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hpnetserver , That's good advice,I'm going to top off to half full and watch. I thought the fill screw was tight enough, but perhaps not as I was being careful because it is made of plastic/nylon . This time it will be tight. fotofreek , That is good advice and I may have overfilled a bit as...

hpnetserver , You are correct, I am worried about how the blk ink got into the yel cart the first time. This is what I think: When I got my Hobbicolors kit for the ip4000 I filled all the new carts,next I installed the newly filled carts and in the process of removing the outlet cap from the yel...

drc023 , Hobbicolors replaced the cracked yel cart with a filled one and this is the one I want to refill or toss. If it was pigmented ink that got into the yel cart should I through it away or clean and re-use ? Thanks for the how to check method. ghostbear

hpnetserver , Thanks for the tissue tip, I'll try to dry it out and use it again as it was a new cart. drc023 , I don't have any gloss photo paper to check this on. I guess I could rinse it out with rubbing alcohol and let dry then refill with yel ink for another test run. If the blk ink...

Well, I've been feeling good about getting started with refilling and all but a couple of things have gone well. After refilling the carts in my new Hobbicolors 5 color kit for my ip4000 I somehow cracked the BCI-6 yel cart and since then Hobbicolors has replaced it with a filled yellow cart. I...

drc023, Very good hint on the outlet cap seal, it is now my new proceedure. This was my first refilling and I am very happy with Hobbicolors product and service. Dave at Hobbicolors emailed back and is sending me a prefilled tank for the one that broke and asked me to mail in the defective tank...

After reading inst with kit I got started. Refilling all the tanks went well. The next step was to install newly inked tanks in my ip 4000. Well the first mistake I made was to lift the lever next to the ink tanks. As soon as I did this a bell went off that told me I did not need to do that...

Osage, I would say your guess is spot on with respect to ebay. drc023 , I'm trying the email address you posted and perhaps I can order that way. Listing more items would be key,however, the part about ebay taking a larger part of the action as per Osage may be the reason for a small...

jackson , Thanks for the link,that is it Osage , Good to hear that I'm not the only one. fish, As far as I can tell they are out of the 5 coclor for now. on30trainman , Good advice,did the member contact and was informed they sold out last night The extra tanks sounds good. Thanks for...

I was going to order a five color refill kit for my ip4000 from Hobbicolors and now I can't find it on ebay. Other items are still showing but the 5 color cannon ink refill kit is gone. Could someone tell me what happened and what to do ? Thanks ghostbear

Osage , fotofreek , Thanks for the heads up on ebay and the link to get to hobbicolors,I'll be ordering a refill kit for the ip4000 and looking forward to getting started. drc023 , Very good post on how the optical sensor works and resets, this together with the easy to understand step by step...

Osage , Thank your for the helpful information on the ip4000. I have tried to get the hobbicolor web site to work but have not been able to at this time. I've read that the hobbicolor refill kit is one of the best, if you can post a working link for them it would be helpful. I guess one thing I...

I would like to know more about the ip4000 in general, for eg. How does it tell when ink is low ? When a tank says low can it be refilled at that time and then be seen as full ? Is the ip4000 a good candidate for refilling ink tanks ? The only thing I have done so far is install a set of...