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While I'm at it, I might as well post this. What is it?

OK, time for another one. We had an ice storm recently, but you can look at this and look forward to spring.

PeterBJ figured it out. I refill by a vacuum method called "Freedom filling". It requires more cleanup than many other methods, and you often get artwork like this as a side effect.

:clapToo easy, I guess. Cleaning up. There's an art to the freedom method. :)

Extra points if you can figure out what it is. That shouldn't be too hard to guess, I'm sure.

What, is this the first one of the new year? Here's my answer to that disputed Jackson Pollock. They want $100 million for that one, but I'll sell mine for only $50 million. Disclaimer: my avatar is almost the same picture. But not quite.

Hey! I even recognize my picture in there. :)

I like to do accelerated tests--in direct sunlight or held against a fluorescent tube. With this kind of abuse, all the the third-party black dyes I have tested are among the most unstable inks I have tested. I just use OEM photo black. On the other hand, all the text pigment inks I have...

That's easy. Get a laser printer. No maintenance. Economical cartridges, refilling possible but not necessary.

No, the Pro-10 is pigment, period. It uses Canon Lucia pigment inks. It does not use dye ink.

Seriously, you should send this to Symantec. https://www.symantec.com/security_response/submitsamples.jsp

You should submit it to the anti-malware companies.

After reviewing my tests, I think his result is real, although I am surprised the light was that bright in his kitchen. On printer paper, a few days in the sun will do that to all the third-party dye blacks I have tested. Photo paper is somewhat better, but not immune to fading.

That color in the Pro-100 print is typical of either a sepia-toned print or fading of dye black. Neither would surprise me. Mark McCormick thinks it could be "ink migration". I usually trust his opinion on matters of fading, but in this case I think he made a mistake.

Wow!

When I first started refilling, I bought and tested different brands of ink and compared them to OEM on five different media (printer paper, 2 OEM photo papers, and two CDs). in three different locations. It took some time, but it didn't cost a lot because I eventually used most of the ink...

Thanks for being the straight man, stratman. :)

Oh yeah? Ask Starkist. ;) P.S. This isn't eligible for Picture of the Week. ;)

OK, I see your bear, and I'll raise you a fish.* (click to see full size) * They're still selling it as tuna, aren't they? :rolleyes:

I would just draw most of the ink out of the sponge and fill again. I think you had the ink diluted with water, as Mikling said.