Single Ink vs Fine Ink? This canon uses fine ink correct?
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I'm not sure what you mean by the single ink system. There are two cartridges, one for black and one for color. The "fine" is just Canon's own brand description and is supposed to mean that they use fine ink so that the printing will last for a long time; Canon says up to 100 years. This is the Pixma MX410 printer. Canon makes other models which do use individual color ink cartridges. Those are supposed to be more economical to use but in my experience (with one from HP) they are not more economical. I prefer the single color cartridge that this model uses.
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I just encountered this same thing last week. Even if using grayscale, Canon has designed the printer to use all 5 inks & print heads for every print. That means that even for b&w text, the printer uses some black from each of the two tanks, AND a little from each of the colors as well! If you try to print with an empty black cartridge anyway, you will get "streaks" where the empty print head passes but deposits no ink.
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Ink is always relatively expensive. Especially the Ultrachrome inks. But if you are going to be using really good paper, like Hahnemühle fine art paper, you will want really good ink that lasts. The cartridges for the R3000 are larger than those for general purpose printers (like the Epson Artisan series). So you are getting more ink per cartridge. And, it pays to shop around. But fine art printing requires the highest quality paper and ink. That said, I wouldn't consider using this printer for printing anything other than high quality photographs. (I use a lesser printer for everything else.)
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This ink is 100% brand new in Canon sealed individual packages within a single Canon box. When you purchase this ink, you are getting the exact colors that are supposed to be used in the corresponding printer. I have tried "refills" and found that sometimes the ink used is not the exact color needed, thus causing the final print out to be off color.
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I've been going to Office Max, which sells their own brand of cartridges for this printer (they're actually repackaged and refilled Canon cartridges with an Office Max sticker over top of the Canon sticker). I also wait until Office Max sends out those 20% off grocery bags in my Sunday newspaper and stock up like crazy. I think if you buy the multipacks its cheaper too.
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I've had cartridges in my printer for two years and they are still effective when I need them. That said, do you have your settings to print black only & will your printer even recognize the cartridge when it is inserted with the tape on? You would still need to remove the Orange cap if you have a genuine canon cartridge. If you are buying a refill, then why even worry about the $3-4 you spent in it?
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The safest way to know the answer is to contact the company that made your Printer. Canon requires all four colors to work on theirs. That's the only thing I am sure about. Good Luck.
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it uses ink jet cartridges not sublimation ink. you can feed pretty much any printing paper in it print wise. But it is not compatible with sublimation ink cartridges. Best advice call Canon directly and let the salesman give you all the bells & whistles. Then when you find your price search amazon & compare the price. so far this printer works like a charm & have had no problems. Scans fine,copies and does what a printer supposed to do. Work and print and ask for ink once in a while. No errors
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Buy a new printer...Ink is around $19.00 to $25.00 plus. Use only Canon Ink other inks will gum up print head if not used freqently.
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Both the Canon MX920 and MX720 take the same ink. They both use PGBK 250 and c,m, and y 251. So...simply...yes.
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i have no idea--it was such a terrible printer that broke down and I finally just threw it out and got a Canon..If you['re thinking about purchasing it, I'd seriously consider something else--I had nothing but problems with it and the multi colored cartidges were extremely expensive to maintain...
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Hi, I've owned two excellent Canon printers with 5+ ink cartridges each. Because I do a lot of photographic printing, I run through my inks more quickly. I actually keep a chart of when and which colors get replaced. I am able to anticipate my replacement needs better that way and can have spares on hand in advance. In my case, the colors that I use fastest seem to be yellows, then magenta which surprised me. I am looking to purchase another Canon printer and will only look at ones with individual ink tanks.
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Hi, Dawn the XL mean that Canon ink cartridges are high capacity ink cartridge, which means more ink per page printed and better quality and no ink smudging etc...in this case this would not apply to remanufactured ink cartridge like this one. With canon as I have the original ink cartridge is better you will get quality print per and the ink last longer. I brought two cartridges and the printer didn't recognize that it was new and it never work. Therefore, this isn't a profitable buy because you would how to go buy another two cartridges. Hope this helpful. Tks cheryl
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Yes, BUT black ink prints as a medium dark gray on my MX882, NOT SOLID BLACK. Functional, but disappointing! For black, at least, I'm back to genuine Canon ink.
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I've had mine a few months and I'm still on the original cartridges with much more ink to go. I'm getting better and more mileage with the Canon. Definitely.
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Yes, the cartridge is primarily for text. The Canon all in one is a office series which anticipation of office use. The cartridge does not assist for color printing because of different type of Ink. My best answer.
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Same question for me. Most reviews seem to prefer the Canon for picture quality, but I'm concerned about the ease of use.