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I have some Canon i9100 wide format printers that I would like to get rid of. They do not automatically print on both sides. These use the unchipped cartridges making refilling simple. Where are you located?

However, there is a work-around that you could use to get printing to work again and that is to tell your printer that you are printing on a photo paper such at matte and it will use your photo black cartridge. It won't know that you are really printing on plain paper and the printout won't have...

The only sure way you can protect against pressure changes is with a container like a pressure cooker that not only has a hermetic seal but has sturdy enough walls that it won't deform under pressure/vacuum. I don't think your container qualifies.

Could you tell where they leaked from? What kind of seal was on the outlet port? I presume there was no seal on the air vent port, correct?

Did the tape actually say "aluminum" on it or the packaging? Mine is also 3M. It says: Foil Tape 3311. However, according to this website: http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/Adhesives/Tapes/Products/~/Scotch-Aluminum-Foil-Tape-3311?N=5472880+3294275784&rt=rud ...it is aluminum foil...

Here is a table that shows pressure vs altitude: http://www.sablesys.com/baro-altitude.html If you look at the last column, it basically shows the percentage of pressure vs altitude in the first column so at 20,000 feet the pressure is about 47% of what it is at sea level. However, I read...

I cannot find a product called Aluminum Tape. Is that the same as Foil Tape for duct sealing?

There's no tape that will hold up against the cartridge being unpressurized. My comment regarding evaporation had to do with long-term storage of cartridges. When I get a chance, I will seal some "full" cartridges (some air left in the reservoir) and put them in a vacuum chamber to see what...

Put a good seal on the outlet port but leave the air vent open. That's what it's for: to allow air pressure differences to balance the inside of the cartridge with the outside. If you do put tape on the air vent, you better hope that it is not a better seal than the seal on the outlet port...

The ink cartridges last a very long time. I don't see the point in refilling. The Epson ink is great.

I've heard this so many times and it's not true. Pigment ink is used when you tell the printer you are using plain paper, it doesn't matter what you are printing, text, graphics or photos. The dye black ink is used for all photo papers. The dye color inks are used on all paper types both plain...

To repeat my good advice: Don't use refillables. Use only Epson ink cartridges. I don't know anything about the newer printer.

I find the Epson cartridges last sooo long it doesn't seem to me there is much motivation to do my own re-inking. (The cartridges that come with the printer are only half-full so don't go by how long they last.) If I were you, I'd try to get your printer replaced under warranty while Staples...

My Epson WP4530 is similar to your Epson WP4540 except that it has only one feed tray but it uses pigment ink which can print on any photo paper and the cartridges last an incredibly long time. Why would you refill with dye inks?

Did you (or your daughter) leave the printer plugged in and turned on during those long periods of idleness?

I sure hope those EOL specs were targets for the designers. I hope my Epson printer doesn't "die" just because it has been 5 years since I started using it or worse, 5 years from when it was manufactured. I have purchased extra identical Epson printers as spares. I don't relish the idea of...

The R300 uses dye inks, the C80 uses the older DURABrite pigment ink, and the WF600 uses the newer DURABrite Ultra pigment ink. I was hoping the newer pigment ink would be less prone to clogging. I have had my Epson WP-4530 for less than a year and I just did a perfect nozzle check. I know that...

Thanks for that info, jtoolman.

Of all your dead Espsons, did they all use DURABrite ink? Did any of them use the newer DURABrite Ultra ink?

You've probably already tried this, but does the printer have a nozzle check function on it? This should work even without a computer hooked up. Also, most printers have their own built-in head cleaning functions, doesn't this one? I would advise just doing these two functions until you get it...