Arrow Ink Cartridges for Canon i860

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I have the Canon S 820 and they don't work much better there either, and the
printer never detectd the out of ink because they are translucent instead of
clear like Canon

Crhoff

<ml_nelson@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I've seen much in the way of recommendation of this ink & cartridge,
> but my own experience has been plain awful. The color performance &
> cost are great, but there are so many other problems as to make these
> cartridged worthless even if they are fee. All my problems are with
> the BCI-3e type.
>
> I've had constant problems with cartridges not feeding ink. Sometimes
> cleaing & deep cleaning help, but often the cartridge simply ends up
> in the trash. I've ended up having to pull the print head & clean
> with solvent, but the problem returns. In addition, the printer never
> detects that these are out of ink. I've ruined much paper by sending a
> big job to the printer only to have it print with one tank completely
> dry.
>
> One by one, I've thrown away all Arrow Cartridges & replaced them with
> Canon. Never again.
>
> Bottom line, lots of wasted time, wasted photo paper & way too much
> frustration.
>
> Mike