RIHAC continuous ink system
Following the meeting earlier this year I took the step of buying the rihac continuous ink supply system as a means of reducing the cost of genuine or refilled cartridges. To say that the continuous ink system is complicated is an understatement. The manual is quite comprehensive and if there is any criticism of this it would be that the diagrams and pictures showing the various parts etc are not quite as clear as you may expect To connect to this system you must remove the small gold chips at the base of each original ink cartridge and fit this to the corresponding colour of the set with the kit. The positioning of these chips is critical as is fitting the chip to the correct colour. I spent 50 minutes on the phone with Sam a senior technician with rihac last Friday trying various things in order to make the system work. Sam then offered to send me a completely new kit with the chips fitted and this arrived Monday morning early This fix did not allow me to print so again I spent almost an hour on the phone with Sam doing head cleans etc until we tried a restart and after several test prints I finally achieved a good quality copy The saga is over and I am now able to print again When I next need ink I will order 100ml bottles from rihac and these will cost $13 plus postage for 100 ml I cannot comment on the quality of the ink so far but I would reckon that I have about 12 to 18 months supply with the system now. The ink may last longer that the printer itself Although I did encounter many problems during the set up stage the service and phone support by Sam at RIHAC was first class. Perhaps some of the problems were were related to my advanced age but the support provided by Sam really was very good Thought that this may be of interest to other users Graeme IMAC 27 On 07/03/2010, at 8:28 PM, John Daniels wrote: > > Thanks Ronni > Enough said I'll stick to the branded Epson. > Cheers > John > > Hi John (Feltham) > Yes I remember your post, it looked complicated so I didn't pursue it any > further. > Cheers > > On 07/03/2010, at 5:31 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: > >> >> Hi John, >> >> If you want quality Prints & no chance of damage to your printer by leaking >> ink, use your Printers recommended genuine inks & paper. >> >> I've always used Epson Printers, with Epson Ink Cartridges and Epson >> recommended paper for the specific job. >> This way the Printer Driver / software --- The Print Dialogue Window with >> Print Settings, Media type, colour management will give you the best outcome >> of your prints. >> >> Even though my Epson Photo TX700W Network Multi Function printer seems to go >> through Ink Cartridges like there is no tomorrow, I wouldn't use anything >> else other than Epson Ink Cartridges. >> Also it keeps Daniel (MacWizardry) in business, keeping me supplied with Ink >> ;-) >> >> So now you have 3 to 1 against refills. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> >> >> On 07/03/2010, at 5:06 PM, John Daniels wrote: >> >>> >>> Thanks for your input folks. it seems that it's 2 to 1 against refills so >>> far. Anyone else like to weigh in? >>> Cheers >>> John >>> >>> On 04/03/2010, at 12:15 PM, KEVIN Lock wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I refill most of the printer cartridges I have used with compatible inks. >>>> Almost impossible to get Brother compatible ink though. >>>> >>>> Always had good results with no print-head breakdowns. Very messy if you >>>> are not careful. >>>> >>>> Cartridge world swaps your cartridge for a full one for much less than the >>>> original stuff and they work well. >>>> >>>> The web always has instructions for refilling carts, often on YouTube. >>>> >>>> Kev >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi folks >>>>> I have always bought the genuine inks for my printer, but now that we >>>>> have 3 printers between us it's getting expensive. >>>>> >>>>> What do Wamuggers think of the non genuine cheap inks as far as damage >>>>> which may be caused to the printers and true colour inks which do not >>>>> fade? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers >>>>> John >>>>> >>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
