grey ink for Canon Pixma 980?
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I no longer have that printer Gus. That ink cartridge is used in my current Pixma MX-882 and is black.
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Sorry, Gus but I no longer have that printer. Have you tried the Canon website?
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Open up your printer and see if you have a 226 gray cartridge...if not you don't need it
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My Cannon printer does not have a slot for the gray ink either, but I guess maybe some machines do? For the price, I couldn't pass up the deal. So far, the ink seems to be working fine; I have not had any problems with it.
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Hi Judy. I have used the Canon pixma ip3000 on several Macs. One was a G3 iBook. One was a G4 Emac. Currently I use it with my new imac intel duocore. NEVER had a problem. I did have some problems matching up color in Photoshop but that is all. With my new iMac, I didn't even have to install the software!!! I just plugged the printer into my apple wireless thingie (sorry forget name of it) and my computer recognized it! It doesn't give me detailed ink info, etc, though but I know it will once I install the software. BTW, I am one OS below Leopard, Tiger I think. Good luck!
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This worked for my ip2702 cheap canon printer but this is only black ink and do not print in color with this printer
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Within the software you are using, you have to setup the photo as a greyscale and in the printer control panel you can use all the inks or black ink only (this is in the advanced setup.) normaly in the software you have the choice of changing the photo as RBG, CMY, GREYSCALE, BW, ETC... DO NOT USE BW
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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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yes that is possible. when printing from your computer you will select advanced and select "grey scale only" also use the draft quality option to save on ink as well.
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Unfortunately you have cartridge that is not compatible with your printer. Printers using gray ink have a specific slot for the color, which will respond to colors downloaded from the computer or scanner.
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It took some digging through the Canon site, but it says 'YES'. Rather than take my word though, go to Canon website, type 'ink finder' and it should show you what I found.
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What type of Cannon printer do you have? I have a Cannon Pixma and can only use the Cannon CL241 for color and the black ink is: PG 240. I have found through my own experience that I cannot use other cartridges and unfortunately most stores do not carry those. I have to order them online and find the best price through Amazon. They are generally pretty good about shipping out quickly and these cartridges are not like HP where you get down 3/4 of the way and will no longer work. These cartridges from Cannon that I use will literally use every last drop and show as if they are completely empty... yet keep on printing. What type of Cannon printer do you have? I have a Cannon Pixma and can only use the Cannon CL241 for color and the black ink is: PG 240. I have found through my own experience that I cannot use other cartridges and unfortunately most stores do not carry those. I have to order them online and find the best price through Amazon. They are generally pretty good about shipping out quickly and these cartridges are not like HP where you get down 3/4 of the way and will no longer work. These cartridges from Cannon that I use will literally use every last drop and show as if they are completely... » Read More What type of Cannon printer do you have? I have a Cannon Pixma and can only use the Cannon CL241 for color and the black ink is: PG 240. I have found through my own experience that I cannot use other cartridges and unfortunately most stores do not carry those. I have to order them online and find the best price through Amazon. They are generally pretty good about shipping out quickly and these cartridges are not like HP where you get down 3/4 of the way and will no longer work. These cartridges from Cannon that I use will literally use every last drop and show as if they are completely empty... yet keep on printing. « Show Less
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Kevin,Bought Pixma-100 after bloody divorce from Epson R-1800. Only print B&W;'s on 325g. Hahnemuhle FA Baryta paper; excellent results. Have read that fine art papers (absorbent) do not do as well with dye inks. Overall I am delighted with printer. Good luck.
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While I own the Canon i9000 and am quite pleased with it, the ink formulas are proprietary and from what I've read Epson's are not. The ink differences have created an issue with WYSIWYG monitor to printer. (Monitor is calibrated).If I had it all to do again, I would probably go with an Epson printer.
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The Canon PIXMA MX459 takes PG 240 black cartridge and CL 241 color cartridge
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Yes, if you run out of the colored ink, you must select "grayscale printing" from the print options on your computer, in order to just use the black ink to print. If you don't select "grayscale" it will not print if colored ink is missing.
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Only use the Canon ink cartridges with the compatible printer. You can always go to Canon.com and put in your printer information and it will tell you. I do not own a pixma 2700 so I can't say that. Thanks.
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Gray ink is not required in my printer. But it does make sense that it would be used for gray scale and photo printing by some printers.
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you want this one; http://www.amazon.com/Inktec-Pg-240xl-Cartridges-Printers-Pigment/dp/B0094J7QW8/ref=sr_1_1?s=office-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1378502066&sr=1-1&keywords=refill+kit+for+pg240 but since they're all basically just ink and come with a drill, any kit will do, but keep in mind that the instructions that come with it might not be compatible with your cartridge. Look on youtube for a simple tutorial on how to do it for your cartridge. Black is not the same as Y/C/M, YCM (Yellow Cyan Magenta) is the color ink cartridge (was that your question) They are all most likely dye-based inks, at this price.