For Folks owning Canon Printers help is on hand for good 3rd Party Ink
Suppliers at a fraction of the cost of Canon Ink Cartridges.
A full set of 5 or 6 Ink Tanks can cost approx half the cost of a new Printer.
I bought the Canon Pixma 6470 for INR 4499 ($ 70) in Bangalore. Bought
the Filled Ink Cartridges for $ 1 each from Ali Express (or Ali Baba
com the equvalent of eBay in China).
Also bought a set of (6) empty refillable Ink Cartridges with Auto
Reset Chips for $ 7. My Printer is a 5-cartridge one so I can use the
extra cartridge as a replacement in case one fails. So now I can go on
filling the cartridges. The ARC (auto reset chip) transmits Ink Levels
to my Laptop.
Note: My cartridges are for the Asian region - identified by the
Cartridge nos. So please specify your cartridge # correctly. North
America
will have the same cartridge with another #. The trick here
is the Chip Code used by Canon. Each Cartridge has a Chip on it.
I bought all the Cartridges while I was in Canada. Shipping was Free.
I tried one set of Cartridges as soon as I came to Bangalore. Works
beautifully. There could be a very slight color shift, but since I use
a Lab for all my prints, it does not bother me. The Lab gives me 13
glossy or mat prints size 6 x 4 inch for $ 1, which is far far cheaper
than the print from my Printer.
Here are the resources should you wish to try Ali Express:-
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0ihwo0bt7lcneuh/AAAgowMwc5s2ZpatJnXWFMyea?dl=0
Regards.
Bipin.
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