About Canon printers ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Russ Wright maintains a Web page of help for Canon printers, including the BJC-4100 and BJC-4200. http://www.magmacom.com/~russrite/Canon_Drivers/ | |___ note tilde ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From bgridley@infi.net Thu Feb 6 11:56:38 1997 Date: Thu, 06 Feb 1997 06:22:33 GMT From: Bryan Gridley Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Problems with CANNON BJC-4200 under Win-95 On Wed, 05 Feb 1997 20:54:57 GMT, timc@perryhil.demon.co.uk (Tim Cannell) wrote: > >I have a problem installing a Cannon BJC-4200 printer under windows >95. The problem is :- > >When printing a document or picture it get two-thirds of the way >though, and then stops and feeds the paper out. > >It works fine when installed on a pentpro200 with 32megs ram, but the >problem occurs on a AMD-150 with 16megs ram. > >Anyone else had this problem and/or solved it? Go into your system BIOS and change the port configuation from ECP to either EPP or SPP. This should take care of the problem. Bryan Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 08:59:31 -0500 From: John Connolly To: Jigabyte@concentric.net Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Q: how to clean the BJC600 head/cartridges. Holger Woldrich wrote: > > lsuarez@internet.ve wrote: > > > > The Canon BJ600 is an ink-clogging nightmare. > > Do you know what's the best procedure to clean > > the head and cartridge or perhaps you know if > > there is a cleaning kit available somewhere? > > > > Thanks > > > > Luis E. Suarez > > lsuarez@internet.ve > > > > -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====----------------------- > > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet > Hi > I bought a canon 600 off of a clearance shelf from a local store. > It was a complete nightmare when you opened the lid. Ink everywhere, it > looked as though a catridge had exploded. The heads had gunk caked on > them!! When I tried printing nothing would come out. So I took a small > bowl and filled it with warm water until just the heads were submerged. > I let it sit for about 5 minutes then began to splash the heads into the > water. Then I took a lint free cloth and wiped the heads clean. I had to > do this about three times. I have never had a problem since. (knock on > wood.) It has performed beautifully eversince. And I saved a bundle too! > Oh yeah, let the heads air dry for 24 hours before putting it back into > the printer just in case the eletronics on the head got wet also. > Holger > Jigabyte@cris.com > Lakeland,Fl. Permanent, fixed print heads appear to have been 86'd by Canon with demise of BJC 600 & 800. Ultra sonic cleaner like jewellers use MIGHT be of some use. It will not, however, fix burned out resistors. Best not to immerse electronics in any liquid. The above 2 types are the only models we've de-listed for refills, as controversies with Canon were becoming a bore. -- John Connolly Image Control Corp. - Remanufactured & Generic Toner Cartridges (416) 694-7509 fax (416) 694-7929 Home Page http://www.image-control.com E-mail image@baldhead.com Refill kits for common or obscure InkJet Cartridges Date: 12 Feb 1997 04:50:34 GMT From: Russ Wright Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Canon Bubblejet 4000 info There are several possible solutions this is primarly a problem within Windows 95 and the Computers printer port There are patches to the LPT.VXD file from Microsoft to help resolve this problem but may or may not work in all cases You can get this later version LPT.VXD v4.00.955 from the listed below and or Check the following You may be required to change the CMOS value of the LPT ( Printer port ) from ECP/EPP to either NORMAL or SPP or STANDARD 1. IF Printer Port Set to ECP in Device Manager Boot Windows 95 and right click on "My Computer" icon. Select Properties. Select Device Manager tab. Double click on Ports (Com & LPT). Double click on ECP Printer port (LPT1). If your configuration is already Printer Port, this correction does not apply. Select Driver tab. Select Change Driver... Select Show all devices. Under Models: Select Printer port, then click OK. Click OK again. Shut down Windows 95 and Reboot. -- Russ Wright http://www.magmacom.com/~russrite/Canon_Drivers/ Richard Harris wrote in article <01bc1835$9f88b080$989c2dc7@mountain>... > I have been having a bitch of a time getting a Canon 4000 to print text > under Windows 95 either in word or Wordpad. > For some reason it will only print 1/2 of a page. > Any ideas? Dip switch settings? > > mountain@tesser.com > ++++++ Path: utkcs2!transfer.stratus.com!cam-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cp k-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!www.nntp.prime net.com!globalcenter0!news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!not-for-mail From: "Daryl" Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Can you help with a canon bjc 4100? Date: 13 Feb 1998 19:24:00 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 47 Message-ID: <01bd38ef$256bc180$a316a5ce@Pdlaffer.primenet.com> References: <6a0sqr$h76$0@dosa.alt.net> <34C4AA96.5AF4C430@infi.net> <34e4f828.866187@news.mindspring.com> > >Rick wrote: > > > >> A friend of mine bought this printer (canon 4100 bubble jet) a couple years > >> ago, and it has performed just > >> fine up until recently. When he turned on the power yesterday, it started > >> the usual "back and forth" print > >> head positioning, then just stops. It beeps, and the lights start flashing. > >> Sorry, I can't give more info, > >> but I haven't actually seen the printer yet.. Anybody have any suggestions > >> that might cause this phenomenon? > >> > > > >Sound like a cartridge problem. Either not seated properly or is bad.Resaeat > Resaeat > >the cart a couple of times. If this does not correct the problem > >then replace the cartridge. > > > >Bryan My friend's Canon 4200 behaved similarly to this. We discovered that the sensor that rides against the encoder strip had come out. It plugs into the back of the cartridge, hanging on a tiny wire. We stuck a little bit of glue on it and put it back in place (not easy to reach!) and it has been fine since (two months). ++++ Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 04:16:49 GMT From: Jerry Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Can you help with a canon bjc 4100? I spent $50 on a new BC21e print head + 2 ink tanks and everything worked fine. +++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Path: utkcs2!transfer.stratus.com!cam-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!ulowell.uml .edu!news.tacom.army.mil!news.he.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!newsfeed.wli.net!portc04 .blue.aol.com!audrey01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: prntmar@aol.com (PrntMar) Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Canon/Epson and aftermarket/refill ink Date: 13 Feb 1998 05:27:26 GMT Lines: 52 Message-ID: <19980213052700.AAA17102@ladder03.news.aol.com> Recently I have been getting flak for my position on refill/aftermarket ink cartridges. In a word I do not condone or promote these cartridges in any way. While I may be prejudiced as I work on printers for a living, I do feel that I do have a valid point that should be heard. To explain my position I should first give a little background as to while I feel that way. I am in charge of printer repair for a company in Dallas TX that repairs printers received in from a national chain store. In that I do this I must reveal that the printer line consists of a few major brand manufacturers of printer, namely: Epson, Canon and Hewlett Packard. I do work on all models released in the last 7 years by thes companies, including lasers. I have worked on printers for the last four years now. My training prior to this was military avionics/instruments. This job field transfers quite well as both have frequent small mechanical failures. I am certified on Canon printers and maintain that so as to keep the company an authorized Canon service center. I was the one who trained the individuals that certfied on Epson printers to maintain our availibility of parts from Epson. The problem with refill/aftermarket cartridges is inherent to the design of two manufacturers, namely Canon and Epson. These manufacturers both make the majority of their printer income from the sale of their ink cartridges and have thus designed their printers to be very particular about the properties of the ink placed into the printer. Both have circuits or mechanical designs that are affected by certain properties of the ink used. The use of refill/aftermarket ink cartridges will often cause damage to the printer that is not always covered under warranty. I have seen two ink manufactures that stand out as far as printer damage is concerned. Nu-Kote ink cartridges to seem to be the most popular, Pelikan is next. These companies until recently were competitors, but last year Nu-Kote bought Pelikan but maintained the seperate label. Daily I see printers that have ruined printheads because of these cartridges. The Canon BJC-600 series printers are particularly sensitive to these kinds of cartridges. Typically the printhead and carriage ribbon are both corroded beyond repair. The Canon BC-02, BC-05, BC-06, BC-20 and BC-21 cartridges are prone to clog or just plain not work with refill ink or aftermarket cartridges, some similar cartridges are also noted: Epson S020031, Brother IN-10, Canon BX-3 and 4 and all Apple inkjet cartridges. Epson printers are as a whole not designed to accept refill/aftermarket ink cartridges. The printhead nozzles are smaller than most others and Epson uses a unique peizo-electric fired printhead. Many times I have clogged printheads due to refill/aftermarket cartridges. An Epson printhead can often times be unclogged by removal of the printhead and using a baby medicine syringe to force a mild cleaner through the print nozzles by placing it over the cartridge spear. I must say that most other inkjet printers, usually gravity primed are much less susceptible to refill cartridges, and are able to take a wider range of variables as far as ink goes. As a footnote of sorts, as a favor to Mr. Fred Keen, President of Repeat-O-Type, I must say that so far with his cartridges I haven't had many corrosion problems. I have found though that the BJC-600 series printers and The Epson Stylus series printers do not accept Repeat-O-Type cartridges as readily as they do OEM cartridges. Mostly it is due the the design of the cartridge to try and fool the printers safeguards against using these cartridges ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date: 13 Feb 1998 14:42:53 GMT From: LarryERA Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Canon/Epson and aftermarket/refill ink Total agreement after coming from a service background myself. Can't believe the number of people who'd buy a $20,000 copier then try and save $2-5.00 on a carton of toner by purchasing generic crap than bitch and moan when it caused LOTS of damage to the unit not covered by a service contract. It's like buying some big 4x4 like a Suburban than bitching that you can't get 20 mpg so buy junk gas! Then wonder why it runs like s*&t! I'll never understand people! Larry ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Path: utkcs2!transfer.stratus.com!cam-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cp k-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprin tlink.net!Sprint!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Nedved" Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Canon/Epson and aftermarket/refill ink Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 15:05:54 -0500 Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science Message-ID: <6c4tep$pgl$1@news.cis.ohio-state.edu> References: <19980213052700.AAA17102@ladder03.news.aol.com> PrntMar wrote > Recently I have been getting flak for my position on refill/aftermarket ink .... blah blah blah Anyhow, I respect your position on refilling, and to some extent I agree with you. There are literally thousands of companies (namingly my competition) who sell refill kits. And there are many companies which "genericize" their inks to work in "all canon printers" or "all epson printers". I can tell you, any company who does this will have problems. Companies such as ours, who spend thousands of dollars and several monts of time perfecting inks do not cause problems with printers. I can attest to that 100%. Just as there is Yugo v. Mercedes in the auto market, there is crap v. quality product in the refilling market. Personally, I place the company you mentioned in the semi-crap area of the market. We have tested their inks, as an example, their formulation for the HP 500 and HP 600 black is the same, I'd hate to tell you, but those are two totally different cartridges with two different printhead designs and two different inks. (Dye Based v. Pigmented). Anyhow, I will not disagree with you that using the wrong type of ink in a printer can cause damage, but so can taking arsenic to cure your headache. You need to make sure your products come from a reputable company who takes the time necessary to come as close as they can to the original ink. Companies do have patents on their original OEM inks, but you have to realize, those patents are mostly on color composition. If you duplicate the chemical components of the ink (density, PH level, base, etc...) you only need to change the color composition and your formula is different. Hence, if company A uses 1 part per million of yellow dye in their yellow ink, we could use 1.01 parts per million and have the same exact (basic) product and not have a patent violation. All I'm saying, dont discourage all refilling products, as I know there are some that dont work, but then there are quality companies like mine spending lots of money and lots of time to develop compatible cartridges and compatible inks that do work. Bob Nedved Definitive Data Solutions Home of the Re-Ink-Kit Ink Refilling Kits for Ink-Jet Printers Toll-Free (888) INK-KITS nedved.3@osu.edu http://members.aol.com/ddsmain ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date: 15 Feb 1998 17:32:26 GMT From: PrntMar Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Canon/Epson and aftermarket/refill ink Loved the response. I did mention the two major manufacturers that I see, I do see refilled cartridges (5%) that I cannnot indentify the manufacturer and I also see aftermarket cartridges (10%) that do not have the company name on the label. For the most part if people remember to not let the cartridges run dry before refilling them, it seems that refills will work for some time. My main complaint is with the three specific companies that I mentioned in this article, they unfortunatly, seem to be the big three in the aftermarket ink market. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Path: utkcs2!transfer.stratus.com!cam-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!ne ws.bbnplanet.com!news-xfer.netaxs.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.cis.ohio-state.e du!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Nedved" Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Canon/Epson and aftermarket/refill ink Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 21:32:45 -0500 Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science Message-ID: <6c88g1$inn$1@news.cis.ohio-state.edu> References: <19980213052700.AAA17102@ladder03.news.aol.com> <6c55mq$btv@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net> >Two questions regarding this issue. You can cause damage to any printer if you do not know what you are doing. Yes, laser toner cartridges that are remanufactured can cause problems, but it depends on who is remanufacturing them. Most companies replace many of the parts in the cartridge (the wiper blacde, the OPC roller, the drum, etc... so in essence you have the same thing as the original when you are finished. To answer your questions, yes, any good refilling company (such as ours) does strenuous testing on inks before they are released to the market. With most printers, we aquire them when they are first available in Asia (which is normally the better part of a year before they reach the US) - we then begin formulating and testing inks with the printers. Most of the testing goes for printers which posess permanent printheads (i.e the epsons, canon 600 series, and some other off-brands) - the printer you mentioned uses a disposable black cartridge (the BC-20), and a color carrier with two click-in units (the BC-21). For you to not be refilling that cartridge set, you are truly wasting your money - yes the testing is performed, but I must ask you, why worry that much about a printer where the cartridges are going to be discarded anyway?? they are not even designed to be permanent.... doesnt make sense to me... I can understand when people truly question the quality of ink when they are using a printer with permanent print heads, but on one like that, it's senseless. On a side note, you also have the smallest cartridges on the market. Your black cartridge only holds 4 cc's of color ink (about a 10th of an ounce) and the color only holds 2.5cc per chamber. Now, why would you want to pay 20.00 for the color cart and 8.00 for the black cartridge when you can buy a $25.00 refill kit like ours and refill your color 15 times and your black 10 times?? (of course, the refill kit will outlast the cartridges, they should only be refilled 4-6 times).... I'll never understand... Bob Nedved Definitive Data Solutions Home of the Re-Ink-Kit Ink Refilling Kits for Ink-Jet Printers ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 04:25:09 GMT From: Russ Wright Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Canon/Epson and aftermarket/refill ink Ko-Rec-Type is another sad brand from typewriter ribbons , Ink Jet and Toner +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Date: 15 Feb 1998 01:57:09 GMT From: Ontelcorp Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Canon610 >I bought a Canon BJC610 a few months ago from auction (a refurb). Once I >got all the parts and installed new ink carts it workes fine except that it >won't print any .tif .gif .jpg anywhere close to photo quality. It will >print cards just fine and posters as well but even after setting everything >back to default prints pictures mostly black or REALLY dark. >any suggestions? Do I need to get new drivers from Canon? Goto canon's WEB site and download the Radter driver.It will allow you to lighten up individual colors from the driver. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Message-ID: <#88G5Jv#9GA.215@upnetnews02.moswest.msn.net> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 19:54:51 -0400 From: Hun 1 Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Help me with Canon BJC-4000 My BJC-4000 refuses to go online the online light, HQ light and the HS light keep blinking and the error light stays on. The printer emits 3 or 4 beeps before it does this after i turn it on. Canon online diagnostics reports it as a cleaning error but does not say what is causing it or how it can be fixed. Anyone know how to fix my printer. Ray greatmag@email.msn.com Message-ID: <19981019214419.03960.00002934@ng34.aol.com> Date: 20 Oct 1998 01:44:19 GMT From: PrntMar Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Subject: Re: Help me with Canon BJC-4000 You have the classic BJC-4000 problem. A broken purge unit, unrepairable w/o replacing the purge unit. PN QG5-0290-120 (latest revision) ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// \ Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Organization: Elflett Innovations Message-ID: <374b350e.2906534@news.webtronics.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.152.248.44 Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 23:45:29 GMT From: stuart@easyparts.com (Stuart Elflett) Subject: Canon BJC Manuals Available on CD - AUSD$69 We have found a manual that should interest anyone who is working on Canon Bubblejets... It comes on CD, and covers the service and parts manuals for the Canon BJC50, BJC255SP, BJC4200SP, BJC4300, BJC4310SP, BJC4650, BJC5000, BJC7100 & MPC50. It also includes drivers for these machines. These are the full manuals, and a full set of paper manuals would be getting on for $2000... This is a genuine Canon CD, and is available for $69, Australian Dollars, plus appropriate freight charges... let me know where you are and I can quote for freight... Cheers, Stuart Elflett Easy Parts ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Message-ID: <8pdqfm$km4$1@news.cis.ohio-state.edu> References: <39B58607.55CAD859@alltel.net> Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 13:02:36 -0400 From: Bob Nedved Subject: Re: Canon 8200 vs. HP 970 "SC" wrote in message news:39B58607.55CAD859@alltel.net... > Ive recently gotton sample prints from HP, Canon, Xerox, Tektronix. I love the > solid ink Tektronix but cant afford it. I havent seen any Epson prints but have > had bad Epson experiences in past and dont want to go with them again. Now > really all the prints are really good and I check them out with a loupe. The > Canon 8200 had small banding much like a laser printer under a loupe. The 8500 > didnt. The HP 970 is awesome. However what surprized me is the Canon > prints seem > to be virtually waterproof. I ran a wet finger over them trying to smear them > to no avail and they dried with no water spots. Did you actually PRINT the samples or is it one that Canon sent to you or one that was one one of the "pads" of samples next to the canon printers? One very deceptive thing that Canon does is to print a sample, scan it, and then mass produce it and send it to the dealers in little bound "pads" to be distributed to the woud be buyers. They are supposed to show the print quality but they are NOT printed on the canon printers - they are mass produced by printers similar to magazine printers - which explains their waterfastness. If you "TOOK" a sample from the store - have them print another and THEN do your water test - I'm sure your results will be different. > All of the other brand printers > can't hold a candle to the wet smear test. Now the drawback is that Wilhelm > Research rates the Canon prints as being the least fade resistant of all the > printers. What is your take on this as you have real experience with these > printer. Are they as reliable as the HP? I have a 722 and a 1120 with > postscript driver and they give really excellant prints too. No - Canon printers are not nearly as well built as HP units in my personal opinion. They are clunky, noisy, and they use more plastic peices in heavily "used" parts of the printer. Bob. www.reinkkit.com ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Sep 2000 19:56:28 GMT Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 19:51:21 GMT Organization: Navix Internet Subscribers Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Message-ID: <1105_968615481@oemcomputer> From: sasc@alltel.net Subject: Canon 8200 vs. HP 970 These are prints from Canon and they are not reproductions. They are originals on the Gloss Photo Film and High Resolution paper. They do not run or smear or stain with water, alcohol, naptha, or toulol. I am a graphics professional and can tell what most printing processes are. I use a loupe to check them carefully. I printed a small gradient block on the canon papers with the test prints they sent me and they turn out beautifully and also do not smear with anything. I also have test prints from HP and Textronix in ink jet, laser and solid ink. They are also original prints not offset reproductions. Also original Tektronix solid ink print, printed in front of my eyes. Here is results of what I checked out. water, alcohol, naptha and toulol used. Textronix solid ink smears with naptha and toulol Laser smears with naptha and toulol Offset smears with toulol HP prints on HP and other paper smear with water (didnt check further) Canon high resolution paper and Glossy Photo Film with Canon ink and HP ink. The high resolution paper had a canon 8200 print on it and my HP ink sample. The High Gloss Photo Film had a Canon 8500 and my HP ink sample. They do not smear, run or stain with water, alcohol, naptha or toulol I am extremely impressed with this paper. The gloss photo film is very expensive, nearly 2 dollars a sheet but its impressive as it doesnt smear or tear. I can not readily get Canon paper where I live so will try to see if I can get some samples of their regular photo paper and coated paper to see if they are also resistant. SC - - - - - Clark Signs: http://www.fortunecity.com/business/notebook/1172/ Pictures in the Sun Handcrafted, original art greeting cards from the Ozarks http://picturesinthesun.safeshopper.com AP Support Group: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/6412/ Lots of arthritis and health links: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/6412/supportlinks.htm Clark Signs: http://www.fortunecity.com/business/notebook/1172/ Pictures in the Sun Handcrafted, original art greeting cards from the Ozarks http://picturesinthesun.safeshopper.com AP Support Group: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/6412/ ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers References: <39B5902D.3B4F33D8@alltel.net> Date: 6 Sep 2000 19:37:15 -0700 Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Message-ID: <8p6v0r$5tr$1@triton.dnai.com> From: Lon Stowell Subject: Re: Hello ? canon bjc-8200 owners...how are You doing? In article , LJ Silver wrote: >You may see what appears to be banding when printing on plain paper. The ink >saturates the paper in stripes that don't dry immediately and this causes >the paper to pucker in band like stripes. This is not the case with Canon >HI-RES paper or any type of glossy photo paper. LJ Actually the 8200 can band on any paper. It can also be cured by reading the user's guide and running the alignment utilities. Any printer can band if the driver isn't sync'd properly to the actual head movement. Some can adjust better than others. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 15:17:06 -0400 Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers Message-ID: <8pbdvs$25g$1@news.cis.ohio-state.edu> From: Bob Nedved Subject: Re: How best store Canon Ink cartridges/tanks? "G@tti" wrote in message news:0oFt5.6895$j6.1684504@news1.rdc1.va.home.com... > You may also take the entire print head along with the inks and store it in > a zip lock bag to prolong the inks...... Terrible advice - putting a primed and ready to print tri-color cartridge into a ziplock bag will most certainly cause bleeding and can lead to contamination through capillary action - this is even discussed on HP's website I noticed the other day... It's the same phenomena as the contamination that occurs when people try to re-apply the tape that comes with the cartridge. Of course, these are not issues for black only or single color cartridges - but tri color cartridges can be destroyed if stored improperly. Best to store the cartridges UPRIGHT in a sealable hard container with a damp sponge or rag to keep the humidity high within the container to prevent dryout. Bob. www.reinkkit.com ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Apple Stylewriter II uses Canon BC-02 ink cartridges. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////