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5 Pack US Patent Canon PGI-225 BK CLI-226 BK C M Y compatible ink cartridges (With CHIPS Now!) for Canon PIXMA iX6520, MX882, iP4820, MG5120, MG5220, MG8120, MG6120 printers Reviews
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Availability: Usually shipped in 24 hours if sold by Amazon.com***Color messed up, printer sounds like dying, be aware of the error U052.. by The Magic Farmer @ Jun 20, 2011
The installation:
With the chips, technically, the printer won't recognize this is not a Canon print head. However, after two days of replacement, I began to see error u052. The printer refused to recognize either my old original ink heads nor this ink set you are watching. I switched them and tried different combinations, printer won't work. Here's my solution, it might not be universal: turn off the printer and turn on. Before the system completely loaded, open the ink cartridge cover. Wait the screen displays a message says you opened the cover. Then Release the cover, the printer should come back. During a few minites of initiallation, my printer was shouting.. I believe the sound is different from using the original ink. After installed, I printed a couple of pages and pictures.
The print quality:
B&W: B&W pages are just okay. Compare with the original Canon ink, it's less solid, less sharp and less black. Feel like water in it. It does the job though! for the price!
Colors: colors are completely messed up. They probably used the wrong tag! the red and blue are switched! sometimes it gives me red hair... like half red half black and the rest of them are rainbow color... All I got are funny colored pictures and photos. The photos printed by using this ink I call them - TRASH! None of them is even OK, and the photos are not sharp at all! Plus the wrong color makes it much worse!
Overall:
The packege is decent and it works for B&W pages. However, don't dream about color printing... it won't do it.
if the colors worked I would give a two or three stars because the colors are not good. I should refill it by other good inks.
Moreover, I believe the ink will damage my printer because the terrible quality. However, after a refill I believe it's gonna be OK.
I would recommend it if refill is ready. The pigment is just too bad. According to another reviewer, the wrong tag problem might not be universal, take your chance?
Not recommend to most Canon users, the OEM ink head is perfect (and expensive). The decision is yours.