What are your favorite refillable cartridges?

[Fenrir Enterprises]

After going through way too many flip-top dampers with the resettable chip bar and having problem after problem, I'm giving up on trying to use them. At this point I've spent so much money I may as well have just bought Epson cartridges. What are your favorite refillable cartridges. The ability to refill in-the-printer would be best, as I don't want to deal with banding issues I always had with my R220 when I take carts out to refill, even if I have a second set ready to go.

 

[The Hat]

After going through way too many flip-top dampers with the resettable chip bar and having problem after problem, I'm giving up on trying to use them. At this point I've spent so much money I may as well have just bought Epson cartridges. What are your favorite refillable cartridges. The ability to refill in-the-printer would be best, as I don't want to deal with banding issues I always had with my R220 when I take carts out to refill, even if I have a second set ready to go.

You seem to be plagued with refill cartridge problems and youre not having much luck with your printers either.

So may I recommend a better and dare I say cheaper alternative to you, when you have saved enough money again
get yourself a Canon printer and refill using OEM cartridges and all your troubles will be few...

 

[Fenrir Enterprises]

Using pigments for outdoor aqueous vinyl for signage, and heat transfers for t-shirts. Can't do that with the affordable Canons.

I'm hoping that switching supply vendors will solve most of my problems. I don't expect things to be perfect but I'm at the point where I have a hard time believing that the entire fault is on my end.

If I wasn't planning on selling canvas/gicle prints I'd go with Cobra but while they have a good reputation for heat press transfers without color shifting, I do not believe they use Image Specialists ink because I tried using their pigment inks ICC profile and it was worse than using it with no profile.

 

[The Hat]

Fenrir Enterprises
Some say you can pick up a Canon 9500 on Craigs list very reasonable and just pay the shipping,
it uses Pigment too and is the simplest of all Canons to refill..

 

[Grandexp]

Comparing Canon and Epson pigment based printers I would choose an Epson. Canon print heads are subject to damage by ink flow problems. If you refill the ink flow problems will kill the print head sooner or later. Epson printers on the other hand will tolerate any inflow issues with no harm whatsoever. Besides, there are plenty of refillable cartridge solutions for Epson printers. Despite the quality issues associated with Chinese manufacturing those cartridges seem to be a good solution better than struggling with Canon OEM cartridges supplied by their pigment based printers.

 

[OutOFtheinkwell]

I'm surprised to hear that you had so much trouble with Flip Top dampers with chip bars.
I have had nothing but excellent experiences using them. I wonder what the difference is? I print with Epson printers.