Re: Refillable Inkjet cartridges for Canon



drc023 wrote:

Before Measekite posts one of his edicts about using only OEM Canon cartridges, here's a little problem I encountered this evening. I was printing a large number of portrait photos on my iP4000 using refilled, non-OEM tanks.


OF COURSE

The black started running low and since the photos had large areas of black I decided to install one of the new Canon OEM tanks I had. I wanted to compare the output between the two tanks. Within a very short time the colors were way off. What was the cause? The magenta and yellow tanks had sucked up black ink from the LEAKING OEM CANON cartridge. I refilled the inexpensive 3rd party non-OEM cartridge with bulk Formulabs ink and after printing several pages of solid yellow and magenta, the black ink from the leaking Canon cartridge was purged. BTW, the output using the inexpensive cartridges which were refilled with bulk non-Canon ink is excellent. I've been a refiller for many years 


STUPID FOR MANY YEARS.

I ALWAYS HAVE USED CANON INK AND NEVER A PROBLEM

and nearly four years with my various Canon printers. The only ink problems I've ever encountered have come from OEM Canon cartridges (this was the worst), but I've had a clog or two with Canon inks. Using 3rd party tanks and refilling using 3rd party inks I've never had an ink problem and the color match has been as close to Canon inks as I can see. 


AND WHAT DO YOU CHARGE FOR SELLING THE CRAP

Bottom line is that Canon occasionally can and does make a defective cartridge and their inks can and do occasionally cause clogs. In my case I've had a couple of minor problems with OEM Canon tanks which is a couple more than I've had with third party tanks and subsequent refilling.


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