Question re Canon iP1500
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From: Burt on 9 Apr 2006 22:57 "zakezuke" <zakezuke_us(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1144633907.524064.112060(a)z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... >>> Mary - You asked, on a previous post, about the large black bci-3ebk >>> tank. It is actually a benefit as it prints better text and has a large >>> capacity which means less trips to get refilled, etc. >> Doesn't the small black one do the same thing? > > The small black, the bci-6 black is only used when you have anything > other than plain paper selected, and even then it's only used when the > blackness is 80% or higher. It is also used somewhat in duplex mode, > as in when you tell the driver to automaticly flip the pages. There is > some tweekyness to this, but for the most part the bci-6 black is > seldom used, at a rate of... there and abouts of 3 to 4 color changes > to one small black. > > The other thing I missed was the issue regarding big black being the > same price as the small black. It's true the big black cost more to > make, both because of volume and because it uses pigment rather than > dye, but the price difference between 13/14ml and 25 to 29ml isn't a > whole heck of alot, though it be double. Oddly enough the small black > typicaly costs more per volume than the large black though technicaly > it should cost less to produce. > > >> > If you decide on the refiller in Toronto and keep a backup set be sure >> > to cover >> > the outlet holes > and keep the carts in a sealed container with a damp >> > paper >> > towel in it so they don''t dry out while you are storing them. > >> If it was refilling at Island Jet they used to wrap them in plastic. I >> don't remember them putting a damp paper towel in it though. Wouldn't >> the towel dry up sometimes before they got used? If its compatibles, >> they would store for a long time in their plastic packages I guess, >> since the carts have those plastic clips on the color ends. Just >> wondered, how long would compatibles last till they dried up? > > When the towel dries, the bag becomes humid, and this helps keeping the > outlet hole from becoming gunked up, but your right you should pay > attention to your bit o' towel and make sure it's moist. I have no > clue how long a uncapped cartridge lasts bagged with or without a > towel. I keep all my tabs from the store bought tanks and tape them to > the tanks. The OEM shelf life, capped with plastic covering the inlet, > is somewhere in the years catagory. > What I meant was to keep the empty carts you take out of the printer in a sealed container (refrigerator plastic container with tight fitting lid is OK) before taking them to your refiller. After refilling, the ink outlet should be sealed and there should be some tape over the air vent on top like when you buy a new one. I've never used the tricolor cart, but the bci-6 and bci-3ebk carts have tape you remove and other plastic tape you leave on the top. After refilling I put some tape over the air vent until I'ml ready to use it and I then take only the tape off just as I would for a new OEM cart.
From: Mary on 9 Apr 2006 23:01 "zakezuke" <zakezuke_us(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1144624931.427922.107940(a)j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > What I meant to say is I had to press print to see if the message goes > > away. I am emailing with Tony. Everything has to be very exact about > > what to set. I am trying to get it reset ASAP. > > And the problem is while most of us know Canons well... we don't know > that particular model very well. Tony is a good bet... he tends to > know the finer details such as particular button presses better than my > self. Well, even if you knew the particular model well, most people wouldn't know the reset utility well. Yes, Tony is a good guy, very helpful, as you and Burt and others are, and he knows how the utility works, but so far, it hasn't worked, but it may be that myprinter cannot be reset or I am doing something I shouldn't or not doing something I should. There are not many commands to do, but has to be exact, and my printer is showing up as MPUSBPRN01. I used to have the Canon BJC2100 connected and it was USB01, but when I installed the Pixma ip1500 it was assigned to MPUSBPRN01 and maybe thats how it got that odd name. What is MP? I don't have the BJC 2100 connected to the computer but maybe it still has USB01, though its been removed from my system a while back. Whatever the case, the ip1500 has been assigned to MPRUSBPRN01 and prints from there ok, so the utility should work with that port being named, and the utility works ok with that port, but when I click on other commands in the utility, nothing happens. I will get back to Tony and see what further ideas he might have. Mary *** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com *** *** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from http://www.SecureIX.com ***
From: Mary on 9 Apr 2006 23:30 "Burt" <sfbjgNOSPAM(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message news:eQj_f.57600$F_3.13545(a)newssvr29.news.prodigy.net... > > "zakezuke" <zakezuke_us(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:1144633907.524064.112060(a)z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > >> If it was refilling at Island Jet they used to wrap them in plastic. I > >> don't remember them putting a damp paper towel in it though. Wouldn't > >> the towel dry up sometimes before they got used? If its compatibles, > >> they would store for a long time in their plastic packages I guess, > >> since the carts have those plastic clips on the color ends. Just > >> wondered, how long would compatibles last till they dried up? > > > > When the towel dries, the bag becomes humid, and this helps keeping the > > outlet hole from becoming gunked up, but your right you should pay > > attention to your bit o' towel and make sure it's moist. I have no > > clue how long a uncapped cartridge lasts bagged with or without a > > towel. I keep all my tabs from the store bought tanks and tape them to > > the tanks. The OEM shelf life, capped with plastic covering the inlet, > > is somewhere in the years catagory. > > > What I meant was to keep the empty carts you take out of the printer in a > sealed container (refrigerator plastic container with tight fitting lid is > OK) before taking them to your refiller. Oh, I didn't know thats what you meant. I thought you meant the an extra set of new carts when refilled that you are not going to use right away, for thats what we were talking about I thought. > After refilling, the ink outlet > should be sealed and there should be some tape over the air vent on top like > when you buy a new one. I've never used the tricolor cart, but the bci-6 > and bci-3ebk carts have tape you remove and other plastic tape you leave on > the top. After refilling I put some tape over the air vent until I'ml ready > to use it and I then take only the tape off just as I would for a new OEM > cart. Do you mean the first time you are refilling after you buy new carts from the store? The tri color carts from Staples compatibles or Canons don't have any plastic tape on them. They just have the hard orange plastic clips that clip over the colors or black carts. There is no tape. I can't remember about Epson carts if they had tape or not on the bottom where the color comes out after they were refilled. I think they did and were sealed in a small plastic bag. Mary *** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com *** *** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from http://www.SecureIX.com ***
From: Burt on 10 Apr 2006 00:50 "Mary" <nonon(a)nothin.com> wrote in message news:4439c2e4$0$28237$6d36acad(a)titian.nntpserver.com... > "Burt" <sfbjgNOSPAM(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message > news:eQj_f.57600$F_3.13545(a)newssvr29.news.prodigy.net... >> >> "zakezuke" <zakezuke_us(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > > Do you mean the first time you are refilling after you buy new carts > from the store? The tri color carts from Staples compatibles or Canons > don't have any plastic tape on them. They just have the hard orange > plastic clips that clip over the colors or black carts. There is no > tape. I can't remember about Epson carts if they had tape or not on the > bottom where the color comes out after they were refilled. I think they > did and were sealed in a small plastic bag. > > Mary > Are they plastic wrapped? You need to let air into the cart to permit ink to come out. Otherwise you create a vacuum. At least that's the way the bci-6 and bci-3 carts work. Yes, it would be convenient to have an extra set so you don't have to run to the store the minute one runs out. If you are going to have a cart refilled when you have emptied it that is the time you need to keep it from drying out. Do the refillers in your area replace a cap on the bottom or plastic wrap the whole cart so the ink outlet doesn't get dried out?
From: measekite on 10 Apr 2006 02:47
Mary wrote: >"zakezuke" <zakezuke_us(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >news:1144624931.427922.107940(a)j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > >>>What I meant to say is I had to press print to see if the message >>> >>> >goes > > >>>away. I am emailing with Tony. Everything has to be very exact about >>>what to set. I am trying to get it reset ASAP. >>> >>> >>And the problem is while most of us know Canons well... we don't know >>that particular model very well. Tony is a good bet... he tends to >>know the finer details such as particular button presses better than >> >> >my > > >>self. >> >> > >Well, even if you knew the particular model well, most people wouldn't >know the reset utility well. Yes, Tony is a > TIGER >good guy, very helpful, as >you and Burt > HA HA HA >and others are, and he knows how the utility works, but so >far, it hasn't worked, but it may be that myprinter cannot be reset or I >am doing something I shouldn't or not doing something I should. There >are not many commands to do, but has to be exact, and my printer is >showing up as MPUSBPRN01. I used to have the Canon BJC2100 connected and >it was USB01, but when I installed the Pixma ip1500 it was assigned to >MPUSBPRN01 and maybe thats how it got that odd name. What is MP? I don't >have the BJC 2100 connected to the computer but maybe it still has >USB01, though its been removed from my system a while back. Whatever the >case, the ip1500 has been assigned to MPRUSBPRN01 and prints from there >ok, so the utility should work with that port being named, and the >utility works ok with that port, but when I click on other commands in >the utility, nothing happens. I will get back to Tony and see what >further ideas he might have. > >Mary > >*** Free account sponsored by SecureIX.com *** >*** Encrypt your Internet usage with a free VPN account from http://www.SecureIX.com *** > > |