Preventing yellow-gello

[martincregg]

I flushed the yellow cart with Windex before flushing with water. Is this good enough to prevent the yellow-jello problem from occurring? I do also have a flushed CLI-8 - is it better to be on the safe side and use this with the chip transferred or is that unnecessary given the way I have flushed the CLI-42?

 

[The Hat]

If you have flushed with Windex first then your good to go, just use the yellow cart as normal and later you’ll wonder what all the fuss was about..

 

[martincregg]

@The Hat - brilliant!

 

[Photographic Memory]

OK, I got complacent. Having switched chips from a original OEM CLI-42 Yellow over to a CLI-8 I have been using that cart with no problems.

This time I just filled the Yellow CLI-42 of my second full set of OEM Carts straight with 3rd Party OctoInk and noticed this when I recently performed a refill switch because Grey was out.
Now as far as I can tell, NO issues with Printer function. Everything is still performing as it should, but...?

Of course, it goes without saying I will flush this cart, probably even just use the Chip off of it and put it on a used CLI-8 I have available.

What is this? Yellow Jello, right? Mold? Nothing of concern?

As always, thanks in advance...

 

[Joe Soap]

As far as I know tell, you can’t see Yellow Gello in a cart, take this with a grain of salt.

 

[PeterBJ]

.....What is this? Yellow Jello, right? Mold? Nothing of concern?....

It could be both, but AFAIK the growth problem was caused by some bad batches of refill ink. The growth problem is hopefully a thing of the past.

I think you have caught the Yellow Gello forming as a result of mixing OEM ink with refill ink. See this post for similar photos of "Yellow Gello" in CLI-42 cartridges.

 

[stratman]

take this with a grain of salt.

How did you come to your user name?

 

[Joe Soap]

How did you come to your user name?

Sure, I reckon you can figure that out yourself Mr Stratman...

 

[Ink stained Fingers]

I'm not so sure that the images above show some residue of chemical reactions between inks of this and that type but some fungus infection which is rare but not untypical when doing refill, and growth of it is best visible in yellow cartridges. You may see simlar traces of such infection already in the ink bottle after a longer time or resting and some deposit at the bottom of the bottle if it is of clear plastic. Some companies add some antifungus agent to the ink even in cartridges with a much smaller risk of infection than with refill ink and multiple handling , opening the bottle , re-using the same syringe lots of times - spores are everywhere.

 

[stratman]

Sure, I reckon you can figure that out yourself Mr Stratman...

Nope, that's why I asked. How did you come by your user name?