1. Agree with ghwellsjr
1.1. I refill from the top too. Did you cover the outlet port with the orange clip using a rubber band to hold it on? That's what I do and fill the tank to about 1/8" below the top. Plug the hole with a stopper that came with the refill kit (see sig).
2. Since you're...
Isn't capillary action great!!
I inadvertently did this for the first time in my relatively young refilling career the other day. I forgot to cap off the outlet port of my yellow cartridge while cleaning the syringe from the previous color. When I got back to the table, a big yellow spot had...
Thirded..
I recently bought my second batch from him.
His eBay store is currently "closed" until June 9, as he must be on vacation. I remembered that from last year so I made sure I got my order in before he did the same this year. I'm hoping he's having a good time where ever he is!!
drames, I was like you when I first got my iP4500 and wanted to use a CISS since I had used it successfully on my Epson R200. But after posting and reading on this forum, I ended up going the refill route. I'm not sorry I did, it's been very easy once you do it the first time. I'm still on my...
Here are some non hardware-free methods:
http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=1808
and check this out:
http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3299
qwertydude, thanks for the tip on paint.NET and the Shadow and Highlight Recovery plug-in. I recently bought/installed Photoshop Elements 8 (had PSE5). I just installed paint.NET and the plugin and am looking forward to comparing the two.
Here's the cutting pharmacist is referring to:
http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3109
another option:
http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=4347
I like mikling's contamination theory. I wonder how plain old humidity might also play a part if the Hahnemuehle Photorag paper were exposed to moisture and soaked it up through the air? Any chance of that?
Mike may be back but just not updated the thread. His eBay store has re-opened. When it was closed it said it would re-open on 10/26.
http://stores.shop.ebay.ca/PrecisionColors__W0QQ_armrsZ1
No worries about posting links to ink sellers, done many times. See post 23 in this thread as an example:
http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=3728&p=2