liddington
Newbie to Printing
I've bought a CIF system for my Canon ip4500. The cartridges that come with this are spongles and, as I kind of expected for the money, rubbish. They are a bad fit in the print head and the silicon seals are not best quality so either let in air or leak ink everywhere. I've had loads of problems with this and the guy I bought it from just says I'm not installing it correctly. Anyway, to the point. The carts that came with the system don't have sponges in them, and as I mentioned are a bad fit in the holder. I'm getting missed lines everywhere and the CIS system has very nearly ended up flying out the window.
Has anyone hacked some original OEM cartridges to work with a CIS system? I'm planning on doing this as they are top quality engineered. I've had a bit of a go with pulling out the little plastic ball at the in-fill hole, which leaves a hole big enough for the inlet tube from the CIS to attach. So that bit should work. I'm assuming the air inlet hole on the cartridge will need to be sealed some how (maybe hot melt glue?) so that the ink is pulled through to the ink chamber, rather than air? Are there any draw-backs to trying this? I understand there's an on going debate about the life expectancy of the sponges, but they will be continually wet, so I guess that wouldn't be a problem. Any help would be great.
Has anyone hacked some original OEM cartridges to work with a CIS system? I'm planning on doing this as they are top quality engineered. I've had a bit of a go with pulling out the little plastic ball at the in-fill hole, which leaves a hole big enough for the inlet tube from the CIS to attach. So that bit should work. I'm assuming the air inlet hole on the cartridge will need to be sealed some how (maybe hot melt glue?) so that the ink is pulled through to the ink chamber, rather than air? Are there any draw-backs to trying this? I understand there's an on going debate about the life expectancy of the sponges, but they will be continually wet, so I guess that wouldn't be a problem. Any help would be great.