Recent content by DomtheMon

I don't have many problems with drilling the hole above the ink chamber! I have some cartridges that are still going strong after 18 months and over 150 refills. I use plastic gloves, cover the exit hole (grip it top and bottom with gloved hand) and with other hand prise plug off. Refill with...

General consensus here is to leave printer on all the time to avoid drying up etc. However I was quite shocked to see a chart of what standby products use in electricity and I believe most printers use 30w an hour in power?! This is equivalent to a couple of energy saving bulbs on...

Hi all. Have read many times on the forum about using windex to clean printheads. We don't have this in the UK but have all sorts of other products, including vinegar based, sprays, bottles of creams, god knows what! Everyone says to use a window cleaner but as we have so many different...

One tip I have found that works sometimes is (if using traditional refill method), fill syringe, take plug out, position outlet over ink bottle and slowly add ink into tank as it drips out through the bottom. This tends to flush the cart a bit and helps eliminate any air bubbles.

No, have never done so. It appears I am doing it 'wrong' but I don't see why I need to cover up the air vent. The ink flows into the sponge, the reservoir fills up, the cartridge goes back in and works fine. I've had some fantastic advice and help here but I do wonder if some people here are...

Having had occasional problems with one or other of the printers suddenly having problems with one of the nozzles (despite plenty of ink in the tank) and therefore wasting several sheets of double sided matt card, I prefer to keep an eye on the print run. If I came back to find 50 sheets all...

No idea re the upper sponge business, but all I can say is I have refilled my (Canon original) cartridges over 100 times without requiring flushing.

I think my method is easy. What worries me about refilling through the sponge is how do you know how much ink to inject? As the new cartridges have a clear tank of ink that supplies the sponge then to me it is the logical way to do it, you are simply topping up the reservoir. This then feeds...

Well I am pleased to report that I left the ip4500 for a few weeks and just used the ip4600 for my occasional printing, and yesterday when I came to do this months print run of 500 full colour passes I was delighted to find the ip4500 had recovered and now works perfectly. I am so so pleased...

I have spares but always refill the ones I am using. I use two printers side by side but tend to wait till both have finished then check them all and refill as necessary. This takes 5 minutes and they are then back in. I use the refill from top of ink reservoir method, drill hole in top of...

Its a shame you didn't try the wash in water method. I have had several Canon's which I use every month (2 printers at any one time) to do a print run of 250 double sided full colour photo sheets. Last month the ip4500 and 4600 encountered problems, one with the magenta and the other with...

Sorry that was meant to say no less than a quarter empty when I fill them, but if you read my post I do state that I fill them up when I discuss the process I follow when filling them: ".....syringe in (Canon spec) ink until full then replace bung."

I refill with syringes from the top, and seal with a rubber plug. No more than a quarter full (in the actual reservoir) when I fill them, I wear plastic gloves, hold them with thumb under the outlet hole to stop the ink running out, remove plug with other hand, syringe in (Canon spec) ink until...

I'm not saying I would recommend this but thought I'd share. I vaguelly think I may have read it here. I have an ip4500 and ip4600 (plus two brand new ip4500's in boxes waiting their turn and an old ip2000 gathering dust). I do a lot of printing (well a run of 500 full colour A4 photo sheets...

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