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I didn't comment on Printfab because in their manual they state: "Additional features under development: A printer status monitor, print preview, manual duplex printing and more features are planned for a future PrintFab versions." I am sure they'll do it. And if they provide it in a...

I use duplex printing very extensively. The duplex option in the printer driver uses a low intensity mixture of cyan dye & black pigment in normal paper. The printhead has far less nozzles for the dye ink and that's why driver-based duplex printing is slower (aside from the paper flipping and...

That sums up the great advantage of the Durchstich method. Convenience. Yes, it does leave a track on the sponge, yes it does leave an open hole on the cartridge, yes it does require hard to find needles but after everything it's said and done, it's the fastest, tidiest and easiest of them all...

When I was top filling / purging my cartridges I would sometimes let the sponges get very dry and when refilled they would look like yours. They did work very well though.

Get a nozzle check, make sure it's all right and do a manual head alignment.

Hi Linda, When you open the printer lid, does the printhead move to the center ?

Yes, I think that'll work. Perhaps inserting a hard metal wire inside the needle before cutting it would prevent the edges to bend. Filing / smoothing the edges after cutting would be mandatory, yes, otherwise the tip of the needle will act as a barb inside the sponge.

ghwellsjr, thanks for your post. I accept that some of my pointers are not in the original announcement. They don't modify it but they restrict it a bit. They were formed as safeguards against my natural tendency to experiment and I knew that some other participants in this forum would find...

@gigigogu, I think that users would continue to report problems under the generic "german" or "durchstich" method which is why I made this post in the first place. Also, I believe that modified versions exist in a particular combination of elements which may affect others. So it's difficult to...

@BlackKat, the method requires sharp needles (and long too). If you can't afford them, try rotating the needle as you push it in.

I've examined them now. They are all in about the same level, about 1/3 of the ink compartment. I remember last time I did print a large book on this printer but I can't remember the details of color. I am interested in your test and your results and I can understand why one who doesn't make...

Defcon's posting of the method to our forum included a few instructions, photos and a video. Of his photos, this one remains. It's clear that the refilling hole is not at the baseline of the cartridge. The same is true in his video where it is also obvious that he doesn't use tape. Of course as...

I have to reply to this and I am afraid that had I done so earlier I would have helped diffuse what I feel as anger directed to me. Modifications and best intentions is what brought me to this forum. I never thought that your modifications did not have a point (and in fact I thought at first...

Two reasons: First, when I tried the method it worked without tape. So I kept on without tape. Now after 3 years I am convinced it's unnecessary. Second, I have the worst experiences of using tape as an air or ink sealant. If there are microscopic drops of ink on your refill hole and they...

I believe it has to do with ink distribution. On empty cartridges, the second topping is OK because ink is not yet fully distributed on the sponge thus allowing air to escape. On some non-empty cartridges the sponge is fully saturated with ink and perhaps that's the reason ink spills out of the...

ghwellsjr thanks for the response The reason I made those points is that I searched the forum extensively this last couple of days and I found out that many people are doing various modifications in the method but they all post problems under the umbrella name "German" or "Durchstich". I find...

Is that so ? There seems to be quite a bit of foam in his magenta cartridge.

Creating vacuum with a syringe indeed stresses the cartridge. When I was testing it, it was a problem for some non-OEM cartridges. I remember a case where the cartridge was stressed and then the sponge would not make full contact with the sponge area allowing ink puddles to form there. OEM...

Unfortunately foam can be extremely resilient even to a powerful vacuum. In my own syringe vacuum tests, foam was an insolvable problem. That's why I have faith in the freedom method, it produces less foam.

Here is one of those leaking reports. Tape is used. The German method as it is, does not include a step to seal the refill hole. If you worry about ink spilling out of the hole or whatever: Defcon2k had pierced a cartridge 300 times to test it. No leaks. You can also find some other theories...