The price of ink cartridges has always been a major disadvantage.
Thats why a lot of printer owners depend on knock-off brands to get their files printed out.
There are also plenty of small businesses that find it hard to survive the ink cost of cartridges.

Permanent Ink Tanks
A printer using cartridges must swap the empty ones with new cartridges for replenishment.
Four Ink Tanks
The Canon G1000 is a standard four-color inkjet printer.
The ink absorber is not without any capacity limit.

One day it will be full and hence cannot absorb ink anymore until it is cleaned or replaced.
The easiest option is to replace it but such a method requires money.
Regardless of which option you take, the printer needs a reset.

To be precise, it is the counter of the ink absorber that needs it.
The one task that you will probably struggle with is replacing the ink absorber.
It is advised to do it only when you have enough spare time.