Didn't think about the fooling it part....
So, I decided that, due to deadlines looming, I needed to act quickly. We have a Lexmark we never used once the ink tanks ran out because they cost so much. I thought I'd get a top notch photo printer, but my CC refused the increase needed. Being too close to these deadlines, I didn't want to send the work out and risk it being wrong or late.
I went to Staples, Lexmark cartridges in a bag to replace them. A)they didn't have the ones I needed and B) if they had, they'd have cost $80!!!!!!
I bought an Epson R380 photo printer...with rebate and the $3 credit for the Lexmark cartridges, it came to only $19 more than had I bought the ink....
The Canon is sitting next to the second pc...still won't print photos(and the difference between what it did print and the Epson makes me think I should reprint EVERYTHING), so it will have to be used for documents until it completely craps out.