Recent content by gfreed

Yeah I still have mine! Its a Nakamichi 550 Duel Tracer Cassette deck. It was one of the first commercial grade portable decks ever made. I got it when I was in the Navy. I also have my dad's old real to real deck by Teac. The Teac doesn't work because the rubber is all dried out but the 550...

Ok my wife got the refill kit at Office Depot. Its the Automatic Refill kit by Dataproducts http://www.dpc.com/airs.asp and the ink is Dye based. I called the manufacturer and they said the ink comes from either one of two sources. Ink Station or I Print are the two ink providers she mentioned...

Its the challenge to see just how long I can keep this wee beasty working. Right now its working great, it just doesn't last more then a couple of days. I've always had problems with the color carts. The black carts always run forever and run great. I think when this printer dies I going to go...

No so far it seems to swallow lots of ink! I give it a shot and let it sit for awhile then give it more. Then I let the head drip, it likes to drip for a bit. Then I give it just a little pressure to get out a couple of drops more. I found the primer tools, don't see anything that cleans the...

Oh wow I've refilled these cartridges, what, maybe 15 or more times! I put the ink in and my wife uses it all up! I had no idea there was a limit! No wonder I've been fighting with them all this time! Probably need that purge tool!

I have a old HP 2410 and I refilled the color cartridge and got it working perfectly. After a day or two the color will not print correctly. Tests indicate that some of the ink jets are not working. I then talk the cartridge out and pressurize the tanks having the problems expelling a drop or...

Ok so you want to "SUCK" on your print head! You can either go out and pay an outrageous $85 for a Cartridge Vacuum device or you can do the following: Build a little box just bigger then the Cartridge. Doesn't have to be as long as the cart but needs to be wide enough. Make a little 1/4 inch...

Lots of folks are saying that by using a suction device you can clear clogs as well as air from the jets. I've also tried all the various soaking methods with unsatisfactory results. Well I've found another way to clear the jets that is easy the far less time consuming, messy and expensive. I...