[CQ] Can you use 8650 ink in a 8500 if you cut to size? Any tech concerns?

[Guest]

Curious question. I have been repairing these models for years. I do have a good 8500 I would like to use for production. Since many of these are coming in broken or trade I have a large amount of ink.

Can we put the 8560 ink in the machine and suffer no issues? I know the trays are the same on the bottom. I dont expect too much interference pushing the ink along. I just want to make sure there were no ink melt issues to worry about. Out of curiosity, has anyone done this? This would be for my own personal use.
Maybe I should just sell the 8650 ink and buy more 8500. Easy solution?

[jhalfhide]

Re: Can you use 8650 ink in a 8500 if you cut to size? Any tech concerns?

Not personally tried it but they do like to use ink melt conductivity to tell inks apart. They can for instance tell the difference between a starter ink and a normal ink. Try and use a starter once you've gone over a certain click and it errors.


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[Canon345]

Re: Can you use 8650 ink in a 8500 if you cut to size? Any tech concerns?

Actually, I dont think the 8500 series printhead is much different at all than the 8650. If they are both working off the heat then it should be ok. For example I know the 860 did not burn as hot as the 8400.