Comments on: DIY Continuous Ink Printer = Unlimited Free Printing

By: Joe L

Joe L — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:46:59 +0000

it could probably be done with HP…but Epson seems to be the printer of choice.

By: Jiggler

Jiggler — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 08:58:00 +0000

is there a hack for the HP ones?

By: jbob

jbob — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:20:24 +0000

Imagine your inkjet printer was your car. If your car needed an oil change, would you say screw this i’ll just save money and top of the oil in my car or better yet forgoe putting the right grade of oil in my car (whatever is the cheapest). As an IT tech, I see this all the time, clients blaming the printer manufacturer for their el cheapo refilled cartridges not working or better yet creating a nice big mess inside the printer. Printer manufacturers spend millions of dollars in R&D and patents to get their ink formulations right. I can guarantee you the ink being refilled in your ink cartridges is not the same genuine ink you would be getting from manufacturer. One time an irrate client blamed me for his refilled ink cartridge not working in his printer. Low and behold I put a genuine ink cartridge in the printer in front of the client and the printer worked. The client just yelled at me and called me incompetent. Sheesh.

By: Joe L

Joe L — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:40:14 +0000

That picture is of a typical continuous ink printer, not the specific setup used in the project.

By: GFYM

GFYM — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:32:58 +0000

Why is the picture a canon, but the recomendation a epson printer ?

By: Joe L

Joe L — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:35:01 +0000

Well of course it’s going to wear out eventually but it’s free for ages.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:42:32 +0000

Not really free. The heads on cartridges eventually wear out. This can cause a real mess, and possibly damage to your printer if you keep printing with damaged or worn out heads.

By: 7angryghettos

7angryghettos — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:17:44 +0000

Or, just get a color laser for about $400 with full size toner cartridges (Dell), and print 5000 pages for no cost.

By: Michael Hoskins

Michael Hoskins — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:08:36 +0000

I have always loved hacks and this alows me to acully print out all my home made graphics really cheap and put them up on my house. Keep up the brilliant work.