has a similar ink configuration, with similarly sized cartridges (in XL guise) that I gather are refillable with a bit of chip-swapping, hence the interest. It is an office rather than a home...

I have had this (A3) machine from new - it's about 8 years old, and has worked well, but it seems to have decided that the printhead is worn out, and does the dreaded 7-blink red light routine on switch-on that (I gather) signifies this. I've googled for reset routines, which don't appear to...