ninj
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I'm thinking about getting a spare set of refillables and have been looking at these Canon 551 refillable carts from Aliexpress, trying to understand the refill instructions.
The listing is from the manufacturer (Aomya), so I assume they know what they're talking about.
Quote: "Adopts No-sponge structure to avoid damaging the printer head. Innovate them on the basis of first generation, making sure there is no ink leaking or blocking when printing. Offered with latest version reset chip."
I'm not sure what "no-sponge structure" means. There is clearly a sponge visible in the pictures, but I'm wondering if it means that the sponge is intended only for ink transport rather than storage.
They say, for first filling, to keep the air-vent sticker in place while injecting ink into the ink tank, and don't seem to use any sort of vacuum priming technique. If you look at their photos it seems that most of the sponge remains devoid of ink. I'm wondering if this is intentional, to maintain air flow through the sponge? If so, I'm wondering whether the priming techniques developed by Octoink and others to completely fill these newer cart types with denser sponges may be unnecessary and even counterproductive. I have messaged Aomya and they stand by their priming instructions. This being the case, one would hope that the ARC chips reset at the appropriate level given the reduced amount of ink in the carts.
Would be interested in any options.
The listing is from the manufacturer (Aomya), so I assume they know what they're talking about.
Quote: "Adopts No-sponge structure to avoid damaging the printer head. Innovate them on the basis of first generation, making sure there is no ink leaking or blocking when printing. Offered with latest version reset chip."
I'm not sure what "no-sponge structure" means. There is clearly a sponge visible in the pictures, but I'm wondering if it means that the sponge is intended only for ink transport rather than storage.
They say, for first filling, to keep the air-vent sticker in place while injecting ink into the ink tank, and don't seem to use any sort of vacuum priming technique. If you look at their photos it seems that most of the sponge remains devoid of ink. I'm wondering if this is intentional, to maintain air flow through the sponge? If so, I'm wondering whether the priming techniques developed by Octoink and others to completely fill these newer cart types with denser sponges may be unnecessary and even counterproductive. I have messaged Aomya and they stand by their priming instructions. This being the case, one would hope that the ARC chips reset at the appropriate level given the reduced amount of ink in the carts.
Would be interested in any options.
