<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Similarly 6 years ago connected my Canon iP4200 with large external tanks (200-300ml!) and silicon tubing into the cartridges and enjoy Very Low cost printing now. The only colour printer I can truly claim to have got my money's worth out of. However the colour balance is not good through CUPS, and I am not clever enough to fix that, but that is another thread. Certainly also investigate alternative ink supplies if you are looking at another printer of any branding. HR! <div class="moz-cite-prefix"> Rob Ward On 09/11/15 10:32, J. Paul Bissonnette wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:20151108193259.0c7f3bf2@maple" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Sun, 8 Nov 2015 22:44:55 +0100 Teach <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:pbrteach@gmail.com"><pbrteach@gmail.com></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">TX. That will be a next move buying an HP 2015-11-08 9:46 GMT+01:00 Neil Winchurst <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:neilwin@drofle.co.uk"><neilwin@drofle.co.uk></a>: </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> I moved away from HP to Epson due to the cost of ink. The HP I had absolutely refused to use 3rd party cartridges, so I was stuck with buying over prices products. There was also an expiry date on them, which meant, if you didn't use it up by that date the printer quit working until new cartridges were installed. I gave the HP away and bought an Epson that was on sale for 150$ invested 50$ in a refill kit. 4 refillable cartridges, 4 bottles of ink, syringes and a chip resetter. Instead of paying 110$ for set of OEM cartridges It cost me about 5$ a refill now. The ink I use is also being use by a local photographer, so it is of good quality. When you invest in a new printer check out the cost of operation, these companies are not in the consumer printer business; but, the consumer ink business. </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>