My MAXIFY 5350 is on refill ink

[Redbrickman]

I have just changed over all my OEM inks to HP ink and the printer didn’t take to it very well, I too had to do several cleaning cycles to get a good nozzle check, then had to run 10 or 15 test sheets to stop the black leak from appearing on the top of each sheet, must have over filled it…

All the colours look ok dough, but I want to wait a week or so for everything to settle down to see how this ink behaves, or will I have to run a cleaning cycle after a few days inactivity to get a decent print after the ink has settled..

I have fitted ARC chips on all the OEM carts after the refill and each are showing the carts full, but I’m keeping the used OEM chips in case of any unusual errors..

Sometimes you get ink spills like that no matter what you do, and i have also experienced the problem with not getting any ink to flow on some carts after refilling. I think (though just my opinion) that you need to create a really good negative pressure in each cart after filling to help with initial ink flow when the carts are put back in. The last coupel of times I have had no problems with ink spill or missing colours and one clean was all that was required.

After the last bit of ink enters the cart hold the syring tight against the cart and draw a fair bit of air out then remove the syringe. Don'tt go crazy with the suction though as there is a bag in there

@The Hat next time try the refill nozzles from Octo as they are easy to seal the cart when drawing out the air.

I recall Mikling saying that it's also best to do a print run after filling to get the pressure correc tin the carts.


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[steven.va]

Hi All,

I'm still here.

Just a small update on my MB5050
Over the last year I refilled the oem carts with arc chips, when the printer declared them empty.
I use Palombian's weight(s) for the empty and full cartridge.

My observations are the same:
Only when one of the colors starts getting low, there is a slight cross contamination. That has always cleaned up easily. (Mayby we should put more ink into our refilled cartridges? - But overfilling might be bad for other reasons?)

I have used the HP Inktec pigment inks.
I did not have problems with blocked nozzles during normal printing routine.
Maybe the grey scale is a little off with the HP inks, but that's about it.

Greetings!

@Redbrickman: great tip for tilting the printer when inserting carts. I have done this now a few times, and works great (like Elon Musk said 'the best part is no part' )

 

[stratman]

Why HP inks in the Canon printer?

 

[steven.va]

Hi stratman,,

Inktec has (had?) no Canon pigmented inks for the Maxify. They were cheaper too.

 

[stratman]

Our fearless Moderator @The Hat also uses HP ink in his Canon Maxify. I wondered why he did and you may have answered this question:

They were cheaper too.

 

[The Hat]

@The Hat also uses HP ink in his Canon Maxify. I wondered why he did and you may have answered this question:

steven.va said:
They were cheaper too.

That wasn’t my reason..

 

[Artur5]

I'm using Inktec on my Maxify with good results. I purchase it from a German vendor. Prices are very reasonable and you can order whatever combination of bottle sizes and colors.

 

[stratman]

That wasn’t my reason..

Is the HP ink more expensive than the Canon ink?

 

[The Hat]

Is the HP ink more expensive than the Canon ink?

Hell no. Anyway I’m not that stupid to use Canon inks, in fact I’ve never used Canon inks in any of my printers except for the original carts that came with the printers, I tried the Chinese compatible HP inks as an experiment and am very satisfied with the results.

 

[palombian]

I was prudent and bought from octopus-office.de so called high quality ink special for the Maxify.
The colours were indeed very good, but after half a liter of ink I had repeating clogs in the cyan.
@Redbrickman had the same problem.

I flushed the printhead and refilled with (expired) Canon OEM pigment ink.
That was better but now yellow has the same issue.

Of course I have much more pages than most others here, but expensive is no guarantee for Maxify ink.
Will have some work with my Maxify's...