Along with the announcement, Canon shares the list of printer models that will be affected because of a short supply of cartridges with chips. It also shares instructions to override warnings ...

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Canon typically uses chips to verify that cartridges used in its printers are the company's own, as well as to do things like monitor toner levels.

Update 1/12 1:05PM ET: Canon told Engadget its focus was to "limit possible disruption" to customers, and that included shipping toner cartridges without the anti-knockoff chips.

Correction: Canon said in a statement that the only cartridges affected are toner cartridges, not ink. It also clarified that the ImageRunner printers are used in the office.

Canon has become an unusual victim of the global semiconductor shortage, as its printer cartridges are not shipping with chips to confirm they contain genuine ink from the company.

Now, printer maker Canon has had to resort to shipping ink cartridges without chips inside. These chips are used to detect toner levels and to verify the authenticity of ink cartridges.

Canon is in a pickle. Its printers are not affirming the legitimacy of Canon ink cartridges, so it has to tell customers how to use other products.

Digital Rights Mess-up Canon can’t get enough toner chips, so it’s telling customers how to defeat its DRM Lack of chips produces "no negative effects on print quality," Canon says.

Reset Canon printer cartridges “You can detach the MC-G02 cartridge printer pretty easily, and you can clean it by yourself and remove the accumulated ink inside.

Yeah, not fun. Meanwhile, Canon has had to tell its customers how to bypass an override this digital rights management tool that allows them to use their ink cartridges. They used this previously ...

How to Replace & Align Canon Ink Cartridges. Replacing and aligning ink cartridges for Canon and most other inkjet printers used in your business is a user-friendly process requiring only a few ...