Generic ink cartridges for Canon printers

[gaston55]

Can you use generic ink cartridges with the newer Canon Printers? I read somewhere that they had a chip in them that prevented you from using generic. Is this true?

 

[xgsound]

Originally posted by: gaston55
Can you use generic ink cartridges with the newer Canon Printers? I read somewhere that they had a chip in them that prevented you from using generic. Is this true?

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You can buy them and use them, but you must transfer the chip to the new cartridge and you lose ink monitoring. http://www.swiftink.com/index....on=VIEWPROD&ProdID=440


Jim

 

[zig3695]

when the first chipped canon's came out years ago, people generally believed they would be able to bypass or hack the chips within a few months. apparently canon implemented such a strong encryption on the printers that to this day its still not possible to use generic chips. i actually bought a chipped canon printer when i could have got a non-chip one just because i was sure it wouldnt be long before they get around the security chips. its been over 2 years now... best thing to do is spend the $200 and get a ip4000 off ebay. youll save it all back in no time.

 

[Zepper]

I've not had a lot of trouble transplanting the chips from the OEM ink tanks. You will need a sharp knife like an Xacto and a bit of mechanical ability, that's about all. You can see the transplant instructions at http://www.swiftink.com/canon_chip_instructions.gif - I just sent them a message asking if they had heard anything new on the chip cloning process.

Recently you could buy an iP4300 for less than a set of replacement tanks after rebate. IDK how often you'll find that good a deal, but Canon's replacement models usually come out at this time of year - maybe the iP4300 is about to be replaced..

.bh.