...t the waste ink absorber and clear the 6C10 error message on the Canon MP550 inkjet printer. What is this message? Canon inkjet printers contain an internal counter that keeps note of how many pages have been printed and how many cleans etc. have been performed. These counters are used to estimate how full of waste ink a large sponge in the base of the printer is. Once your printer believes this tank/absorber is full your printer will stop printin...
Category Archive: Printers
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Eat Your Own (3D Printed) Brain
...ou can watch the different steps taken in the production of these brains below along with footage of Andy Millns’ eating his own brain below. The team at Inition created a guide on Intructables detailing how users can create their own chocolate brains and have even been kind enough to make the necessary files freely available. Their full guide can be found here and should prove an interesting project for any 3D printing enthusiasts. Fun little dev...
ONE Street Tweeter
If you think you have a big cumbersome and impractical printer I have a little something to make you feel better. I would like to introduce you to the Street Tweeter by advocacy group ONE. This monstrous mobile printer travels at 5 miles an hour and prints politically themed 40 character tweets directly onto the …
Pantum P2000 Unboxing
...the official flyer lists the following toners as compatible: PD100L = 700 Pages PD100 = 1500 Pages PD100H = 2300 Pages From experience with new printers I would however imagine this cartridge is simply a low capacity cartridge designed to do a few hundred pages. The Printer As expected the printer itself is light and looks very nice. I am quite a fan of how simple the design is and there is only one button on the front of the printer that lets yo...
Pantum Printers: Our Thoughts
...This is reflected in the monthly duty cycles of their printers boasting 20,000 pages from entry level machine and an impressive 40,000 pages from the high speed printer. Pantum also have a strong focus on producing an environmentally friendly product that reduces the amount of waste toner by 11% and conserves power as well. What do you think about them? One thing that is certain about Pantum is that they mean business. Everything I read on them su...
Brother MFC-J5910DW Printer Review
...rint quality you would expect from an A3 printer. Features For just over £100 you get the following features from this printer: A3 Borderless Printing Fax machine Wireless connectivity Networkable Automatic Document Feeder (35 Sheets) A4 Scanner/Copier 4.9cm LCD Sceen and Touch Panel PictBridge Support AirPrintTM and Google Cloud PrintTM Design This printer means business and its design reflects this. The design is simple practical and it is easy...
Brother MFC-J430W Printer Review
...hers printers elusive USB port. The individual black, cyan, magenta and yellow ink cartridges are inserted behind a small door on the front of the printer making installing and changing them easy. Printing & Scanning Prints produced by this machine should be more than acceptable for office use. The text is sharp, the colours are reproduced adequate and the speed of printing is comparable to Epson/Canon/HP printers of a similar price. If the pr...
Brother MFC-J825DW Printer Review
...nd 1,200 from each colour cartridge for as little as £2.37. This means the ink cost per page when using compatibles comes in at under £0.01p. Our Verdict The Brother MFC-J825DW offers a ton of features for the money and can deal with pretty much any printing job you can throw at it. I can’t help but feel a printer this feature rich should be able to produce higher quality prints and be able to deal with thicker specialist papers so draw in p...
Canon Pixma MP460 Waste Ink Tank Counter Reset
...uld now read “Without Cleaning”, press the power button A test page will now print Open printer cover Unplug the power cable again Uninstall both ink cartridges Close cover Plug the power cable back in Press power button Reinstall both ink cartridges NoticePlease note that by following this procedure you are not emptying the tank/pad but simply resetting the counter that estimates how full it is. Please read our full article here for m...
Brother DCP-J525W Printer Review
...low profile thanks to the laser printer style paper tray tucked under the machine as opposed to the gravity fed paper popular in other inkjet printers. This makes it ideal for the user that likes to keep their printer tucked away under a desk or on a shelf instead of standing proudly on the desktop. It is however worth noting that the power cable is inserted into the side of the printer so if you have a particularly compact space to fit it into I...