Qimage is easy to use but it may not appear so at first because its interface is most unlike other programs, but it's optimized for print jobs. Once you have it set up to your needs though, it couldn't be simpler......Select a paper media size, select image size (on paper that is, e.g. 6x4)...
How's the 4850 compare to the 4600 (and 4700 if known) for the over-zealous cleaning cycle regime. My iP4700 likes to make a load of slurping and pumping noises almost every time I go to print or finish a print.
I did. Can't remember where I got it from, but probably a U.K. supplier of InkTec ink, and it was a guaranteed way of making a right mess so I gave up on it and reverted to injecting from the top and waiting a day before printing. There's probably better tools available now.
I used all these methods for years with my HP5550 (56, 57 and 58 carts), they all work. One tip..... reset the ink level BEFORE you refill, not after, as these cartridges are best left overnight before using them at all after a refill. Resetting normally causes a few cleaning cycles and...
It will clean things that nothing else will, that's true, as it eats its way through via a chemical reaction rather than dissolving blockages, but I wouldn't leave it in there for more than a couple of minutes before flushing.
I bought an iP4700 a couple of months ago, just as it was disappearing from the shelves, and got the Image Specialists ink and resetter from OctoInkjet for the day when the OEM inks ran out. That day was today! All went quite smoothly, I had low warnings on cyan and magenta, but decided to...