Thursday, May 03, 2007
Canon Recycled Chipped Cartridges
The Third party markets have up until now not been able to supply any Canon Inkjet Products that contained Canon’s ‘Chip”. Canon introduced approximately 2 years ago cartridges that contained a microchip that would indicate when the cartridge was out of ink and stop the printer from working.
Note: Epson has been doing this for years but compatible products have been readily available.
(Epson though has recently sued over 20 manufacturers for Patent infringement)
Third Party Market Resets Chip
According to a recently announced press release it is now possible to Reset Canon’s chip allowing for manufacturers to refill these cartridge and reset the chip. This in effect allows them to remarket used cartridges with full functionality (The Same as a New Cartridge).
PIXMA and MP Series
The cartridges in question are the PGI-5, CLI-8BK, CLI-8C, CLI-8M and CLI-8Y used in many Canon PIXMA iP and MP series printers.
Product Availability
Forecasts are the have these remanufactured cartridges available by the end of May 2007.
Open Market
As these cartridges are original (remanufactured Cartridges) there is no chance of patent infringement as they are not reproduced, just recycled products.
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