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Hi, My cartridges from Alixpress have already arrived! :) Some pictures. They look identical to the others posted here. One thing I do wonder if it's really needed to install them all at once. Say if BK runs out. Does the Maxify work with 1 BK refillable installed + 3 remaining OEM color...

Maybe also under Strength: - Two sided printing standard on all models. I tried it, and find it very fast. The dry time is very short to non-existant before page in taken back into the printer Greetings

Hi, There could be another advantage of filling multiple colour cartridges at the same time: Here is my tought / speculation. When a big cleaning cycle is run, with a new -say a Y cartridge inserted .... ...doesn't that suck also color out all of the other color (CM) cartridges? When looking...

Hi palombian, Great post! Very good they behave exactly like OEM cartridges. I assume that you would like refilling two or more colours at the same time: this is to save on cleaning cycles? (waste pad). I am not sure anymore but I read that the Maxify somwhere can detect that there is no ink...

Hi Guys, Thanks for all the nice comments! I checked the firmware: the MB5050 runs firmware version 2.010 v2.010 is the firmware version as I found the printer. As per advice in this thread I have disabled automatic updates. Just out of curiosity I have removed the side panels and made a few...

Hi, Recently I found a Maxify 5050 in the trash. I could not resist taking it with me. Page count is ~8000 pages. No BK was seen. (1) head clean fixed the problem. Will experiment a bit with the machine too see if it has other faults. And let's learn a bit from it. After reading this thread I...

Hi Nifty :) Today I had a little time, and took some pictures from the print head. Some time ago I repaired a Canon BJC-S400. I had a spare print head, but since I managed to repair the original one...I had this one lying around By the way: my modifications are reversible I can put the head...

Hi! For the HP 17 and 23 you need something in the 700/800 series like say 890C, 710C, and many others The HP 17 is a low ink version of the HP23. HP41 came first out, then was upgraded to HP23 (Photoret II), and finally upgraded to HP78 (Photoret III) They are not interchangable, but look...

Hi Nifty! I believe they are chromed. Not quite sure how they will react over time, but I'll definitly keep an eye on it. One thing I would want to try are computer case thumb screws. I had only one that would fit...but it would even eliminate tne need for a screwdriver :)...

Just want to share my method for sealing the refill hole. After I had read this thread, I bought some small o-rings locally. I just used the fill hole provided by Canon. The screws I used are computers screws -- but with a large surface -- to keep the O-ring under the screws as much as...

Hi Sean I'm currently testing some of these german inks (from ebay) Initial tests so far: * Refilled my 3BCI-6C, Y and M color tanks * No clogs so far * Colors seems accurate... but I think it's too early to say... I'll report later HTH Steven (Pixma IP4000and HP 890C owner)

Hi! Sorry for the late reply You can definitly recover the ink from the black cart, since it has no sponge inside I do not think you overfilled it... the 15/45 combo holds a lot of ink (25ml ( not quite sure on this one) for the 15 and 40ml for 45) If you've got nothing to loose: let them sit...

>I've tried priming them both with moistened paper towels,they print for a moment >then gradually fade. Do all 3 colors in the HP17 (Cyan, Magenta Yellow) fade? You can test this by creating a test page with Cyan Magenta and Yellow bars (use any favorite drawing program) Did you run a cleaning...

Pictures! :) Black filler 15/45 Priming tool 23/17/78

Hello I have an HP 890C wich uses near identical cartridges (HP 23 and HP 45 for black) The best advice for the black (HP15) is the one from Manuchau! I have one of these bottom fillers too...and it's so easy filling the black cart. No drilling required! My succes rate for the 45 is almost 100%...

*edit* I removed the driver, and reinstalled it...everything is working now! Btw how would you rate the Canon S400 in terms of performance? Steven

Hi everyone I have recenty picked up a Canon S400 printer (it works well after I cleaned the print head -- that's another story :) However, I'm having a slight green tint in my prints (with refill inkt) So... I adjust (in the printer driver) the color slider for magenta... However, every...