JLM

My Canon 9500 Pixma Pro printer died suddenly. It used PGI 9 ink cartridges and the sudden demise of the 9500 left me with a couple of hundred dollars worth of PGI 9 cartridges.

I replaced it with the Canon Pixma Pro-10 printer which uses PGI 72 cartridges. The PGI 9 and PGI 72 cartridges look identical, including the electrical contacts. I have emailed Canon and asked if there is any difference in the cartridges. The response completely ignored the question. Does anyone know if the PGI 9 and PGI 72 ink carts are interchangeable or what the difference is between them other than the cartridge labels.?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I doubt that they are interchangeable. Otherwise, they'd have the same numbers. Do the cartridges look identical? Even if they do, the different number probably means there is a different ink formula.

You can sell them on ebay and get some of your money back. I did the same thing with windshield wipers. I bought extras for several cars, but got rid of the cars before I had to use the wipers. Sometimes being prepared isn't a good idea. :D

RWR Loc: La Mesa, CA

Bummer! If the new cartridges insert PERFECTLY into the old printer, the old cartridges may not damage the new printer, but I would not expect compatibility. There is a reason they're numbered differently, and you sure don't want to void your warranty. Personally, I would not recommend using the old cartridges.

Brucej67 Loc: Cary, NC

If they are new unopened cartridges I offer you $100 for them.

billybob40

Go to inkgrabber's listing and see if its interchangeable.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

JLM, sorry about your loss, my condolences!! :lol:
I bet the cartridges will NOT go in.
I have an ipf 5000 and by error received some inks from a 5100. They looked exactly the same. I tried to install one and it had some groves in it that apparently are slightly different and it wouldn't go. Also is the electrical contact area exactly the same?
I talked to Canon and they said that even so, the inks are formulated different and the viscosity and amount of solids is different, and the actual nozzles in the print-head are designed to work with the particular viscosity. Even if it was used, though if it printed, the colors would never be accurate because it would not squirt the correct amount of ink onto the paper.
The reason I asked was because I wanted to drill a hole in the cartridge and refill a spent cartridge because I needed to use the printer because of the different viscosity.
I finally sent the ink back and used my small printer to get the job done. If you are doing paid printing, it's good to have a small back-up printer!!
Good luck ;-)
SS

JLM

I am inclined to err on the safe side and not try the PGI 9 inks in the Pro-10 so I am interested in selling or trading them for 72's.

What I have is one unopened boxed set - one each of the ten ink colors, plus 7 individually boxed carts (2-R, 1-GY, 1-Y, 1-C, 1-M, 1-PM), plus 5 carts still sealed in plastic pouches (2-PBK, 1-MBK, 2-PC). The total is 22 new sealed carts.

I can also include the 10 used carts that were in the printer when it quit. I have found that when carts sit for a while, if they dry out a bit wipe them with a wet Q-tip and give them a shake (you can see if there is ink in them) and they work fine.

Since I am in Anchorage it will cost a bit to ship them.

I would like to 'net' a box (10-set) of PGI-72's.

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