Canon used to have their print heads on the cartridges, but for some reason they decided to go with the Epson "Throw the printer away" strategy a couple of years ago.
If you ever find a Canon that takes a BC-02, BC-05 BC-20 or BC-21 cartridge, cherish it. Their by far the easiest cartridges to refill, reuse and maintain.
HP wise, after the deskjet 900 series they pretty much went into disposable mode. my 15+ year old 560c still works, and I've given 500 and 520 B/W deskjets to friends of mine that still print away. The only problem is finding cartridges for them. Especially the 500 series color carts.
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Canon used to have their print heads on the cartridges, but for some reason they decided to go with the Epson "Throw the printer away" strategy a couple of years ago.
If you ever find a Canon that takes a BC-02, BC-05 BC-20 or BC-21 cartridge, cherish it. Their by far the easiest cartridges to refill, reuse and maintain.
HP wise, after the deskjet 900 series they pretty much went into disposable mode. my 15+ year old 560c still works, and I've given 500 and 520 B/W deskjets to friends of mine that still print away. The only problem is finding cartridges for them. Especially the 500 series color carts.