Compatible iP4200 Cartridges
Update below original story …Found this on a US website today, which was quite interesting: “Thank you for visiting our website… Unfortunately, there are no compatible brand cartridges available for the following Canon printers: iP1600, iP4200, iP6210D, iP6220D, iP5200, iP5200R, iP6600D, MP150, MP170, MP450, MP500, MP800, MP950 We have recently inspected the new Canon cartridges for the printers listed above and spoken to the compatible brand manufacturers. Canon now has proprietary (patented) parts on the cartridges meaning no one except Canon can make the cartridges or work around the patented parts, at least not at this time. There is a distinct possibility new non-genuine compatible brand cartridges may never be available for any of the Canon printers listed above. We are still hopeful the compatible brand cartridge manufacturers will find a way to make the ink cartridges in the future. What this also means is that you can only buy the expensive Canon brand ink cartridges. For example, the Canon iP1600 printer costs about $50.00. One black and one color cartridge cost $45.00, nearly the price of the printer itself. Also, the iP1600, MP150, MP170, MP450, iP6210D, iP6220D have tri-color cartridges, which means if you run out of only one of the three colors in the cartridge you have to replace the cartridge, even though you may not be out of the other colors. Fortunately, Epson and Brother have not gone this way yet. Epson and Brother printers have inexpensive compatible brand ink cartridges readily available, which we carry. At this point, we will more than likely be suggesting that customers consider selling or possibly not purchasing the newer Canon printers, if possible and buy an Epson, Brother or one of the few remaining Canon printers that have compatibles available. Depending on how may cartridges you plan on using, purchasing another printer that has compatible brand cartridges available can save a considerable amount of money over the life of the printer. ” When they say patented parts, of course they mean the proprietary chip which measures the ink levels. I believe there will be compatibles made for these however they may not have the chip in them. All this would means is that the printer will detect non-genuine cartridges, give you a warning that Canon’s warranty does not cover damage caused by refills, and then disables the low ink warning. You will need to frequently visually check the level of ink in the cartridges because if the ink runs out it will fry the printhead (and of course this will not be covered by warranty as you have acknowledged that you used compatible cartridges!). Watch this space. Update Several companies are now offering compatible cartridges for the iP4200 - with one problem. Also when you change the chip you will get a warning message and the ink indicators will no longer work (which could result in burning the heads out). Be careful! Further Update Compatible cartridges with chips are now freely available. If buying compatibles, clarify with the seller whether the chips are included or not. Permanent Link |  Del.icio.us
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March 23rd, 2006 at 7:57 am
that sucks. i just bought mine and though being a fussy user, i love every aspect of this printer!
hope someone can figure a way around the new techno-cartridges and let us print cheap
cheers
April 24th, 2006 at 8:21 pm
Its one more way for Canon to overcharge as much as they like, I just might have to buy a different brand
April 30th, 2006 at 11:40 pm
Ink Cartridges 5 pk compatible CANON iP4200 / iP5200 – all colours!
NEW ink cartridges:
- 100 % compatible with CANON
- NEW quality ink
- brillant colours
- ISO 9001
- NO Refill!
- with the compatibles the chip of the previous cartridges is needed
- a detailed guidance is attached
- cartridges vacuum-packs in foil
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- 2 years product liability
- over 10.000 content customers on our accounts vouch for quality!
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number:
- black largely: 1 piece (compatible with PGI-5B)
- black small: 1 piece (compatible with CLI-8B)
- colour: ever 1 piece (cyan, magenta and yellow, compatible with CLI-8C/M/Y)
I found these cartridges in ebay uk, so hopefully it won’t be to long before they arrive in Australia.
May 1st, 2006 at 4:09 pm
Thanks Michael for that info!
May 23rd, 2006 at 4:48 pm
Canon is the last printer company to add a digital padlock to their printers.
Epson and HP have had one for a very long time. Epsons require a resetter to use third party products.
Brother products are garabage and they charge $35 for the black ink cartridge.
Visit my site for more info on Canon printers: http://pixma.allhyper.com
June 16th, 2006 at 9:32 am
Guys, what you do is, 1 of 2 things:
1) You go and buy another set of ink ie. Black, Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow.
Keep the above cartridges as spare (just in case you have to bring your printer in for repair).
2) Buy another cannon IP4200 (which is only $40 more than purchasing all of the above colours), then put the printer on eBay, or sell it with the 12 month warranty, and with no ink. This does seem extream, but purchasing all of the above ink cartidges from cannon, is just $40 less than buying another printer, which has all cartidges included!!!
After you have done one of the above, make a small hole in top of each cartridge, and refil with bulk ink. Ensure to close the hole you have made with a hot glue gun, or something that is airtight (sticky tape WONT work!!).
Once you have refiled your cartidges, look for the “Reset” codes for the Cannon IP4200 (they are available on the net), follow the instructions to reset the “Low ink” indicator, because even though you’ve refilled the cartridge, it will tell you the ink has finished.
Voila, there you have it.. it’s a pain (moving from IP300 which you could refil to your hearts content) to a printer that you have to manually “reset” every time you fill the cartidges.
IF something goes wrong, and the printers under warranty, put the original set you had as spare back in, and bring it back to cannon. they woudlnt know the difference!!
WARNING: Using aftermarket ink to refil the cartidges MAY clog the heads. So dont blame me if it does! I haven’t had any problems though!
June 17th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
“IF something goes wrong, and the printers under warranty, put the original set you had as spare back in, and bring it back to cannon. they woudlnt know the difference!!”
The printer writes the fact that you used refill inks to memory, so Canon will know…
June 19th, 2006 at 12:49 pm
Hi Frank. In responce to your comment, I am almost 100% certain (and please correct me if I am wrong), after locating the ‘Reset’ instructions from the net (search for them on google, yahoo, etc), it resets the ‘ink Counter’ on the printer. So pretty much the printer thinks that it has 100% new ink (usualy you reset after you have refilled the tanks).
As far as I know, once you have done the reset, the printer goes back to default settings, and all ink level counters are reset as per out-of-the box.
January 31st, 2007 at 10:31 am
For the Canon ip4200 all you need to do is to refill the ink cartridges with a dye based ink (I get my inkright cartridge man to do it for me, or you could use a dye based ink for the older canon cartridges) than once the printer comes up with a low ink warning and it will not print because it says that the cartridge is out of ink, you hold the reset button on the printer until the message on the screen goes away and it continues to print for me anyway. It works great and the print quality is still as good as it was with the genuine non-refiled cartridges. The refill hole is on the top of the cartridge. The bung is not re-usable so I seal it up with a dob of hot glue and just remove the glue to re-fill it again.
May 3rd, 2008 at 4:44 pm
No matter if it’s genuine or not. by refilling your ink, you can save more and if you cartridge is damaged, than you bbuy a new one…
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Paul Robins
May 16th, 2008 at 5:38 am
There is a new solution to the problem of Canon compatible CLI8/PGI5 ink cartridge replacement. There is a new chip extender which means you never have to change chips again. The Chip extenders simply fit into your printer (under the cartridges) and that’s where they stay. When the cartridges run out simply replace them with a new compatible.
October 30th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
We have the NEW Canon CLI-8 and PGI-5 compatible ink cartridges at our site - $49.90 a set.
Canon CLI-8/PGI-5 ink cartridges
October 30th, 2008 at 2:17 pm