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Printing Ninja
- Joined
- Oct 31, 2017
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- Canon Pro 100S
So the general consensus is when it is required to swap out an empty cart we should have a whole set ready to switch over in order to minimize Ink "wastage" due to what obvious SOUNDS like excessive purging when a new cart is inserted. Makes sense, the ix6550 used to drive me nuts, sounded like it was flushing the toilet, running a bath, and doing the dishes all st the same time. Back then I was none the wiser, only a few months ago, I would run Deep Head Cleaning Cycle and drain half my Carts in the hope of unclogging Nozzles (didn't even know about removal of Print Head and washing that sucker (pun!) myself…
Now hear me out. Please…
As some of you read my other thread a couple of days ago, I was in panic mode as my first batch of newly filled CLI-42's were popping out the Silicone Plugs. Turned out, we think, due to them being sealed in an airtight tupperware box sitting on a thick kitchen towel doused in Isopropyl Alcohol. Those fumes were potent when it came to opening the box after 3 days.
Here's my point… I was willing and went ahead and used those [possibly overfilled] Carts no problem at all. But here's the thing. I knew there was a POSSIBILITY (at the time) of the Carts being overfilled so to play it safe (which would have meant not inserting them into the Printer in the first place!), play it safe by having the Printer use up as much Ink without wastage hopefully, but by all means yes please a Purge Cycle would definitely be welcomed in this instance.
So I had four Prints lined up, all ready to print in succession. Dark black Prints as it was the Black and Light Grey that I had inserted and was looking quite possibly overfilled.
As soon as I inserted the Carts I immediately went to Print. 1 by 1. And then I noticed something…
No Purge Cycle. In fact I was hoping for one and the longer none took place the more apprehensive (?) I became. Well this was yesterday, since changing out for Carts I notice that the Printer (my one at least, Pro-100S) does NOT run a Purge Cycle every time we insert new Cartridges.
Ironically twice I ran out of Paper yesterday, blinking orange light and in my haste to put new Paper guess what, within 10 seconds if the Paper is not put into the Tray it runs (what sounds like) a Purge Cycle. So now I make sure there is always paper, but this makes me think that these Printers are more "intelligent" that just running a Cycle for the sake of it just because it detected a new Cart.
And a thought just came to me on the back of that, IF we inserted a CLI-8 with Yellow because we didn't want the OEM Yellow to mix with it, I brought up a point what about the OEM Yelliw still in the Print Head when we first use 3rd Party Yellow… well yes, exactly…
What are other peoples experiences with automatic / "random" Purge Cycles? Have they been studied/documented?
Now hear me out. Please…
As some of you read my other thread a couple of days ago, I was in panic mode as my first batch of newly filled CLI-42's were popping out the Silicone Plugs. Turned out, we think, due to them being sealed in an airtight tupperware box sitting on a thick kitchen towel doused in Isopropyl Alcohol. Those fumes were potent when it came to opening the box after 3 days.
Here's my point… I was willing and went ahead and used those [possibly overfilled] Carts no problem at all. But here's the thing. I knew there was a POSSIBILITY (at the time) of the Carts being overfilled so to play it safe (which would have meant not inserting them into the Printer in the first place!), play it safe by having the Printer use up as much Ink without wastage hopefully, but by all means yes please a Purge Cycle would definitely be welcomed in this instance.
So I had four Prints lined up, all ready to print in succession. Dark black Prints as it was the Black and Light Grey that I had inserted and was looking quite possibly overfilled.
As soon as I inserted the Carts I immediately went to Print. 1 by 1. And then I noticed something…
No Purge Cycle. In fact I was hoping for one and the longer none took place the more apprehensive (?) I became. Well this was yesterday, since changing out for Carts I notice that the Printer (my one at least, Pro-100S) does NOT run a Purge Cycle every time we insert new Cartridges.
Ironically twice I ran out of Paper yesterday, blinking orange light and in my haste to put new Paper guess what, within 10 seconds if the Paper is not put into the Tray it runs (what sounds like) a Purge Cycle. So now I make sure there is always paper, but this makes me think that these Printers are more "intelligent" that just running a Cycle for the sake of it just because it detected a new Cart.
And a thought just came to me on the back of that, IF we inserted a CLI-8 with Yellow because we didn't want the OEM Yellow to mix with it, I brought up a point what about the OEM Yelliw still in the Print Head when we first use 3rd Party Yellow… well yes, exactly…
What are other peoples experiences with automatic / "random" Purge Cycles? Have they been studied/documented?