Can anyone tell me what is a good printer that accepts the cheap
refills at the same time? I know most printers can accept refills but
I have an old HP 692c that you have to buy a tool for to open the tank
and it is very messy and hard to do it for, so I want to stay clear of
any printers that it's hard to refill for. I was looking at the Canon
I860 and I560, are these good printers that have cheap refills and
that accept them easily?

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
Bugs <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Can anyone tell me what is a good printer that accepts the cheap
>refills at the same time? I know most printers can accept refills but
>I have an old HP 692c that you have to buy a tool for to open the tank
>and it is very messy and hard to do it for, so I want to stay clear of
>any printers that it's hard to refill for. I was looking at the Canon
>I860 and I560, are these good printers that have cheap refills and
>that accept them easily?

The current Canon printers are far and above the easiest for refilling,
but be aware that you always run the risk of print head clogging and poor
color match and longevity with third-party inks.

Canons are best for refilling because there are separate ink tanks for
each color, there are no "chips" or other gadgets to prevent you from
using refilled tanks, and the print head is removeable for unclogging if
built-in cleaning measures fail.

I have had my i950 about six months now. It is the easiest by far, to
refill, and I have saved over $200 so far. The i860 or i960 would be
the best choices.



"Bugs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can anyone tell me what is a good printer that accepts the cheap
> refills at the same time? I know most printers can accept refills
but
> I have an old HP 692c that you have to buy a tool for to open the
tank
> and it is very messy and hard to do it for, so I want to stay clear
of
> any printers that it's hard to refill for. I was looking at the
Canon
> I860 and I560, are these good printers that have cheap refills and
> that accept them easily?

"Mike S." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bruupk$rpt$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
> Bugs <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >Can anyone tell me what is a good printer that accepts the cheap
> >refills at the same time? I know most printers can accept refills but
> >I have an old HP 692c that you have to buy a tool for to open the tank
> >and it is very messy and hard to do it for, so I want to stay clear of
> >any printers that it's hard to refill for. I was looking at the Canon
> >I860 and I560, are these good printers that have cheap refills and
> >that accept them easily?
>
> The current Canon printers are far and above the easiest for refilling,
> but be aware that you always run the risk of print head clogging and poor
> color match and longevity with third-party inks.
>
> Canons are best for refilling because there are separate ink tanks for
> each color, there are no "chips" or other gadgets to prevent you from
> using refilled tanks, and the print head is removeable for unclogging if
> built-in cleaning measures fail.

Why do 3d party inks have a higher propensity for head clogging? I began
using a refill kit (MIS Assoc), and sure enough, I eventually developed a
severe clog in my i9100 which I could not clear with dynamite (tried saoking
with windex, even tried using a modified syringe as a plunger). The
photo-magenta was dead. Fortunately, I could still exchange the printer for
a replacement. Is there a 3d party ink which is less prone?

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:20:25 GMT, "BF" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have had my i950 about six months now. It is the easiest by far, to
Try these links for canon. I buy my epson stuff there and it has been
great. they (in my opinion ) have the best inks. I use the continious
flow system for the epson 1280.

http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?s...l/cankits.html



>refill, and I have saved over $200 so far. The i860 or i960 would be
>the best choices.
>
>
>
>"Bugs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Can anyone tell me what is a good printer that accepts the cheap
>> refills at the same time? I know most printers can accept refills
>but
>> I have an old HP 692c that you have to buy a tool for to open the
>tank
>> and it is very messy and hard to do it for, so I want to stay clear
>of
>> any printers that it's hard to refill for. I was looking at the
>Canon
>> I860 and I560, are these good printers that have cheap refills and
>> that accept them easily?
>

Am using the canon s9000 for about 2 years now and have used refill ink from
www.inkgirl.com with GREAT results!!

I have not had any print head clogging - YMMV

I do notice a "slowing" of the ink after about 10 or so refills - at that
time, I just go to the $tore and $pend for a new $et of tanks and off I
go.... - saving $$$ - with quality for my customers....

Color match is good - longevity - - - - depends on how the pics are taken
care of....

Works for me...

Thanks John b


"Bugs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can anyone tell me what is a good printer that accepts the cheap
> refills at the same time? I know most printers can accept refills but
> I have an old HP 692c that you have to buy a tool for to open the tank
> and it is very messy and hard to do it for, so I want to stay clear of
> any printers that it's hard to refill for. I was looking at the Canon
> I860 and I560, are these good printers that have cheap refills and
> that accept them easily?

Bugs <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Can anyone tell me what is a good printer that accepts the cheap
> refills at the same time? I know most printers can accept refills but
> I have an old HP 692c that you have to buy a tool for to open the tank
> and it is very messy and hard to do it for, so I want to stay clear of
> any printers that it's hard to refill for. I was looking at the Canon
> I860 and I560, are these good printers that have cheap refills and
> that accept them easily?

---the message below I replied to other message *but* it can save you
BIG $$$ too --

If you do lot of printing then I think you can save lot of $$$$ by
using CIS (Continuous Ink System) like the link below

http://www.weink.com/ecom/catalog/fo...2_products.htm
http://www.weink.com/ecom/catalog/fo...3_products.htm

There are 3-4 other companies making similar, and the price can be
from $100-300 (the price of the link above go Higher/Lower pretty
often).

I just installed one for my Epson Photo 900 last nite (I paid $64 for
it little over a week ago, and it took them about a week or so to build
the unit for your specific printer). And I am pretty sure you can use
any type of ink you want too, and you can keep on printing for years
without having to replace ink cartridge.

I spent 20 mins sitting in whirl-pool carefully read the instruction,
and it took me about 10 mins to install it and it works right away (it
sure worked yesterday and haven't tried it today yet).

HP's are easy enough to refill, the main problem is that the 56/57/58 carts are
small so you have to refill more often than a Canon. There's no disadvantage to
having 3 colours per cartridge though, it seems an advantage to me......take one
cartridge out, peel the top label off, squirt 3 lots of ink into it , put the
label back on, put the cartridge back. The hardest part is resetting the ink
status to 100% but even that's easy with practice.



"Bugs" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can anyone tell me what is a good printer that accepts the cheap
> refills at the same time? I know most printers can accept refills but
> I have an old HP 692c that you have to buy a tool for to open the tank
> and it is very messy and hard to do it for, so I want to stay clear of
> any printers that it's hard to refill for. I was looking at the Canon
> I860 and I560, are these good printers that have cheap refills and
> that accept them easily?

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 20:04:19 -0000, "Steve B"
<sbrads@nildramDOTcoDOTuk> wrote:

>HP's are easy enough to refill, the main problem is that the 56/57/58 carts are
>small so you have to refill more often than a Canon. There's no disadvantage to
>having 3 colours per cartridge though, it seems an advantage to me......take one
>cartridge out, peel the top label off, squirt 3 lots of ink into it , put the
>label back on, put the cartridge back. The hardest part is resetting the ink
>status to 100% but even that's easy with practice.
>
Which inks are you having good luck with for the 57 carts?

In message <fGHEb.13515$(E-Mail Removed)>, jb
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes

>Am using the canon s9000 for about 2 years now and have used refill ink from
>www.inkgirl.com with GREAT results!!

Thanks, interesting site. I see that http://inkgirl.com/1577.htm says
that their concentrated ink "is compatible with all inkjet printers and
plotters".

Does that imply that all inkjets use compatible inks, and that one ink
of sufficient quality will be miscible and interoperable with inks from
all other inkjets ?


Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore