rreznikoff
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Just filled and inserted a new set of refillable cartridges from Stratitec. After printing a number of test pages only the black prints. Any suggestions?
When you use compatible cartridges you have to expect them to give trouble,rreznikoff said:Just filled and inserted a new set of refillable cartridges from Stratitec. After printing a number of test pages only the black prints. Any suggestions?
The printer is a Canon PIXMA MX882 and the carts are filled by removing a rubber stopper and using a syringe to fill one side. The other side appears to be cotton which absorbs the ink through a small hole in the separating wall near the bottom of the cartridge. I believe the carts are made in Germany and sold by Stratitec, also called DatatekUSA. I have used their carts before with a Canon PIXMA MX860 with excellent results. A later suggestion was that the printer might be set for B&W and greyscale. That would explain it. Now to figure if that is the problem how do I change it. I'll try printer settings.jtoolman said:Well,,,,
Brand and model of printer would be nice to know. Type of refillable cart? Are they the type that need to be Vaccum filled? If they are where they properly primed to insure ink flow to the exit port?
No one will be able to answer you without knowing these facts.
No one said anything about compatible ink not being of good quality, far from it andBIGBOY said:I disagree that compatible inks are of a lesser quality than new ink. I have had nothing but great experiences with using a compatible cartridge but I think that you have to purchase the right brand, where proper cleaning, filling and post testing has been done and where the company doing it has to follow some sort of ISO 9001 and S.T.M.C. Certified procedures. As far as the refill kits go, I do not like them. Firstly, the old ink is never really cleaned out of the cartridge before you insert another ink and, then, when you do insert another ink from a refill kit, how is one to know if the new ink is compatible with the old ink. The cartridge may not work for this very reason, but it may, also, not work because part of the cartridge has burned out. What a lot of people seem to forget is that all the major manufacturers are selling recycled cartridges as new, as the cartridges can often be reused up to 4x, or more. Didn't anyone ever wonder why they wanted the empties back?
Still struggling with the same problem. None of the color carts are printing. I doublechecked and the grey scale is not checked. I contacted my ink and cartridge supplier and he suggested turning off the printer and then unplugging from the wall for a bit. I tried that, again without success. Can anyone suggest another possible solution?rreznikoff said:Just filled and inserted a new set of refillable cartridges from Stratitec. After printing a number of test pages only the black prints. Any suggestions?