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you may check the status of the waste ink container with the WICReset utility, the R2880 would last longer than one reset cyvle of this counter, and instead of replacing the waste ink container you may go for an alternate external waste ink reservoir you just empty as needed http://www.octoink.co.uk/products/R1900-{47}-R2880-Waste-Ink-Kit-(DUO15).html. If you are looking to move to a wider print width with the 3880 that's a somewhat different consideration, but please be aware that the 3880 is phased out and replaced by a P800, refill is not yet possible for this model , but there should be still 3880' s on the market I would guess.
The strange thing is that I got into some yellow ink problems last year when I was testing quite a lot of 3rd party dye inks on the Epson L300, a few of those inks reacted with each other and flocculated. I can't say whether it's the dyes reacting with each other, or some other substances in some inks making them imcompatible but it required a complete cleaning and flushing of the yellow ink channel including the replacement of a damper since the filter within was clogged. After a reoccurance of that effect I could not get the printhead clean and free again in the yellow ink path. So a yellow ink problem is not just limited to Canon.
The strange thing is that I got into some yellow ink problems last year when I was testing quite a lot of 3rd party dye inks on the Epson L300, a few of those inks reacted with each other and flocculated. I can't say whether it's the dyes reacting with each other, or some other substances in some inks making them imcompatible but it required a complete cleaning and flushing of the yellow ink channel including the replacement of a damper since the filter within was clogged. After a reoccurance of that effect I could not get the printhead clean and free again in the yellow ink path. So a yellow ink problem is not just limited to Canon.
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