I too had problems with this system on my Epson CX-6000 all-in-one printer. The system depends on ink tubes running from the ink tanks outside the printer to the inside cartridge replacement tanks that hold the ink in place of the "normal" ink cartridges. On my Epson printer the cartridge carriage holding the ink tanks passed under a flat shelf on one end of the track for the cartridges. The carriage would "jam" under this shelf and lock up as well as pinching the tubes that supplied the ink. Many calls and photos back and forth with the company did not solve the problem and they would NOT refund even a portion of my payment when I returned the system. It seems that MOST HP printers work well with these systems so I hope you have better luck that I did with my Epson printers. Just a note, on MOST HP and other brands of printers the Print Head is located in the cartridge, on Epson printers the Print Head is located in the carriage that holds the cartridges. If you do not print even a test page once every 3 or 4 days, the ink in the Print Heads will clog the head and it's a big job and LOTS of wasted ink trying to unclog them. Bob D...
--- On Thu, 1/13/11, Aditya Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: From: Aditya Gupta <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Papermodels II 43775] Continuous Ink Flow System (CIFS) To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 8:00 AM I used CIS for my epson printer last year, I don't know the reason why but the printouts were not of the quality that the regular Ink Cartridge gave me. However due to very low cost, I used it for most of my papercraft projects. There is one small catch i.e. you need to take printouts regularly otherwise the ink might get dry resulting in various problems in Printer. Now instead of CIS I am using compatible cartridges, they cost a bit more but are much more printer friendly. FYI: CIS in India is extremely cheap, I got mine for less than US $30 and most of the time price vary in between $25-$45. Thanks & Regards, (Aditya Gupta) Adityastar.com - Web Services “ The woods are lovely dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And Miles to go before I sleep." --- Robert Frost On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Jaime Herazo B. <[email protected]> wrote: For the ones that hadn't heard of this: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Continuous_ink_system How to obtain it in your area is left as an exercise to the reader :P 2011/1/13 Karl Stimeling <[email protected]> Thanks Mandy, That's a really useful bit of data --- I will be looking into CISS for sure. This 'round the world sharing great. Karl On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 10:18 PM, PC Girl Mandy <[email protected]> wrote: Ooops... http://continuousinksupplysystem.com.au/ LOL On 13 January 2011 13:48, PC Girl Mandy <[email protected]> wrote: This is what I've found so far in Australia. Looks like a nice idea - but at the moment, I'm buying my ink from overseas for my big printer. 6 cartridges for the price of 1. :D Mandy On 13 January 2011 12:25, gene foster <[email protected]> wrote: Hey guys i'm new to paper models and am using an HP OJ 4215 aio and and use a lot of ink fill me in on this CIFS deal please. On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Larissa Redeker <[email protected]> wrote: I bought one for my printer, HP K5400. Very good, and very economic. My printer have printer heads independent of the cartdrige, so I can replace the heads when they gone. But the motherboard of the printer is gone :( I don't remember how many models I printed with this CIFS. The printer software say that I used 9 black cartdriges! For the price of two :) Larissa 2011/1/12 william perry <[email protected]> I just got my CIFS in the mail today. 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