Watch out: the first CLI-8/PGI-5 rebuilds from Pelikan with chip !!!

[pharmacist]

For those interested, here are some pictures from the first rebuilds from Pelikan at druckerchannel.de.
These are the one with a new chip design from scratch with working ink level status.

Sorry, only in german for the moment, but you can use an online translator to have an impressum about this:

http://www.druckerchannel.de/artikel.php?ID=2172

Due to the patent concerning the position of the chip, Pelikan was obliged to make a rather oblonged chip with elongated contacts to overcome this Canon patent:

http://www.druckerchannel.de/artike...&t=der_pelikan_chip_im_vergleich_zum_original

One thing, the price will be about 80 % of the original Canon cartridges, so savings are rather limited......

 

[babbleon]

I looked at the links but did not translate. What was their general impression? Will Pelikan be sold in the U.S.?

FYI, SwiftInk sells CLI-8* and PGI-5 replacement cartridges for $6.95 ea. http://www.swiftink.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=437

 

[Defcon2k]

Carts with compatible chips: Pelikan
The carts look a bit different but function nicely, including the chips and the LEDs. The ink is okay, and you can mix Pelican carts and original Canon carts.

Carts with compatible chips: Pearl "Icolor"
The first samples of the carts manufactured by the chinese company Ninestar (G&G) are cheaper, but don't seem to have a good quality: 2 out of 8 carts lost their ink while inside the original packing(wrapping?). If you take them out, there is further chance of leaking. The ink itself is okay (comparable to Pelikan), but you can print more pages with the Canon carts and even more pages with the Pelikan carts. The chips work well. The chips of Pelikan and Pearl are the same, although the circuit board beneath the chips looks quite different.

I don't know if any of these will be sold in the US.