Canon ReSetter availbility

[tsu3000]

Hi

Just to report back. I've just recieved the Canon RedSetter from patronenhandel.de. It took about 3 days from order to delivery and cost about 33 Euro to UK. It was well packed and the process was smooth.

Here are some pics:

Professional looking packaging

Contents of the box, complete with RedSetter, CLI-8 adapter and colour instructions in German, English, French and Italian.

The base of the RedSetter. I will probably mod this once the battery runs out

Thanks.

 

[billkunert]

I'm curious as to why the resetter can be bought in Great Britain for 10Pounds($16.11 US) but cost $55+ from US distributor. I'd be interested in one but the markup seems awfully high to me. The lack of competition may be a factor. I can get one of the new blue ones from Australia including air mail postage for $44US.

 

[stratman]

I'm curious as to why the resetter can be bought in Great Britain for 10Pounds($16.11 US) but cost $55+ from US distributor. I'd be interested in one but the markup seems awfully high to me. The lack of competition may be a factor. I can get one of the new blue ones from Australia including air mail postage for $44US.

It is always a supply-demand operant, of which competition is a factor. Add to that the seller's assumptions concerning what price the market will bare.

Like reducing Federal taxes resulting in increased tax revenues from all sources, I'll bet if the chip resetter folks would drop their prices to the $20 or less that they would sell many more units and actually make more money in the long run. At $20, the resetter is an easy sell to more than the Nifty-Stuff crowd, and that's a whole lot more people than the current market for this tool.

Greed and a fear of losing money compelled these sellers to mark up the price so high. Competition helps reduce consumer costs eventually. Whatever the factor for lowering the retail price, I'll wait until the resetter is more reasonably priced before I feel compelled to purchase this convenience tool. So far I've done just fine eye-balling my cartridges and using InkMon.

 

[binkie]

Here is a page from the BlueSetter instruction sheet that I received when I returned my malfunctioning RedSetter to Michele http://www.inkjetreset.com/and received the BlueSetter as a warranty replacement. It shows the battery type and replacement procedure.

Binkie

 

[avolanche]

In the instructions for the BlueSetter above,it says something about a "deactivated cartridge" not working.What does this mean?Is a typical,empty CLI8 cartridge bought on Ebay "deactivated" (for use in an ip4200)?Thanks!

 

[panos]

Sudhaus presented the original redsetter in April 2008. Considering that no other resetter was released for 3-4 months, it is safe to consider that Sudhaus is the original designer.

Recently, according to inkjetreset, RKS-technik is being reported designing a resetter as well. Here are a few samples from chinese factories:

http://www.skycomn.com/sdp/94324/4/pl-133482.html (designed by RKS?)
http://www.equnxin.com/sdp/149103/4/pd/4758939.html (designed by RKS?)
http://www.diytrade.com/china/4/products/4699679/Canon_CLI-8_PGI-5_Resetter.html (designed by RKS?)
http://www.yuxunda.com/sdp/156849/4/pd/4580349.html (designed by RKS?)

These new resetters according to inkjetreset.com are reportedly designed from RKS and bear a suspicious resemblance to the Sudhaus resetter. This resemblance is striking on the outside, but also quite apparent on the PCB. The only practical change is an increase in voltage. Is RKS to be trusted though, considering that they have copied the Sudhaus design? I think not! Binkie has reported that he had a problem with an RKS resetter from inkjetreset. It seems that non-Sudhaus resetters, whatever their color, are not to be trusted.

I have placed my order for the ORIGINAL Sudhaus reDsetter from patronenhandel. These are the guys who designed it in the first place.

 

[Froggy]

I've just found the GreenSetter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvr2xq8aIGU

Hong Kong I believe.

 

[pharmacist]

For those interested: there are new developments in China about ARC chips for the Canon. These autoreset chips will automatically jump back to full by turning off/on the printer. No resetter needed ! There might be even a version of the RKS-extender with these autoreset chips built in and so you no longer need chipped cartridges.

 

[stratman]

I've just found the GreenSetter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvr2xq8aIGU

Honk Kong I believe.

Same people that sold the resetter that required you plug in a USB cabled cartridge into the printer, the other end plugging into the resetter, before being able to reset a cartridge in the resetter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFOYEnV5xZI&feature=channel.

Definately copy cat, but kinda like the positiveness of clicking in the cartridge into the resetter - less room for user error.

 

[stratman]

For those interested: there are new developments in China about ARC chips for the Canon. These autoreset chips will automatically jump back to full by turning off/on the printer. No resetter needed ! There might be even a version of the RKS-extender with these autoreset chips built in and so you no longer need chipped cartridges.

For those that turn off their printers after use, how would the Chinese jump back reset method be advantageous?

Hope there's more to the story.