.. I
> reasoned that it was the volatile agents that had dried so I injected
> several syringes of 70% alcohol (rubbing alcohol) followed by
> universal dye ink until full. It took a couple of attempts to purge
> the air before they printed clearly. The result has been very
> successful. I think the alcohol might be used as an extender or a
> replacement in situations like the OP.
Were the cartridges themselves actually dried out, or might it just have
been the nozzles were dried shut, and the ink was still fluid (if
concentrated).
The solvents for these inks vary depending upon the brand, the model
they are for, and they ink technology. Most use water as the principle
base, but some use a resin which makes those inks waterproof once dry,
in the cases of those inks basic solvent like ammonia may be required to
dissolve the resin.
Other parts of the solvents are: glycol esters (usually ethylene glycol,
also used in most car antifreeze) which is used a a wetting agent, to
slow the drying rate to lessen clogging of the head, and isopropyl
alcohol also used as a wetting agent, and to speed drying of the exposed
ink.
> I know it sounds cheesy
I do not suggest using cheese of any type (even Cheesewiz) in ink
cartridges. Besides that it may clog the heads, it tends to attract mice
to your prints. ;-)
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Al Bundy wrote:
> On Nov 2, 1:55 pm, Tony <tonythebengalti...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Al Bundy <MSfort...@mcpmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Nov 2, 1:58 am, Tony <tonythebengalti...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> "John Keiser" <john.keis...@hawaiiantel.net> wrote:
>>>>> I never use the color inks as I have a Canon iP8500 or photos and I am very
>>>>> disappointed that I am being nagged to replace the color cartridges.
>>>>> I don't mind permanently disabling color printing as all I really want is
>>>>> scanning and text.
>>>>> Is there any means of setting this up so that it only prints black with
>>>>> empty color cartrdiges?
>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>> --
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>>>> John
>>>> What Measekite recommends will not work. These are chipped cartridges and
>>>> once
>>>> empty you will have to replace them, I believe they may also contain foam so
>>>> the residual ink in the foam will contaminate any new ink for a long time (a
>>>> moot point since you can't refill the original cartridges anyway). You can
>>>> buy
>>>> cartridges with auto reset chips but you will need to replace all of the
>>>> cartridges at once.
>>>> Your original question was ->Is there any means of setting this up so that
>>>> it only prints black with
>>>>> empty color cartrdiges?
>>>> And the answer is still - no you can't whatever measekite says, the
>>>> alternative
>>>> of refilling the cartridges will not work either so you have to replace all
>>>> the
>>>> cartridges with OEM cartridges or with compatible ones with auto reset chips.
>>>> Tony
>>>> MS MVP Printing Image
>>> Since the poster is not using the color, would it be possible to
>>> simply refill the colors with a mix of alcohol and water and reset the
>>> chip as needed? This could keep the nozzles from clogging.
>> Only if the cartridges have an auto reset chip which will not be the case if
>> the cartridges are OEM. Investing in auto reset cartridges may work though.
>> Tony
>> MS MVP Printing Image
>
> I know it sounds cheesy, but I had some brand new HP78 carts that were
> dry when I opened them. They were several years old. I only paid $1
> for them at a garage sale thinking they could be donor carts. I
> reasoned that it was the volatile agents that had dried so I injected
> several syringes of 70% alcohol (rubbing alcohol) followed by
> universal dye ink until full. It took a couple of attempts to purge
> the air before they printed clearly. The result has been very
> successful. I think the alcohol might be used as an extender or a
> replacement in situations like the OP.
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