Canon Pixma 620 United Office refills

[CakeHole]

Wow, great explanation and additional picture showing the differences, initial picture they both looked very similar but that post has more than confirmed there are more than a few differences, nice job.

 

[barfl2]

Thanks PeterBj for your detailed reply. My first thought was to change chip but it does seem a lot different the printed circuit continues at right angles for about another25mm with a large plastic rivet securing it in the middle. I will try and get a photo. Meanwhile I have ordered more I.S.ink. Thanks to all the other contributors as well.

Another problem is a loud clicking noise (gears?) whilst the head cleaning normal whirring sound is going on. No plugs sticking up and pulled power plug and can run carriage both ways without any problem so is not catching on the end shrouds. Hope this printer will keep going The Hats comments on trying to fill the newer ones was not hopeful plus cost of extra re-fillable carts will make expenditure even higher. I thought the Epson 600 series were going to be good to refill until I believe recent changes by Epson.

 

[PeterBJ]

It looks like different brands of cartridges were sold under the United Office brand or that Peach (?) changed the cartridge design at some time. Here is a photo of older(?) Peach cartridges from druckerchannel.de. From your description they could be like your cartridges. I think it will be difficult to fit a Canon chip to those cartridges.

The photo is from this druckerchannel test of compatible PGI-520/CLI-521 cartridges. Here is a Google translation.

 

[CakeHole]

It looks like different brands of cartridges were sold under the United Office brand or that Peach (?) changed the cartridge design at some time. Here is a photo of older(?) Peach cartridges from druckerchannel.de. From your description they could be like your cartridges. I think it will be difficult to fit a Canon chip to those cartridges.

The photo is from this druckerchannel test of compatible PGI-520/CLI-521 cartridges. Here is a Google translation.

Yep that is the type of Peach cartridge i have seen in the past PeterBJ and what i briefly mentioned here....
http://www.printerknowledge.com/threads/canon-pixma-620-united-office-refills.9169/#post-72139
Which would not be possible to swap.

I still think their best action would be to order a set of Canon carts from Octoink, and flush and refill those. Cheap, easy and above all reliable.

 

[PeterBJ]

I would also prefer refilling Canon OEM cartridges, but but that was not the question, see posts #1 and #6.

 

[CakeHole]

Yep sorry should had been clearer and said once he has used up the odd old cart he has left (if he can chip swap/get them working properly).

 

[palombian]

Yep that is the type of Peach cartridge i have seen in the past PeterBJ and what i briefly mentioned here....
http://www.printerknowledge.com/threads/canon-pixma-620-united-office-refills.9169/#post-72139
Which would not be possible to swap.

I still think their best action would be to order a set of Canon carts from Octoink, and flush and refill those. Cheap, easy and above all reliable.

The Peach cartridges are now opaque , the chips are on separate circuit boards, but not with the Canon holes.

 

[CakeHole]

If the Peach carts are the same as the image Peter pointed to then looking at them you could still replace the chip. Though it would need more surgery than a simple chip swap. basically take the small plastic chip holder from an original canon cart, use a scalpel on the peach cart to remove all the circuit gubbins, glue canon chip and holder (in the case of 520/5212 chips) in place on peach cart. Not that i would bother id sooner just ditch the Peach cart if it was not working properly and start afresh rather than potentially waste a resettable canon chip on it. After market carts of only £3(ish) each are not worth the time messing about with IMO.

 

[barfl2]

 

[barfl2]

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These carts look different the chip lies horizontal but pivots on a little block up to the usual 45 degrees but the chip portion is also attached to the much longer pcb ribbon with the black rivet. The chip seems integral to the full length of the ribbon. The chip is NOT seperate like the OEM version. Top and side label covers models of canon covered including my Pixma MP620.