I've been thinking about refilling the black ink cartridge for my Canon printer. Then I remembered a quart of ink I put away in the attic with my old Kohinoor Rapidograph. So, I'm wondering, will it work? It's an unopened quart of Faber-Castell Higgins Black Magic and appears to be water soluble. I don't know if canon uses water soluble ink or not. I suppose I could do a science experiment to find out.
Having spent many hours cleaning Rapidograph pens, I believe the ink they used was mostly made of fine carbon powder, which was kept in suspension in the water somehow but not dissolved in it. If a pen wasn't going to be used for a day or two, it was best to take it apart and rinse it out. Otherwise the ink would harden in the tip. I have the feeling it would do the same thing in the nozzles of the print cartridge.
Great photo!
> I've been thinking about refilling the black ink cartridge for my Canon printer. Then I remembered a quart of ink I put away in the attic with my old Kohinoor Rapidograph. So, I'm wondering, will it work? It's an unopened quart of Faber-Castell Higgins Black Magic and appears to be water soluble. I don't know if canon uses water soluble ink or not. I suppose I could do a science experiment to find out.
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I remember the ultra sonic blaster rapidiograph pen cleaner machine. It held maybe 1/2 cup of fluid and you'd put the tips in and let 'er rip. In 5 minutes they were good as new.
When it came to refilling any cartridge, it seemed that more got on my desk & clothes than in the cartridge. So I quit that job and joined a union so I could carry those awesome signs in your picture.
With permission, I may get a tee shirt made up with it. It's perfect for the crowd I hang with.
Rapidiograph ink is basically India Ink, and all the time that I used it, it was not well known to be fast drying.
It might print well the first day if you remember to not let the copy stack on top of each other in the printer out tray. :-O
By Day 2 your printer will serve well as a boat anchor and not much else. :-X
> I suppose I could do a science experiment to find out.
You could. And if it fails, you will have to buy a new printer. But the new printer will come with an ink cartridge and the new printer plus ink cartridge will probably cost you less than a replacement cartridge for your old printer.
