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We like the look of the new Pixma TS5050 Inkjet printer!  Canon has rounded the corners and reduced the footprint by forty percent, forming an attractive smaller box.  The angle of the front panel can be adjusted and contains a 7.5cm touchscreen display which controls functions and applications. The TS5050 features borderless and two sided printing with a resolution up to 4800x1200dpi.  Optimistic print speeds are quoted at 12.6 pm mono, and 9 pm colour.  The addition of a new rear paper tray allows for thicker media, including envelopes and Canon photo paper up to 300g/m2. The CIS Scanner has...

In our search for the best Printer to Refill 2016, we have shortlisted five printers for consideration.  We used the following criteria to determine our final choices.  How easy are the cartridges to Refill?  How much ink do the cartridges hold, and how often do they have to be refilled?  How reliable is the printer?  How good is the printing quality for text, graphics, and photographs?  What is the initial purchase price of the printer? For the purposes of these articles, we have focused on printers costing less than £130. We have found that printers selling for less than £60...

Could the task of finding an inkjet printer that ticks all the boxes be over?   The XP-760 is a multi-function photographic printer and scanner offering a handsome specification.  Not only does it have a maximum print resolutions of 5760 x 1440 dots per inch, it also comes with a high quality 48-bit scanner (2400 x 4800 dpi)!   In the past, high quality photo printers have come as stand-alone units, so the added scanner takes the XP760 into fairly new territory. It is not the first time Epson have offered such a product, but the scanner on the XP-760 is well...

"Refill instructions for refilling the Canon CL546 colour ink cartridge used in the Canon Pixma MG2450, MG2550, MG2550S, MG2950, IP2850, MX495 printers." Taken from our Eco-Fill Professional Canon PG-545BK CL-546C Refill Kit.  Please support our work by buying our ink refilling products! Remove the label on the colour CL546C colour cartridge. Make three holes in the top of the cartridge using the screw tool.   The CL-546C cartridge has three internal colour compartments, cyan, magenta, and yellow. Refer to the pictures above and below for drilling and refilling positions. Click the cartridge into the refill clip.  Push the refill needle through...

"Description: This article examines the refill friendly case designs of Brother Inkjet printers, past and present.  In particular, looking at the large Rhinofill, and small refillable cartridges." The recent design of Brother inkjet printers has made them a big favorite with the refilling community.  In earlier case designs, the cartridges were housed under the scanner lid, however this changed several years ago, possibly due to ink leaking on to the circuit boards.  The cartridges in more recent models have been positioned behind a door on the front panel, giving easy access for external equipment. Continuous ink supply systems could be plugged into where the cartridges used to go....