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    Canon Yellow issue re: OctoInkjet stock

    The Full Set Flusher - as promised. Just in case the pictures failed to explain, here's the instructions for the Full Set Flusher. 1. Starting with your set of carts to be flushed, drill the top filling holes , starting with the gimlet and finishing with the screw itself 2. Then...
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    Canon Yellow issue re: OctoInkjet stock

    @Websnail I've just received 100ml of WJ797 yellow from Octoinkjet this week. As it happens I have only used it so far to top up a Durchstich'd-refilled OEM CLI-521Y cart (i.e. ink source unknown) after replacing a QY6-0072 print head that jammed after 12 months using ARC'd refillable carts. I...
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    FCI carts and Canon MG5150

    @panos I was trying to get an image of what the two sets of ink looked like after being produced by the same process. Once installed software started to handle the process I felt I would have lost control of that. I was just trying to keep it as simple as possible. I still think there's...
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    FCI carts and Canon MG5150

    So in the end I find myself answering my own question having gone ahead and purchased a set of FCI carts for the Canon MG5150 at 17.99 from Amazon, arriving in the post on the 2nd business day after ordering. First let's set the scene for the test, which is on a brand new machine. The OEM...
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    Is it time 2 create community spreadsheet about opaque Canon carts?

    The real problem with top filling opaque carts with a syringe is how steadily you can operate the plunger. Once you have that under control it's just matter of waiting for the first bubble to appear where the needle goes into the cart. This can best be arranged by using a 3rd hand soldering...
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    FCI carts and Canon MG5150

    As I await the latest addition (Canon mg5150) to a procession of shiny boxes (ip4000, ip4200, ip5200, ip4600, mp460) each of which my inability to spend 500 a year on ink variously and inevitably turns into a useless toxic sump that I can't give away - not even to the dustman - I am thinking of...
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