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I've used a contraption of my own (plastic tubing connected to a water faucet) for several years without any apparent damage to a printhead and succeeded in clearing problems that did not respond to various solvent soaking solutions.

Sorry I meant to give the URL of the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtqutxm_oiM

I was impressed watching this video demo of cartridge flushing. I gave it a try first on a dye based yellow cartridge and sure nuff it came out almost as white as the driven snow. Then a tried a pigmented black cartridge. I flushed for ten minutes and sure a lot of black water came out of the...

Back in 2008 Tin Ho posted a description of a refilling method where the needle was inserted in the main chamber parallel to and immediately adjacent to the divider. The method seemed to have some advantages, but I haven't seen any feedback about it. Has anyone adopted this method?

Could someone please send me a website link that demonstrates the German method of refilling. Thanks

My collection of 5 year old Canon inkjets (three i550s and three ip3000s) are getting a little long in the tooth and I need to start thinking about replacements. Printing cost economy is a high priority and I'm prepared to give up the luxury of using cheap generic cartridges for the hassle of...

I recently used a technique that I learned about on this forum to clean a couple of printheads I'd given up for dead. They both work perfectly now. So now my problem is that I have two spare printheads to put away on a shelf. How should I prepare them for and unknown period of idleness...

A number of posts have emphasized the importance of not letting a printer remain idle for extended periods of time. Because of business travel I'm sometimes unable to exercise my printers for as long as two weeks. I use Canon printers with cartridges that can be removed form the printhead. Would...