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Still going fine with the black spongeless cartridge. Added ink to it twice so far. Everynow and again I take the cartridge out just to have a look. There is no doubt that there is a pool of ink balancing on the metal screen of the print head inlet when the spongeless cartridge is remove. Got...

There is no doubt that inkjets do not like long periods of non use. But printing a test page on a weekly basis may be enough. I have certainly left my Canon 4 cartridge systems printers idle for 3 weeks at a time with no ill effect to date. I am certainly very much a black text user. This being...

Apologise for the slow reply. An important concept with these spongeless cartridges using the pull/push technique is the size of the syringe. I was supplied with a sixty ml syringe. I am not sure if you were supplied with a refilling syringe from Jetyoung. It is necessary to make sure the...

Panos is right, its horses for courses. Need to decide if you want to be an OEM man. A compatible man. A refiller or you may even want to chase a CIS degree (continuous ink systems). There is a wealth of knowledge here by people who get a thrill from beating the OEM rip off system. Though it...

For those in Australia that can't get Arrow cartridges from Alotofthings www.discountcartridges.com.au supply prefilled cartridges supposedly with formulabs ink. Seem to be cheaper thru ebay than their website. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6758939957 I wonder if the...

Panos- I agree with your observations about the ink pooling on the metal filter in the print head with the spongeless cartridge. When you think about the physics the likely explanation is that when the spongeless cartridge is in place there is a pool of ink sitting directly on the screen filter-...

_javi_ , I am using the canon spongeless cartridge as a refillable in a MP730 and as a CIS in an IP3000. With the vacum method of refilling - with a 60ml syringe get about 15mls of black ink into a virgin empty spongeless cartridge. Probably could get a bit more in if I fiddled around. For the...

The russian place for service manuals is http://smanual.ru I have purchased the service and parts manual for my office of mp730 (4 machines) - cost $50US (26MB of PDF files) Yes there is an internal counter that can be accessed via the correct key sequence. I presume that this is used to...

There is a new concept with this cartridge the refill hole is left open! It is the breather hole for the cartridge as there is no other hole or vents. The fact that there is only one hole makes this cartridge easy to convert to a CIS as the tube can be connected into this hole and that is no...

Well, I went thru the process of filling a virgin cartridge. I put 20 mls of ink in a 60ml syringe. Fitted the end neatly into the hole on top of the cartridge and did what I call withdraw/suck technique. Watching the ink initially whiz around the maze of tracks and compartments was...

Thanks for all those comments. I'll take courage in hand and try out the black cartridge over the weekend as a standalone refillable unit and then later as part of a CIS/CFS. It is hard to imagine how the necessary resistance to outflow can be provided like a sponge cartridge. Though the...

Got hold off some interesting spongeless refillable Canon BCI3 cartridges. They are completely spongeless and can be easily changed into CIS They look as though they come from http://www.jetyoung.com/pro-e-refill-cartridge.htm Unlike the MIS spongeless there is no sponge at the exit port...

Speaking to the ink suppliers that the BCI-3C/Y/M cartridges and the BCI-6C/Y/M are identical at least they recommend the same color ink . Canon recommends different colour cartridges when the machines have the SAME printhead and charge a higher price for the BCI - 6 cartridges . eg IP3000...

So why do the OEM cartridges have the two sponges? Do the cartridges with the single sponge - like the arrow have a longer refilling life than the 2 sponge cartridges? I feel that it is more than just air in the sponge that limits the life of the cartridge. Its likely that when the sponge...

Here is a nonOEM cartridge that is quite different. It came from http://www.123inkjets.com.au/shopexd.asp?id=3 which is the same as http://store.monsterinkusa.com/ccb3eb.html @0.84 US each The top is structured so that the vent over the sponge compartment is just a hole with no...

Here is a dead OEM black cartridge and looks very similar to Grandad's Non OEM cartridge. It has the maze venting track over the sponge chamber with the maze traveling to the hole to nowhere. It has the two sponges + filter with the denser sponge at the bottom. Note the right angled spigot...

Quote from alotofthings.com "Australia is not one of the countries that we currently have resellers in. This is primarily based on the fact that the shipping from here to Australia is too expensive." This explains why there is no reseller here, because of the shipping cost presumably having to...

Yiu are right BQ! It is not that they don't endorse them as useful. They only ship them with the arrowjet cartridges - not on their own. They don't ship to Australia. I might have to take NS offer and trade for some other non OEM inks with him to get some cases.

Yes this was copied direct from the email from support@alotofthings.com in my response about the availability of the acrylic cases used for refilling

The arrow cartridges from alotofthings seem to be filled with formulabs ink and the cartridges are made by http://www.arrowinkjet.com from here http://www.howtofixcomputers.com/bb/sutra416046.html The only formulabs supplier I can find in Australia is http://www.discountcartridges.com.au...