Richard CanonNews / Monday, January 10, 2022 / Categories: News, Canon General News This post may contain affiliate links(s). An affiliate link means I may earn advertising/referral fees if you make a purchase through my link, without any additional cost to you. It helps to keep this site afloat. Thank you in advance for your support. If you like what we do here, maybe buy me a coffee. Canon removes DRM from imageRunner ink cartridges. Canon Europe has issued this statement; As a valuable customer we appreciate your continued use of Canon products. Due to the ongoing global shortage of semiconductor components, Canon is currently experiencing challenges in procuring specific electronic components that are used in our consumable products for our multifunction printers (MFP). These components perform such functions as detecting remaining toner levels. To ensure you enjoy a continuous and reliable supply of consumables, we have chosen to supply consumable products without the semiconductor component until normal supply resumes. While there is no negative impact on print quality when using consumables without electronic components, certain ancillary functions, such as the ability to detect toner levels, may be affected. The following imageRunner printers are affected; imageRUNNER 1435i/1435iF imageRUNNER 2625i/2630i/2645i imageRUNNER ADVANCE 4525i/4535i/4545i/4551i, II and III imageRUNNER ADVANCE C250i/350i/C351iF imageRUNNER ADVANCE C255i/C355i/C355iF/C256i/356i imageRUNNER ADVANCE C256i/356i II and III imageRUNNER ADVANCE C3320i/3325i/3330i imageRUNNER ADVANCE C3520i/3525i/3530i, II and III imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5535i/5540i/5550i/5560i, II and III imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX 4725i/4735i/4745i/4751i imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX 6000i imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX C257i/C357i imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX C3720i/3725i/3730i imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX C3822i/3826i/3830i/3835i imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX C5735i/5740i/5750i/5760i imageRUNNER C1325iF/1335iF imageRUNNER C3025i imageRUNNER C3125i imageRUNNER C3226i Ink cartridges are near and dear to Canon's heart - so the chip shortage has to be quite severe if it's even affecting Canon's ink cartridges. It's unknown if this will happen across all of Canon's printers or just the imageRunner series. Richard CanonNewsRichard CanonNews Richard has been using Canon cameras since the 1990s, with his first being the now legendary EOS-3. Since then, Richard has continued to use Canon cameras and now focuses mostly on infrared photography. Richard is the founder and editor of CanonNews since 2017, and has worked as a writer on CanonRumors and other websites in the past. Other posts by Richard CanonNews Contact author Facebook page Print Tags: CanonChip Shortage Please login or register to post comments.