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    PGI-1200/1500 refill with GI-490 or dye inks

    Hi, new to this subsection (I usually own EPSON printers), I have recently purchased an MB-2150 Maxify printer. According to popular knowledge this printer uses pigmented inks (all of them). I was wondering whether I could use the Canon GI-490 inks to refill the PGI-1500XL cartridges. I know...
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    Air clog? What is the best way to remove

    Hi, I recently printed some B&W pages and the black ink cartridge (refillable) run out during printing...The printer had printed about 10 pages with faint print and bands before I found out what was going on. Refilled the cartridge pulled with the syringe some ink from the bottom cartridge to...
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    Stubborn clog

    I am having a problem with a stubborn clog. I have tried removing the cartridge reinstalling it, re priming the printer, performing 3 cleaning cycles (not one after the other, cleaning the parking/cleaning sponges with windex). I also tried printing whole color pages from just this one color...
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    A3, A3+, 13inch roll paper. Where from?

    Hi, After a great dissapointment with a locally sourced 300gr/m2 (ink was not absorbed and especially black was smudging) i would like to ask where do you get large format photo paper. A3+ or A3+ roll (13inch roll) or even A3 papers. Epson luster or premium photo paper is 1.35euros per sheet...
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    Epson udps utility

    Hi, Since all links for this utility are broken (even the one on nifty), can anyone who has this utility share it here? TIA
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    New 1500w + refillables = ink drops

    I need your collective wisdom once more.... I finnaly received my brand new 1500w a couple of days ago I immediatelly removed the side panel and rerouted the waste ink tube to an external bottle. Filled up the refillable cartridges to about 80% taking care not to create air bubbles. Put them in...
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    L800 inks on the RX520....and feed problems (unrelated to the ink!)

    Hi, just wanted to post an update on my experience using the L800 inks (CMYK) to the RX520 without any custom profile. Paper used was EPSON Premium Photo Paper Glossy. Unfortunately EPSON photo print 2.70 has dropped support for my printer and so I am unable to use the photoenhance profiles...
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    WF-3540 vertical lines

    Hi, my printer started printing vertical lines. Cleaning did nothing. Aligning the head did not help either. Nozzle check is perfect...I changed inks also nothing. Tried printing but the problem just does not go away... original image...
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    Life expectancy of refillable cartridges with ARC

    Hi, Today I had a conversation with one (local) supplier of refillable cartridges for my EPSON rx520. He mentioned two things that I think were a little weird. 1. ARC chips on the cartridges have a finite life (like 10 or so auto resets). Is it possible? Such a small lifecycle? 2. You cannot...
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