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I'm going to refill as long as possible, which is very long. I'll keep buying older (second hand) printers with refilling possibilities, so the answer to me is 'yes'

There is a reason why 6 color printers are less popular now. The smaller ink droplets of the modern printers generate the same effect as the 'diluted' ink.

Lidl is selling cartridges again! These are only tree times a year on offer. The quality is known to be good (filled with Peach ink). They are in the shops on Thursday July 2nd, in Holland that is. In other countries the offer can be some weeks earlier or later.

Two new printers by Epson don't use cartridges any more. There is a build in CIS, and the printers come with enough ink to print 4000 pages (B/W). Ink for these printers is sold by Epson in bottles, the ink is not expensive. The models are: L555 and L355. This is good news for us refillers. No...

Well, I like to refill OEM carts, but I have to buy new OEM's and empty them before they can be refilled. For my Epson I've got refillables, they're not OEM. For my Canon I often buy ready to use non OEM's, usually at the LIdl store, where I also buy my beer. Non OEM's are not refilled.

To my surprise there is no expiry date on Canon OEM cartridges. So Canon assumes the ink will last forever. But the packaging doesn't look completely air tight. So over the years some evaporation of the content may occur. I noticed some difference in weight between cartridges which points in...

It's recommended to refill OEM cartridges only if you are using a Canon printer. So we have to buy an OEM cartridge every now and then. I buy sealed OEM cartridges on Ebay, for less than half the listed price. They are offered by people who had their printer replaced, while they still had some...

We've got a king now, he likes beer. On topic: An Epson is not much like a Canon. The Epson is equipped with a cold piezo print head, while the Canon is more or less a steam printer. The Epson print head never wears out, it outlives the printer. To me the Epson technique is superior. But The...

Well done Jimbo! I too use the lazy method. I'm not that lazy but it seemed to me the best way of refilling. Now I have refilled the cartridges that came with the printer many times (I didn't count it) and they still work properly. There is one restriction: you can fill a PGBK cart with dye...

We already know what the best offer is for glossy paper: Sihl paper sold by Lidl and Netbit paper at Aldi. But what is the best offer for non glossy paper? Good Question!

Glossy Photo Black can be used on matte paper with good results. The black is a bit less deep, but still deeper than the black of the chemical paper we used in the nineties.

It's also said that pigment ink prints are less resistant to air pollution in general (not only O3). But in a frame the prints won't fade easily. The front is protected against pollution by the glass, and the back is protected by a tight coating.

Here in the Netherlands these sets are monday 22th in the store, just in time to print Christmas cards.

There are resetters around which give a too high voltage, resulting in damaging the cartridge chip. Maybe you've got one of those. Another possibility is a too low voltage, due to bad batteries. The quality of the batteries in new resetters are often poor. The two resetters I've got work fine...

My Durabrite printer runs on K3 inks from OCP, and I'm satisfied with the results. So I think the Inktec version of K3 can be used as well.

The Epson R285 is an all dye ink printer, so no smell will disturb your sleep. The smell complaints are about pigment inks, and especially the ones from OCP. But in your printer no pigment ink is used. So you can safely buy ink from any brand.

Archival papers stay long without color change. The brand of that papers don't make much difference and they are not cheap. The OEM ink is called Canon ChromaLife100+, the 100+ means that the print stays good for more than one hundred years. Only if the photo is not in direct sunlight! The...

Good idea to reopen this thread. About the Windex: Why use Windex or another glass cleaner? Some say that it can damage your printhead. So use printhead cleaning solution, it's made for the purpose and not expensive. You can even buy cleaning cartridges, filled with this solution. About...

Of course printer manufacturers take the old cartridges back. They take them out of the circulation to prevent refilling. What do they do with these cartridges? They don't reuse them, no, they destroy them. I think refilling is the best for environment.

My experience with cartridge refiller stores are good. Usually they use grade A quality ink. The 'ink station' in my neighborhood uses Inktec, another one OCP. With the filling machines they use there is no need to drill in the cartridge. For best results have OEM cartridges refilled, and have...