Hi,
I have a ip6210 with the crazy 3 color $35 cartridges and I can refill between 3-6 times or so. When a color finally fails after refill I still get some partial output. Sometimes several deep cleanings will cure it but that's rare. I'm thinking the sponge starts to disintegrate and/or the hypodermic causes sponge debris to clog the ink path. I know some here have speculated that the driver/chip detects refills and locks out the cart but I'm skeptical. I always get the "continue anyway" message and a couple of times I got a weird message that told me I had to replace the cart. In the latter case I powered down the printer and the problem went away.
On one of my failed cartridges, I was able to pop the top off and remove the sponges. The top could be re-attached. The sponges are to prevent leaks in shipping, right? Probably way too much trouble anyhow.
I planning to pick up a 4000 series with the aftermarket spongeless carts but I always wondered why I couldn't get more uses out of the carts.
What is the actual mechanism that meters the ink onto the page?
I have a ip6210 with the crazy 3 color $35 cartridges and I can refill between 3-6 times or so. When a color finally fails after refill I still get some partial output. Sometimes several deep cleanings will cure it but that's rare. I'm thinking the sponge starts to disintegrate and/or the hypodermic causes sponge debris to clog the ink path. I know some here have speculated that the driver/chip detects refills and locks out the cart but I'm skeptical. I always get the "continue anyway" message and a couple of times I got a weird message that told me I had to replace the cart. In the latter case I powered down the printer and the problem went away.
On one of my failed cartridges, I was able to pop the top off and remove the sponges. The top could be re-attached. The sponges are to prevent leaks in shipping, right? Probably way too much trouble anyhow.
I planning to pick up a 4000 series with the aftermarket spongeless carts but I always wondered why I couldn't get more uses out of the carts.
What is the actual mechanism that meters the ink onto the page?