first "in printer" leak, PGI5 refilled 72 times, now retired

[jimbo123]

had my first "in the printer" ink leak yesterday. was in a rush, refilled all 5 of my canon carts quickly. overfilled my PGI5 cart, saw some go into the sponge side, so i sucked some out and thought i'd be fine. tried a test print and at the bottom of the page was a bunch of wet ink. opened the printer up and saw some dripping down where the printed sheets are delivered.

cleaned up the printer, examined the PGI5, nothing unusual, so i put it back in, printed a page and same mess.

cleaned up again, put in a new PGI5 and all was fine. lesson to be learned, take your time and avoid overfilling.

the PGI5 that i tossed out had been refilled 72 times, so i figured it was time to give it a rest.

J

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Printers: Canon MP830, IP4500, MX700, MX860, MP980
Method: German Durchstich Method
Ink: Hobbicolors ink, PMT-BK, UW8
Misc: Squeeze bottles - so much easier than syringes

 

[The Hat]

jimbo123 Thats all right it happens to everyone soon or later.
Patience tends to desert us all when we least expect it too, just to show us were human..

 

[ghwellsjr]

You refill using the German method, right? Did you seal the refill hole? Have you determined where the leak came from, either the outlet port or the refill hole?

 

[jimbo123]

german method, no seal of refill hole.

no ink leak near the refill hole, so ink apparently dripped out of the outlet port.

i probably could have kept using the old PGI5 once the drips stopped, but figured after 72 refills it was time to swap in a new PGI5

just hit my 200th refill, german method w squeeze bottles

J

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Printers: Canon MP830, IP4500, MX700, MX860, MP980
Method: German Durchstich Method
Ink: Hobbicolors ink, PMT-BK, UW8
Misc: Squeeze bottles - so much easier than syringes

 

[nche11]

That's an amazing achievement, Jim. Think of how much money you have saved then tossing one cartridge is not so bad.