Refilling Canon cartridges CLI-8

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Niels Erik

Hello group

I have a trick that might be of use to others.
Sometimes when I insert a cartridge that I refilled some time ago the sponge
at the exit port of the cartridge looks very dry and I get stripes printing
the first page or so.
Now I have found a trick that might be of use to others.
Just before I insert the cartridge in the printer I remove the refill plug
for a few seconds keeping the cartridge in a upright position and keeping a
piece of paper under the cartridge.
This soaks the sponge in the exit port of the cartridge with ink and I get
no more stripes.

Kind regards
Niels
Who refills Canon IP5200R saving hundreds of dollars and still counting.
 
Niels Erik said:
Hello group

I have a trick that might be of use to others.
Sometimes when I insert a cartridge that I refilled some time ago the
sponge at the exit port of the cartridge looks very dry and I get stripes
printing the first page or so.
Now I have found a trick that might be of use to others.
Just before I insert the cartridge in the printer I remove the refill plug
for a few seconds keeping the cartridge in a upright position and keeping
a piece of paper under the cartridge.
This soaks the sponge in the exit port of the cartridge with ink and I get
no more stripes.

Kind regards
Niels
Who refills Canon IP5200R saving hundreds of dollars and still counting.
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Niels - sealing the outlet port with the original orange "break-off" cap,
held on with a rubber band, tends to keep the outlet sponge wet. There are
also snap-in cases that can be purchased to maintain a seal. I also keep
all refilled carts in a sealed refrigerator carton to prevent evaporation.
Rather than removing the refill plug (I use stainless steel screws with
o-rings to seal the fill hole) you can blow gently into the air vent to get
the outlet to drip, blot it on newspaper or toweling paper sitting on a flat
surface so you dont blot the sponge as well, and insert the cart in the
printer.
 
Niels - sealing the outlet port with the original orange "break-off" cap,
held on with a rubber band, tends to keep the outlet sponge wet.
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Dear Burt
Thanks for your answer.
Yes - I use the orange "break-off" caps too. Never leaves the outlet open to
dry.
But nevertheless I sometimes got stripes and that is why I started to use
the "plug off - plug on" procedure just before mounting the refilled
cartridge in the printer.
Works for me.

Regards Niels
 
The real trick is that you no longer have a Canon printer.  CL8 ink is a new patented formula that nobody can or has been able to duplicate.  So since a printing system consists of a printer with printhead and ink combo I really do not know what kind of a trick you performed.

Niels Erik wrote:

Hello group I have a trick that might be of use to others. Sometimes when I insert a cartridge that I refilled some time ago the sponge at the exit port of the cartridge looks very dry and I get stripes printing the first page or so. Now I have found a trick that might be of use to others. Just before I insert the cartridge in the printer I remove the refill plug for a few seconds keeping the cartridge in a upright position and keeping a piece of paper under the cartridge. This soaks the sponge in the exit port of the cartridge with ink and I get no more stripes. Kind regards Niels Who refills Canon IP5200R saving hundreds of dollars and still counting.

You really did not save a cent.  Saving means getting the same thing you would normally buy for less of an expenditure.  Since you did not get Canon ink you did not save on Canon ink.  What you did do is spend less and got less.
 
Niels Erik said:
Dear Burt
Thanks for your answer.
Yes - I use the orange "break-off" caps too. Never leaves the outlet open
to dry.
But nevertheless I sometimes got stripes and that is why I started to use
the "plug off - plug on" procedure just before mounting the refilled
cartridge in the printer.
Works for me.

Regards Niels
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After I refill a cart I do open the fill hole and the outlet and let it drip
a bit to be sure the cart is in good working order. After several refills
they can stop flowing properly. Those that don't flow properly I purge.
They can then be successfully refilled several times again.
 
Niels Erik said:
Hello group

I have a trick that might be of use to others.
Sometimes when I insert a cartridge that I refilled some time ago the
sponge at the exit port of the cartridge looks very dry and I get stripes
printing the first page or so.
Now I have found a trick that might be of use to others.
Just before I insert the cartridge in the printer I remove the refill plug
for a few seconds keeping the cartridge in a upright position and keeping
a piece of paper under the cartridge.
This soaks the sponge in the exit port of the cartridge with ink and I get
no more stripes.

Kind regards
Niels
Who refills Canon IP5200R saving hundreds of dollars and still counting.
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Niels, where do you get your ink?
 
Niels Erik said:
Dear Burt
Thanks for your answer.
Yes - I use the orange "break-off" caps too. Never leaves the outlet open
to dry.
But nevertheless I sometimes got stripes and that is why I started to use
the "plug off - plug on" procedure just before mounting the refilled
cartridge in the printer.
Works for me.

Regards Niels
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Basically what you're doing there is purging the tank, which is needed
regularly when you refill. Refilling a tank more than a few times results in
lots of goop building up in the bottom. Purging to remove that is what's
required. Or, just replace the tank. I doubt it has anything to do with
drying, just goop.
 
DanG said:
Basically what you're doing there is purging the tank, which is needed
regularly when you refill. Refilling a tank more than a few times results
in lots of goop building up in the bottom. Purging to remove that is
what's required. Or, just replace the tank. I doubt it has anything to do
with drying, just goop.
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Very possible, Dan. Regardless or the cause, the Canon dye-based inks are
water soluble and the carts almost always clean up well. I just retired a
set that came with my printer over three years ago! they have been refilled
many times, purged, and refilled again - this cycle has gone on, together
with other carts in the rotation for over three years. The ones that clean
up best and refill multiple times most successfully are the Canon OEM carts.
 
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Niels - sealing the outlet port with the original orange "break-off" cap, held on with a rubber band, tends to keep the outlet sponge wet.



Dear Burt Thanks for your answer. Yes - I use the orange "break-off" caps too. Never leaves the outlet open to dry. But nevertheless I sometimes got stripes and that is why I started to use the "plug off - plug on" procedure just before mounting the refilled cartridge in the printer. Works for me. Regards Niels



Basically what you're doing there is purging the tank,

I never have to purge; not once


which is needed regularly when you refill. Refilling a tank more than a few times results in lots of goop building up in the bottom.

I inspected my empty tank after I replaced it with another genuine Canon OEM ink cart and it was totally clear and of course empty.  There was no goop.  I guess that inferior ink causes these things.


Purging to remove that is what's required. Or, just replace the tank. I doubt it has anything to do with drying, just goop.
 
measekite said:
The real trick is that you no longer have a Canon printer. CL8 ink is a
new patented formula that nobody can or has been able to duplicate. So
since a printing system consists of a printer with printhead and ink
combo I really do not know what kind of a trick you performed.
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Gees, Measkite, you're slipping. You forgot all about the paper. In a
COMPLETE printing system, the printhead, ink and paper are all designed
to work together. Isn't that what you've been telling us for the last
millennium? (OK, so maybe it hasn't been 1000 years. It certainly seems
like it.)

Using your own logic, anybody using something other than Canon(R) Brand
Paper with a Canon printer isn't using a Canon printer any more. And
that would include any highly-respected papers, like your beloved
Ilford. And it wouldn't matter if you found the same manufacturer that
makes Canon paper - if it doesn't say "Canon" on the package, it wasn't
manufactured to Canon's specifications, now was it? Why, they could put
anything in that box!

Shame on you, Measkite! Are you trying to tell us you're willing to risk
your printer and the quality and longevity of your prints to a non-OEM
paper?

TJ
 
TJ said:
Gees, Measkite, you're slipping. You forgot all about the paper. In a
COMPLETE printing system, the printhead, ink and paper are all
designed to work together. Isn't that what you've been telling us for
the last millennium? (OK, so maybe it hasn't been 1000 years. It
certainly seems like it.)
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Paper is much more flexible than ink. According to tests Canon Photo
Paper Pro, Epson Glossy and Costco Kirkland that is made in Switzerland
are very close. Now if you take Ilford Pearl you will need to modify
the reds or get a profile. The Canon profiles that come with the Canon
printer are effective for most of the main stream paper just listed.
Using your own logic, anybody using something other than Canon(R)
Brand Paper with a Canon printer isn't using a Canon printer any more.
And that would include any highly-respected papers, like your beloved
Ilford. And it wouldn't matter if you found the same manufacturer that
makes Canon paper - if it doesn't say "Canon" on the package, it
wasn't manufactured to Canon's specifications, now was it? Why, they
could put anything in that box!
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So how long have you had this conditon?
 
TJ said:
Gees, Measkite, you're slipping. You forgot all about the paper. In a
COMPLETE printing system, the printhead, ink and paper are all designed to
work together. Isn't that what you've been telling us for the last
millennium? (OK, so maybe it hasn't been 1000 years. It certainly seems
like it.)
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(snip)

TJ - Actually, in a complete printing system, the printhead, ink, paper, and
the head of the individual doing the printing should be designed to work
together. Using your head involves thinking - sometimes outside the (Canon)
box. Something of which MK is incapable.
 
Anyone here using a CISS (or CFS) ink tank system with CLI-8 cartridges? I
installed one acouple of weeks ago and it's been working pretty well so far.

Matt
 
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