Susan - Measekite is at it again! Please read my (too long) post, take the
time to get a bit more information, and don't be frightened away by
Measekite.
Inkjet printers have the potential to get clogged heads with their own brand
inks as well as quality aftermarket inks. The two major issues are 1) the
quality of the aftermarket inks and cartridges and 2) the frequency with
which you print. In addition, there is always some buildup of dried ink on
the underside of printheads that can sometimes cause clogs with months or
years of normal, regular use. Since you are interested in your supplies
beyond just going to the store and buying Canon cartridges it would be a
good idea to become more educated regarding these printers, inks and
cartridges. Measekite is right that there are many poor quality inks out
there, but he is critical of the vendors, small businesses that repackage
other brand inks and sell them with their own labels on the internet, and he
writes about them in a disparaging manner. Moreover, he has never used these
products and yet makes authoritative statements based on what he has
selectively gleaned from reading posts on newsgroups. Although few of the
vendors advertise which inks they are selling, there are a few who do let
you know. I have personally used MIS inks to refill Canon carts and have
been very happy with the product (which I have been told is Image Specialist
ink). Look through this newsgroup for posts by Ron Cohen and Taliesyn for
info about their personal excellent experiences with third party inks.
Following are a few sites that have excellent information by people who
don't just give you their opinionated response - they have used these
products successfully, and they also report when they have had problems.
Neil Slade's info on Canon printers, papers, and inks is at
http://www.neilslade.com/papers/inkjetstuff.html . Then follow the link he
gives near the top of that site to
http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/ for
the forum on ink jet stuff. Lots of information there as well. It's a good
idea to know how to trouble shoot printer problems that can occur with any
ink and that information is on those sites. Sensient Formulabs inks are
available bulk and also in prefilled cartridges, and this ink has quite a
good reputation with people who have used it and reported on this and other
forums. In addition to a site noted repeatedly by Measekite (not a personal
endorsement as he has never used aftermarket inks) Formulabs ink is in
cartridges sold by Alotofthings (their Arrow carts, not Rainbow), Weink
(carts that have the CRU id in their product listings), and, I have been
told, Wiredbeans carts which are available on ebay. You can contact each of
them to verify that their cartridges are filled with Formulabs inks before
purchasing. Do sign in to the Nifty-stuff forum and ask any questions of
them that you wish. They are very helpful. There are also some extremely
helpful participants on this newsgroup as well, but you can also experience
the invective and snide remarks of a few people on this NG that might tend
to discourage you from pursuing this issue.
. Anyone here with some user