Canon MX870 Duplex Ink Usage SCAM!

[marceltho]

garne2t wrote

I feel like the big bad corporation needs to be held accountable for their profiteering actions at the expense of the layman.

Lol......and what about us ?
I mean our "profiteering" actions by re-filling on the cheap......or is that different ?

 

[stratman]

sure looks like the duplex print bled heavily indicating CLI8 dye-based inks were used in my duplex printing

So I was right before I was wrong. I am verklempt.

Where's The Hat and his special refill bottles?

 

[garne2t]

@marceltho, Yes different. We'll call you the knight in shining armor. Difficult part is finding which shining armor has a good looking knight inside since there are so many ugly ones.

 

[panos]

Although putting on my "corporate citizen" hat, I feel like the big bad corporation needs to be held accountable for their profiteering actions at the expense of the layman.

You are right in regards to profiteering, but I believe it is ultimately a consumer issue. Once consumers figure out how expensive their inkjet really is, once they understand that their $50 printer requires cartridges that exceed the cost of the printer after a few photos and a few duplex documents, they should realize the importance of refillability.

Until the industry is forced by the market to change their strategy, refilling and maintaining your printer is your only option if you intent to print at reasonable costs.

 

[geocha]

I managed to print in pure pigment black in duplex mode by using the printab driver instead of the OEM

 

[The Hat]

stratman Where's The Hat and his special refill bottles?

Your too late, there all empty Im afraid ...Hic...

 

[stratman]

I managed to print in pure pigment black in duplex mode by using the printab driver instead of the OEM

What is "printab driver"?

 

[stratman]

stratman Where's The Hat and his special refill bottles?

Your too late, there all empty Im afraid ...Hic...

Time to refill your refill bottles. I know you have more special "ink".

 

[jtoolman]

I know of PrintFab a driver that will run pretty much any printer. It's only available for Mac but there is a Beta for Windows that will run for several months before you'll have to buy it.

 

[The Hat]

geocha I managed to print in pure pigment black in duplex mode by using the printab driver instead of the OEM

Why you want to run your duplex sheets with pigment ink anyway.
Most if not all copy paper is so light that the show through would completely spoil your finished sheets,
so what would you gain by doing so..