Homebrew PCBs

On 13/11/13 10:29, beefyzee@... wrote:
>
> 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.

It should be ok. I haven't heard of any problem. I have not tried it
though. It says ok here:

<http://www.inkbank.com.au/category30_1.htm>