> Noble sentiments, except that most who refill have ruined at least one item
> of clothing, used solvents of dubious ecological integrity in an attempt to
> remove ink stains off of clothing and hands, used solvents of dubious
> ecological integrity in an attempt to clean an intransigent print head, used
> more than one sheet of paper while trying to get a test page that shows all
> is well..

Hate to say it but i've "never" ruined a piece of clothing... not that
I didn't once on my epson spew yellow everywhere but I have since
abandoned vacuum filling. Even so, if stained it becomes a rag.

I did have some kaki dockers on but a simple wash resolved that issue.
While some might require some harsh chemicals to clean a printhead...
for HPs boiling water seems to do the trick perfectly well. Even so a
pad with a few squirts of windex... basicly a low concentration of
ammonia from time to time beats dumping plastic with a few ml of dye
water and ammonia in the landfill *all the time*, not to speak of the
lead and other metals used in making of ink cartridges.

And let's say for example you do get a bum print... well that can be
recycled.

I'll agree if you spew ink everywhere all the time, waste reams of
paper all the time, and are totally incompetent at refilling... by no
means don't do it. I was incompetent on refilling HPs my self so I
switched to Epson then Canon. But what your speaking off is exclusivly
house refilling... not refills or refill stations which should help
reduce the waste of stained clothing. Better tools, experenced
people... less stained clothing.

It's still a superb idea. Not for everyone but for the most part it
does reduce waste... unless you prefer extra plastic with unused ink in
the landfills.