Inktjet printer which can be refilled with plain ink?

[B. van der Hoeff]

Hi,

Can anyone give me advice about a cheap inktjet printer of which the ink
cartdridge can be refilled with plain ink such as e.g. fountain pen ink? The
printer will only be used for printing text.

Thanks,

Bastiën

[Chris M]

I did hear of a doctor's (or was it dentist's) surgery that had several
Canon BJ10s that they ran successfully on Quink.

The fact that they did it with such old printers is no guarantee that
you can with more modern ones. I would suggest that you go for a cheap
model where you can replace both the ink cartridges AND the print-head.
That way, you can dump the ruined parts if it isn't successful!

AFAIK that excludes Epsons, where the heads are factory fitted. HPs,
again AFAIK, have replacable cartridges with the heads built in, so
probably not such a good idea.

Have a look at modern Canons - the only one I've seen recently is a
BJC80, which does have replacable cartridges as well as removable head.
Come to think of it, don't most Canons have the optional scanner head
available? That must mean that the print-head is removable. Now I know
that some can (or at least could) have a "black-only" head/cartridge
fitted. That is usually a higher capacity than a colour one, and often
faster at printing.

The best bet is to look through inkjet suppliers adverts, to identify a
model for which both cartridges and heads are listed. That will identify
the candidate printers, so you can then research the price.

The only thing that the above won't tell you is how fountain pen ink
will react to the heating that is used for expelling the ink, or whether
it will be liable to clog. However, if you follow my advise re.
replacable heads and cartridges, at least you won't completely screw up
the printer if it doesn't work.

HTH
Chris

[crit...@my-deja.com]

Epson uses a piezoelectric element as a pump rather than the "coffee
percolator" action the others use - so the boiling behavior shouldn't be a
problem there. Surface tension and viscosity would affect drop formation and
penetration into the paper. Volatility would affect drying time. I think
most of them are mostly water, with a little solvent like isopropyl alcohol
(available in any drugstore). They're almost all based on dyes - no solids
suspended in the ink. Pigmented inks would be another - BIG - problem. If
you experiment, let us know what you find out. Good luck.

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