InkMiser
Getting Fingers Dirty
First, thanks everyone for an amazing resource. I wish I had discovered this site sooner.
After reading several threads, I'm confused as to the best way to go about refilling PGI-9 carts. This thread contains two recommendations for the German Durchstich method documented by Pharmacist here. Yet Pharmacist's method seems to be devised for carts that use sponges and I believe that the PGI-9's don't use sponges. Does this make a difference? Also, it looks from Pharmacist's tutorial that one doesn't actually need to recover the hole that one has drilled. Is this right?
The other recommendation that I came across was to drill the cartridge from the bottom and reseal with wax. Any reports on this?
I've been told that when one refills the PGI-9 carts, in the absence of a chip resetter (which only works for 8 of 10 colors) one has to disable ink level monitoring and override out of ink warnings. Earlier today, I held down the flashing amber light (2nd of the three buttons) for a few seconds in the hope that the printer would allow me to proceed. But no luck. Can anyone confirm that the Pro9500 Mark II allows the user to override the low or out of ink warnings. If so, what is the trick?
Assuming that the carts are refillable, my plan is to proceed with ink from . Does anyone know how these inks compare to what e-fill inks sells. Between the double set of new cartridges and (I think) larger sizes, I'm looking at $768 experiment as opposed to a $140 one with Inkjet carts. I'm not so much concerned about slight deviations from Canon's colors, as I create my own profiles in SpyderColor
Finally, Colorbat is selling pigment versions of their Hideous Hooch for Canon printers for $9 per 4 oz. bottle. Does anyone have any experience with the Colorbat inks on a Pro 9500?
Thanks again for your help and congrats on your community.
All the best,
IM
After reading several threads, I'm confused as to the best way to go about refilling PGI-9 carts. This thread contains two recommendations for the German Durchstich method documented by Pharmacist here. Yet Pharmacist's method seems to be devised for carts that use sponges and I believe that the PGI-9's don't use sponges. Does this make a difference? Also, it looks from Pharmacist's tutorial that one doesn't actually need to recover the hole that one has drilled. Is this right?
The other recommendation that I came across was to drill the cartridge from the bottom and reseal with wax. Any reports on this?
I've been told that when one refills the PGI-9 carts, in the absence of a chip resetter (which only works for 8 of 10 colors) one has to disable ink level monitoring and override out of ink warnings. Earlier today, I held down the flashing amber light (2nd of the three buttons) for a few seconds in the hope that the printer would allow me to proceed. But no luck. Can anyone confirm that the Pro9500 Mark II allows the user to override the low or out of ink warnings. If so, what is the trick?
Assuming that the carts are refillable, my plan is to proceed with ink from . Does anyone know how these inks compare to what e-fill inks sells. Between the double set of new cartridges and (I think) larger sizes, I'm looking at $768 experiment as opposed to a $140 one with Inkjet carts. I'm not so much concerned about slight deviations from Canon's colors, as I create my own profiles in SpyderColor
Finally, Colorbat is selling pigment versions of their Hideous Hooch for Canon printers for $9 per 4 oz. bottle. Does anyone have any experience with the Colorbat inks on a Pro 9500?
Thanks again for your help and congrats on your community.
All the best,
IM