Transfer ink from old printer cartridges to new ones?

Question

Hello! :) I have a Canon TS5050 printer. Before that, I had a slightly older model, also from Canon. Unfortunately, I had to buy new printer cartridges because the old ones don't fit the new model. I actually still have a few fully functional cartridges, and it's such a shame that I can't use them anymore. Selling them isn't worth it, as they have no real value. Now my question: It must be possible to extract the ink from the cartridges and fill it into the empty cartridges of the new printer. But before I start experimenting with it, I wanted to know if any of you could give me a useful tip! That would be great! Thank you sooooo much for your answers!!! :)

kenshin663 · Answer

I'd be betrayed by such bastards. The inks are still further developed. It can theoretically happen that the ink does not work with the print head but simply clogs because it is too "coarse".

amsel11 · Answer

I did this over 10 years ago, refilled cartridges with syringe, but now all the chips that calculate how much ink was consumed. Then there was a chip rescuer who put the count back up, you got that? Otherwise you will only be able to offer the remaining stocks on Ebay and maybe find them You need your new cartridges from Ebay?

waldmensch70 · Answer

Now my question: It must be possible to draw the color from the cartridges and to fill in the empty cartridges of the new printer.

And precisely that (refilling cartridges with ink) the manufacturers have made as difficult as possible in various conceivable ways.

With negative pressure in the cartridges so that they run out as soon as a hole is drilled for filling.

With chips in the cartridges that count how much ink has already been printed from it and shut down the nozzles of the cartridge once a certain amount has flowed through it

etc.

Because if that were so easy for the user, people would buy their ink cheaply elsewhere and simply fill the cartridges again and again and the manufacturers would earn much less in new cartridges.

In the past, this was still possible (eg at the blessed HP Deskjet 500 and the associated cartridges). People did exactly that. Simply mixed with alcohol and filled into the cartridge by spraying through the existing air hole. So they could print forever with a cartridge, for a few cents per filling.

mnlwrnr · Answer

Refilling ink cartridges is no longer because the cartridges have chips that count the sides. If that's counted down, there's nothing left. In addition, many printers perform a secret firmware update, which is also impossible. Or there is the message that a new firmware is available, where then a vulnerability is closed. This is done, but in addition, the firmware contains a hidden function where refilled cartridges are no longer accepted.

I'd rather have invested in a tank printer. They cost more in the purchase, but there are no ink cartridges, but there are fixed large-scale ink tanks where the ink is filled with bottles. This saves up to 90% ink costs compared to ink cartridges. The spare parts are also cheaper. There are no chips that count the pages. The ink level is displayed on the device via viewing window.

For example, this: https://www.amazon.de/Canon-nachf%C3%BCllable Inkjet Printer-Tintenbeh%C3%A4lter page costs/dp/B07QGX3GHJ?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=A27O8EU5

Or this: https://www.amazon.de/EcoTank-A4-Multifunction-Wi-Fi-Tintentankdrucker-Contained-Years/dp/B09GB7BCQH/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1N2IHNW330AGQ&keywords=epson+ecotank&qid=1705079532