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I have decided to dive in the deep end and get the new Pro 1.
I know that the chip will be a problem for a long time to come but I have a plan to beat it.
I have the weight of a completely empty cartridge so Ill just weigh all of the new ones and subtract the empty cartridge weight from each one in turn and then Ill have the exact weigh of all the cartridges / inks together.
With the 1gm to 1 ml conversion each cartridge having 35 ml of ink in it to start with
I will use each cartridge till it gets to half-full 18 ml. ink left and then refill it.
As the low ink warning would not have had time to activate the on screen ink monitoring
will always show half or a full cartridge depending on where it was before I refilled it.
By maintaining this procedure I should not have to worry about the chip at all and could go on do this indefinitely without ever having to change to a new cartridge at all. ( in theory)
This can be done as far as I know on any of the Canon cartridges not just these big ones,
maybe someone else should give a try..![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I know that the chip will be a problem for a long time to come but I have a plan to beat it.
I have the weight of a completely empty cartridge so Ill just weigh all of the new ones and subtract the empty cartridge weight from each one in turn and then Ill have the exact weigh of all the cartridges / inks together.
With the 1gm to 1 ml conversion each cartridge having 35 ml of ink in it to start with
I will use each cartridge till it gets to half-full 18 ml. ink left and then refill it.
As the low ink warning would not have had time to activate the on screen ink monitoring
will always show half or a full cartridge depending on where it was before I refilled it.
By maintaining this procedure I should not have to worry about the chip at all and could go on do this indefinitely without ever having to change to a new cartridge at all. ( in theory)
This can be done as far as I know on any of the Canon cartridges not just these big ones,
maybe someone else should give a try..