Posted on 01/10/2022 12:29:15 PM PST by BenLurkin
Owners who buy these chip-less toner cartridges should be able to print normally, Canon notes. However, toner levels might be reported incorrectly as either “100%” or “OK” regardless of the remaining quantity, or correctly as “0%” or “Empty” in case the toner has run out. Canon says the chip-less cartridges will start arriving in February, calling them an interim measure in the ongoing silicon crisis. The company expects to resume supply of chipped parts once normal supply is restored.
Given that these cartridges will ship without a DRM chip, they might also have a lower asking price than regular parts. On the other hand, this very attribute and the fact that Canon will likely make them in limited quantities could result in jacked-up, scalper prices. Whatever turns out to be the case, at least Canon is unlikely to face a lawsuit this time around.
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Can you remember where you found that sponge cleaning video?
May need it soon.
Yup. I like laser printers better than ink-jets anyway, because I have no real use for color.
To me, the fact that Brother publishes printcap files for Linux makes my printer choices a no-brainer.
Go here for either OEM ink or the knockoffs which are half the cost and whose ink lasts like the OEM.
I have used them since 2007
4inkjets
https://www.4inkjets.com
You're paying way too much for an ink jet printer! I never buy one that costs more than $50 and when I need new ink, it's cheaper to just buy a new printer that comes with ink, and send the "old" printer off to electronics recycling.
That's what I do.
Bought a printer lately? They come with ink that only lasts a few prints before you must by new cartridges. I prefer a quality printer that lasts even if I have to buy cartridges frequently because I print infrequently.
I print very infrequently and am rather annoyed the ink cartridges dry up while sitting there...
I think I searched (using DDG) for “Clean Canon Ink Absorber”. There are several out there for different types of Canon printers - the process for mine is quite simple (use tweezers to remove the pads, squeeze them out in warm soapy water, dry with paper towels and reinstall). The problem is that there is a counter that has counted prints and has hit its limit - so the printer doesn’t actually know if the pads are saturated. So you have to reset to clear the counter. Sounds like planned obsolescence to me (though the printer is several years old and has printed a lot of stuff).
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