Thanks for that Mike My printer is an HP C 5380 All in one model Graeme On 09/03/2010, at 2:08 PM, Mike Fuller wrote:
> > Thanks Graeme > > I'm not sure which printer you have (possibly Canon) but my experience with > the RIHAC CISS with my Epson Photo R230 has been very easy and almost > flawless over the last 15 months. No drama with having to insert chips > (they're in the supplied continuous cartridges) and the fitting took about 5 > minutes. I have refilled once in the time I've had the system - a less than 5 > minute process. > > The quality of the prints, to my untrained eye, were at least as good as the > Epson carts. I had a problem with fading at one stage and this was due to > using lower quality Kodak paper. On the couple of times I've contacted RIHAC > for technical issues I was impressed by their commitment and expertise. > > And John, if you're concerned about quality my suggestion is to be more > mindful of getting good paper with a resin coating such as Ilford or perhaps > the Epson. > > Cheers > > Mike Fuller > > On 09/03/2010, at 12:49 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: > >> >> 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 >> >> > > > > -- 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]>
