Refilling The Pgi-9 Cartridges

[jtoolman]

Maybe a much more sophisticated method will be developed. We'll see!

You are definitely right there Hatman! I'm almost afraid to give out the link, LOL

 

[jtoolman]

Here it is guys and please be gentle!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGBzHSQx5bU

 

[stratman]

Here it is guys and please be gentle!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGBzHSQx5bU

Well done jtoolman! Clear and concise.

BTW, nice stack of bills to the right of your workspace. Nice touch of realism.

 

[jtoolman]

The bills are usually right smack up front where I can't miss them!
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
One curious thing I noticed and it maybe means nothing. All three blacks seem to absorb ink at a much faster rate then the color carts. Next I will modify a clip for a simple "freedom refill" setup. Since the empties ( these were pretty much fully emptied ) were weighing in at 16.5 grams on the average, I can use a 30 ml syringe to inject 15 -16 CCs and then do the last few dribbles till the cart weighs in at 33 grams.
I'll do a video of that process as well.

 

[panos]

Watching right now... this seems an EXCELLENT video. Strong light, clear voice, neat unstained hands -- the instructions are simple and informative.

I am preparing a posting about videos (mainly addressed to professionals from the viewpoint of the user) and your video is a top example of what to do.

This video shows the most important advantages of the Canadian Method: simple, clean and safe.

Congratulations to jtoolman and mikeling.

 

[The Hat]

Maybe a much more sophisticated method will be developed. We'll see!

You are definitely right there Hatman! I'm almost afraid to give out the link, LOL

Brilliant Joe I knew you could do it, even under the lights.
When I did that I made a mess simply because I rushed the whole procedure,
Id get the first one right but lose my patents with the next few.

Good presentation ten out of ten..
One question for you:- did you shake your ink bottles before you filled your syringe up.

 

[jtoolman]

Thank you The Hat! Really appreciate it. Yes I did shake all the bottles. I had a lot of extra footage that I cut out. I recorded the next three carts being filled but stuck with the yellow. Worked out very well.

 

[jtoolman]

A little update for the truly GEEKY.
I began to print a run of ten bordered images on 11x17 satin paper using a fully refilled set of inks. After finishing the job I looked at my ink monitor and only the gray showed a drop. It was right around 1/3 lower than full. The rest of the remaining colors have not shown any discernible drop yet but I think that may be an a case where eventually it will probably display an abrupt drop in volume.

Now figuring I began with a gray tank weighing at 33 grams, I decided to weight it at the 1/3 down condition.
I know that it weighed in at 16.5 grams when fully emptied ( these were reconditioned carts from mikling ) so I know it takes 16.5 grams / cc of ink to fill to 33 grams.
This 1/3 down cart came in at 27.4 grams. So 33grams - 27.4 grams = 5.6 grams of ink used. 16.5 / 5.6 =2.94 That's nearly 1/3! So the when the indicator showed 1.3 down, that was pretty darn accurate!! I NEVER really put much faith on any ink indicator for any brand printer but I guess I'll have re-evaluate my views.

 

[stratman]

This 1/3 down cart came in at 27.4 grams. So 33grams - 27.4 grams = 5.6 grams of ink used. 16.5 / 5.6 =2.94 That's nearly 1/3! So the when the indicator showed 1.3 down, that was pretty darn accurate!!

Excellent observation. Please post what the weights are for 2/3's empty and then empty as marked by the printer if you can. This is good supportive data that no one before you has reported. Good job, jtoolman!

 

[stratman]

This video shows the most important advantages of the Canadian Method: simple, clean and safe.

The method is called Uncle The Hat's Full Bladder Prostate Dribble method. Appropriately, jtoolman chose Yellow for his demonstration.