What about the Canon 4600 chips? Is there the ability to bypass the chips
like the Canon 4500?


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On Nov 29, 12:32 pm, "Yianni" <9jir_2...@yahoo.gr> wrote:
> What about the Canon 4600 chips? Is there the ability to bypass the chips
> like the Canon 4500?
>
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There is no documentation available for the ip4600. The general
feeling is it offers no real advantage to the ip4500, and in fact is a
bit of a downgrade as far as speed and performance. There "may" be an
advantage to Chromalife100+ inks, but those have only been tested on
the new papers, the 201 series. 30 years under glass sounds about the
same as the chromalife100 series, so no real improvement there.

The older Chromalife100 inks were not tested on the same papers.
If you're an OEM user, it'll cost more per page due to smaller
cartridges. IIRC the big black is 19ml vs 26ml in the ip4500. Don't
quote me on this but 5% coverage is about 1ml/20pages on the canons
for the pigment black.

Color is sort of the same deal but I don't remember the exact
numbers.

There may be improvement in the color, and more neutral blacks, but I
have yet to see it.

The mp610 dropped in price to $90 shipped from Amazon, it was $130
last week. Given an aio, a 17.7inch wide AIO is less than an ip4600,
well by 4 dollars. It has the ip4500 print engine, it's a known
quantity.

> The mp610 dropped in price to $90 shipped from Amazon, it was $130
> last week. Given an aio, a 17.7inch wide AIO is less than an ip4600,
> well by 4 dollars. It has the ip4500 print engine, it's a known
> quantity.

In my country there aren't the ip4500 and mp610 models with cli-8 inks. So
the only choices are the ip4600 and ip3600 printers. Except the "A3 version"
of 4500 which costs about 400 usd.


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On Nov 29, 9:54 pm, "Yianni" <9jir_2...@yahoo.gr> wrote:
> > The mp610 dropped in price to $90 shipped from Amazon, it was $130
> > last week. Given an aio, a 17.7inch wide AIO is less than an ip4600,
> > well by 4 dollars. It has the ip4500 print engine, it's a known
> > quantity.
>
> In my country there aren't the ip4500 and mp610 models with cli-8 inks. So
> the only choices are the ip4600 and ip3600 printers. Except the "A3 version"
> of 4500 which costs about 400 usd.

http://www.rwlabs.com/article.php?ca...0&pagenumber=6

AFAIK there isn't a a3+ version of the ip4500. There IS an a3+
version of the ip3000, and that's the ix4000/ix5000 series. I just
looked up the head number and everything suggests it uses the
QY6-0064-000 printhead, which I'm given to understand is downward
compatrable with the ip3000. The basic specs of the ip4500 is text 20
to 30pl nozzles (I don't remember) 1/2/5pl dye nozzles. The ix4000
offers 2pl and 5pl nozzles and only 4 inktanks. There is the 9000pro
and 9500pro, but both are 8 tank printers.

Don't know what to tell you other than consider shipping from another
EU country, this is assuming you're in Greece.

> AFAIK there isn't a a3+ version of the ip4500. There IS an a3+
> version of the ip3000, and that's the ix4000/ix5000 series.

You are right. The ix4000 printer.

It's not worth buying abroad. I just want to know if there is a way to
bypass the chips in a ip4600 printer.

On Nov 29, 11:23 pm, "Yianni" <9jir_2...@yahoo.gr> wrote:

> You are right. The ix4000 printer.
>
> It's not worth buying abroad. I just want to know if there is a way to
> bypass the chips in a ip4600 printer.

AFAIK, the answer is NO. They are new chips, and it took 2.5 years
for replacement chips for the older cli-8 printers.

> AFAIK, the answer is NO. They are new chips, and it took 2.5 years
> for replacement chips for the older cli-8 printers.

I know it.
On the other hand, in the ip 4500 there is a way to bypass the chips by
pressing the paper button for 5 seconds. I ask, if the same happens to the
ip4600 ( I want to know before buying it).

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On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:32:33 +0200, Yianni wrote:

> What about the Canon 4600 chips? Is there the ability to bypass the chips
> like the Canon 4500?
>
>

That is not necessary for the proper operation of the printer using OEM
ink.

measher-****-head wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:32:33 +0200, Yianni wrote:
>
>> What about the Canon 4600 chips? Is there the ability to bypass the chips
>> like the Canon 4500?
>>
>>
>
> That is not necessary for the proper operation of the printer using OEM
> ink.

That is not the question you idiot!
Try paying attention ok?