Recent content by zefelder

Interesting, I'll try that. Anyway I ended up refilling the cartridge before water drops disappeared in the cartridge and it did not result in any unusual behavior. No color shift, etc. I guess it's actually safe since ink is water based anyway and volume of water in the drops is nothing...

I purged my CLI-8pm yesterday and this is how it looks like after 10hr drying: I used paper towels to remove water from the sponge but as you see there are still some water drops in the reservoir. Usually I wait until water completely disappears before refilling, it normally takes about 4...

I rarely print B&W (but thanks for advice, I'll try). Actually I was closely examining the prints I did before and after refilling and it was really difficult to find any difference. It's even difficult to tell whether OEM B&W has magenta cast or it's IS that has green cast: B&W printed with OEM...

Just to confirm, I refilled CcMmY colors while the rest three are still OEM. So far it's indistinguishable from what I got using OEM inks only, except that B&W images that are currently getting a very slight green cast compared to OEM and saturated dark blues are little less saturated...

I am about to start using image specialist inks in my canon pro9000 instead of OEM and already have set of flushed OEM cartridges for all colors except red and green. Now the green and red cards in the printer are almost 100% full (unsurprisingly), the black is almost empty and the rest are a...

websnail, just speaking for myself, if you had awls in stock I would have ordered one when I ordered inks and stuff a few weeks ago. Yes, it is incredibly easy to find awl in a local store, but it takes additional time and effort (and I am lazy). I ended using a steel nail connected to electric...

Yes, this is a great feeling indeed! I ordered a resetter (was quite difficult to find a supplier that ships to Israel), probably will switch back to OEM ink meanwhile, since I don't want to void warranty by pressing the resume button for 5 sec. Btw I did notice a slight color shift today...

I don't have a resetter, so I think I'll just disable the warning. Do you know whether the ink level indecation can be reactivated once/if I get a resetter? I was lucky to get red-X warnings for C/M/Y colors almost simultaneously. Just refilled C/M/Y cartridges using German method (tried a...

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thanks msmart! I actually did that, but somehow omitted that thread :( Wow, you saved me lots of my time. I am going to refill OEM cards with IS ink for the first time and I was thinking how to flush the OEM ink to avoid any possible color shift caused by mixing inks. I see now that I don't...

Where is this method described? I see it is referenced in many threads. Tried search, but it just returns more threads mentioning the method. Search for Grandad35's messages returns 18 pages, too much for me to scan through. I am a complete newbie to the ink refilling, just want to understand...

I think it's even less than 10%. Full set of canon inks cost about $88 in my country, whereas 5*100ml Image Specialists inks from octoinkjet cost about $27. 100ml would make about 10 refills, meaning IS inks are 10*$88/$27 = 33 times cheaper. Still the cost is not zero. Even if a set of full...

Yeah, that's exactly what I am going to do anyway :cool: I completely agree that printing with Canon inks is forbiddingly expensive even if these cartridges indeed can print 200 photos. Still estimating the cost of printing for compatible inks would be interesting. Also would be interesting...

I recently bought Canon ip4700 and trying to estimate a real cost of printing (OEM inks and compatible inks). According to Canon specs it is possible to print 200+ 10x15 photos from a single set of color CLI-521 cartridges. Does anyone have a better/real estimation (from experience)? Is 200+ a...