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songkrai: My daughter has an HP deskjet 5550. Two ink cartridges, HP 56 black, HP 57 tri-color. It has a tray for letter-size paper. Above the paper area is a lift-up lid that has a slot for envelopes. No sliders to adjust. The cartridges are refillable. Here's an HP link...

paulcroft, Post #1 and mikling, Post #4: This is an excellent post. Thanks for your outstanding photos that explain a lot about the BCI-6 ink cartridge. It illustrates the pros and cons cited by mikling of the German refill method. I linked an earlier post I made to these illustrations.

I agree with Mikling. These are the best refill clips I've found. They are handier than using the OEM seal with rubber bands. They are also much better than the clips found on G&G cartridges. I have used them with both large and small CLI-6/8s. The retainer ear on some cartridges vary in height...

The Staples Rewards program is a scam. Last month I left 8 cartridges at our local Staples store. The clerk was very helpful in accepting my cartridges. They asked for my name, address, telephone number and email address which I gave them. A month passed. I heard nothing. I happened to stop by...

This is to report the results of a new print head installed in my Canon i560 printer. See post #44, this thread. The accompanying graphics are the results of test patterns using the four original i560 cartridges - the pigment black and the three colors, magenta, cyan and yellow. I also made...

My Canon i560 printer is displaying cross contamination problems again. See post #29 on this thread. It describes the action I took that temporarily fixed the problem. After two months I refilled the three color cartridges - yellow, magenta and cyan. After doing so, the yellow in a four color...

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bdart: Apparently you've been able to remove the i9900 print head without power to the printer. If the Canon service shop says the logic board is fried, I would not waste time with the old printer. Maybe the service shop can use it if storage space is a problem. I think it's a great idea to...

Trigger: Thanks for the Kudos. In post #25 of this string I said " I discount the purge system as being the source of the cross contamination." The first part of the paragraph explained my logic for this conclusion. I had put the suspected print head in three different printers with the same...

Canon i560 print head This post describes and illustrates a method I used to fix a suspected slow internal leak in a Canon i560 print head. See post #25 and #27, this string. Update: 3/14/2010 See post #44, this thread. The PC board is fastened to the print head body by four plastic tabs...

Trigger: I hope you're right - that I have a clog in the magenta cartridge or magenta print head nozzle. I can probably fix that. Here's what I've done: To avoid immersing the print head in water, I put a snug-fitting clear plastic tube over the print head inlet after removing the rubber...

This now five days later (Christmas eve day) and I'm reporting back as promised. However, I didn't put a print head or a Canon cartridge with OEM ink in the deep freeze. I filled a Canon OEM BCI-6 PC cartridge (flushed and dried sponge) with Hobbicolor PC ink. I put it into my chest type deep...

I searched the Inkjet Printer Forum for a condition that matches mine - cross contamination? This string discusses at length the symptoms, possible causes and cures. My Canon i560, when printing a 4 color purge pattern, displays a banding pattern in the yellow and magenta color bars. Two normal...

Grandad35: Good idea. I'll put a Canon OEM and a Hobbicolor refill BCI-6 along with a Canon i960 print head that has over a dozen bad nozzles in the deep freeze for a couple of days. I'm not sure if I have a outdoors thermometer around the place, but if I do I'll record the temp and the...

Bimbob"s post answers my question about printers and freezing temperatures. There are very few posts about this subject. I wonder if others have had problems? I would appreciate anyone sharing with me their experience and information about exposing printers to below freezing temperatures. I...

stratman: That's today's Roosevelt penny, worth about the same as a Lincoln penny of my youth. =D ruffin: Re: "How did you stop the print head carriage from moving to take a photo?" I didn't. After opening the lid, I pulled the power cord and slid the print head carriage under the extruded...

ruffin: Post #187 The thickness of the protruding flange on the Precision Colors silicone rubber plug is about the thickness of a U. S. penny. Both of your printers, Canon MP600 and iP4300, are capable of printing on CDs which requires the print head to raise a little while printing. I have a...

Stratman: Post #180 No leaking. I failed to clean excess ink from around the fill hole before inserting the plugs.

Mikling: I apologize for mixing your company name with your ink supplier. I will edit posts #173 and #175 to correct my mistake. The Precision Colors plugs do everything you say. They do an excellent job of sealing the Canon factory fill hole as well as newly drilled 5/32" holes. I've never...

Stratman: Thanks for the comment. To answer your question about how many times the drilled hole or silicon plugs can be reused: I've never had a problem so far with replacing the plug or redrilling the hole because of wear. The plugs are a soft material and not likely to wear against the hole...