lite-scribe question.

[Ian Malone]

Ric Moore wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 12:28 +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
>>> Because you'd be pissed off at spending $50 for a mere 10 mls of liquid
>>> inside a quite large plastic box that's mostly empty.  Wondering, why in
>>> hell's name, can't they use a larger cartridge and really fill it with
>>> lots of ink.
>>>
>>> Of course *we* know why - maximising profits.  They could, quite easily,
>>> make bigger cartridges that hold more ink, and not charge as much.
>> So refill them. It isn't very hard and for HP cartridges its cut my ink
>> costs dramatically.
> 
> Alan, I worked in the Chemical Industry as a Field Representative, doing
> lots of technical stuff like titrations, electrical work, A to D
> conversions to control peristaltic computerized pumps, lotsa techie
> hands-on stuff for 26 years and taught others as well. 
> 
> I tried filling a cartridge once. Paid good money for a kit with all
> kinds little widgets included to fill the cartridge with ink. What a
> friggin' mess! Maybe the instructions needed to be dumbed down a bit,
> but I got more ink on me than I got into the cartridge. <chuckles>

I don't have my own printer (pretty much for the reasons being
discussed), but my dad uses inkjet refills and found the most
reliable method was a syringe and a hypodermic needle.

-- 
imalone