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Subject: Filling dye ink cartridges with pigment ink

From: <beefyzee@...>
Date: 2013-11-13

I've got a Canon Pixma IP1900 printer with an empty colour cartridge.

 

In this printer the black cartridge has a pigment ink whereas the colour cartridge has dye ink.

 

Does anyone know if filling the colour cartridges with the black pigment ink will damage the print heads. I don't know if the colour (dye) print heads are different to the black (pigment) print head.

 

The reason for this is I seem to be hearing that pigment inks have much better UV blocking characteristics, and they are also more opaque than black dye prints.

 

Keith.