Inktec refill inks / cartridges

[Hendo]

measekite wrote: [snip]

What????

Your an idiot. Do OEM's cartridges sing and dance?

Over 5500 useless post and counting.

Three more useless posts from you in five minutes. Do not feed the
troll.
*PLONK*

Another useless post non informative post.

 

[Gary Tait]

Canon??? If so, replace the little rubber plugs in the MIS virgin
carts with #6-1/2 inch stainless steel phillips pan head sheet metal
screws with tight fitting O-rings Just screw them into the fill hole
as they will cut their own threads.

Would 10-32 brass screws and faucet washers do? That is all I could find at
the hardware store I went to.

 

[Burt]

Would 10-32 brass screws and faucet washers do? That is all I could find
at
the hardware store I went to.

Not a good idea. they will corrode. Also, those are machine screws - not
pointed or self tapping. The person who first wrote up this technique used
zinc plated phillips pan head sheet metal screws. In a fairly short time
they had turned black and there was some black residue in the cart.
Stainless steel is much better. Zero corrosion.

I'm in San Francisco. Ace Hardware stores have these screws in little
plastic bags, and Yardbirds in San Rafael sells them at a much better price
in bulk. Home Depot may have them as well. Hard to find the really small
O-rings so I bought them bulk on line in bags of 100. They are pricey at
hardware stores, so I came out about even with most of the 100 left over. I
was able to share them with my friends who refill their carts.

 

[zakezuke]

Would 10-32 brass screws and faucet washers do? That is all I could find at
the hardware store I went to.

I'm no expert, but #10 is a tad on the large size, and 10-32 is
probally a machine screw, not a sheet metal screw. At my hardware
store they had NO #6 machine screws but #8 nylon machine screws did the
trick perfectly well, and I was guessing as to the size. #8 is just
slightly larger than the ball and hole size. If you go #10 you
certainly would need to drill, where the reccomended #6 sheet metal
screw, or even a #8 are self threading. 10-32.

Faucet washers are "probally" not the best thing, and you would likely
be better off with nothing than using a faucet washer.

If you want to go for broke go with

#6 or #8 nylon machine screws, pan head, 1/2 inch. -32 is the normal
thread count.
http://aehonline.thomasnet.com/category/12-plastic-screws-nuts
http://www.fastener-express.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2863
[expect these to be as high as 50cent each in a hardware store, as
little as 10cents]
#6 or #8 dril and tap set.
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXE216
[Should be $4.00ish dollars. Match the thread count to the screws you
use, odds are it'll be -32]
Washer, rubber, though i'm going washerless presently with the nylon
screws.

Drill hole at teh ball, should be right under the push here tab.
Drill threads with the tap.
Screw in screw.

Links listed are for reference purposes only, i've not done business
with these guys, but they have pictures.

 

[MCheu]

Would 10-32 brass screws and faucet washers do? That is all I could find at
the hardware store I went to.

They'll work. You just basically want to make an airtight seal.
Stainless steel would be better, as brass screws will corrode over
time (the ink is mostly just water). The sponge should filter out the
chunky bits before they reach your printer, but it can potentially
give a green tinge to your inks when that happens. Stainless steel
will still rust eventually, but it's much more corrosion resistant.

 

[Richard Steinfeld]

"Gary Tait" <clas

I'm in San Francisco. Ace Hardware stores have these screws in little
plastic bags, and Yardbirds in San Rafael sells them at a much better price
in bulk.

Dunno about you, but over here in the East Bay, Yardbirds is in
liquidation. Too bad: it's always been calmer, with better prices than
Home Depot. Home Depot trashed a whole bunch of stores when they opened,
including HomeBase -- also a nicer place with a niftier variety of
merchandise. Maybe we can go to Home Depot for refill ink from China.

Richard

 

[Burt]

Dunno about you, but over here in the East Bay, Yardbirds is in
liquidation. Too bad: it's always been calmer, with better prices than
Home Depot. Home Depot trashed a whole bunch of stores when they opened,
including HomeBase -- also a nicer place with a niftier variety of
merchandise. Maybe we can go to Home Depot for refill ink from China.

Richard

Just try to find an employee who knows where in the store the stock it!

 

[ray]

Not a good idea. they will corrode. Also, those are machine screws - not
pointed or self tapping. The person who first wrote up this technique used
zinc plated phillips pan head sheet metal screws. In a fairly short time
they had turned black and there was some black residue in the cart.
Stainless steel is much better. Zero corrosion.

I'm in San Francisco. Ace Hardware stores have these screws in little
plastic bags, and Yardbirds in San Rafael sells them at a much better price
in bulk. Home Depot may have them as well. Hard to find the really small
O-rings so I bought them bulk on line in bags of 100. They are pricey at
hardware stores, so I came out about even with most of the 100 left over. I
was able to share them with my friends who refill their carts.

I have used 10-32 brass screws to plug the hole in "Canon" cartridges.
If you remove the plastic ball it is just the right size to tap the
hole with a 10-32 tap. The end of the screw is not in contact with
the ink. After 10 refills I see no problem with either the ink or the
screw. The MIS cartridges use a smaller hole so 6-32 might be more
appropriate. SS is probably better than brass, but either is
serviceable if brass is what you have on hand. Keep in mind that
brass is frequently used in marine environment which is harsher than
an inkjet cartridge.

 

[measekite]

I have used 10-32 brass screws to plug the hole in "Canon" cartridges.
If you remove the plastic ball it is just the right size to tap the
hole with a 10-32 tap. The end of the screw is not in contact with
the ink. After 10 refills I see no problem with either the ink or the
screw. The MIS cartridges use a smaller hole so 6-32 might be more
appropriate. SS is probably better than brass, but either is
serviceable if brass is what you have on hand. Keep in mind that
brass is frequently used in marine environment which is harsher than
an inkjet cartridge.

oem ink users do not have to think about holes. they just enjoy the
results and have no problems