Canon refilling: is it as easy as it looks?
Pete
I've owned Lexmark (7200) and Epson (600) color inkjets. To say that
refilling for an Epson is hard is an understatement. For a Lexmark it
is easier, but still not as easy as I'd like and certainly has
drawbacks.
I looked at a Canon the other day in a store (don't recall the model
number), and it appears refilling would be incredibly easy. The ink
cartridges I saw had a small pure liquid compartment at the rear of
the cartridge, which apparently fed the large compartment containing a
sponge. Is refilling for such a cartridge merely a matter of directly
filling that pure liquid compartment? If so, that seems impossibly
easy and foolproof, for two main reasons. 1, at a glance the exact
level of ink can be known, and 2, air in sponge can be kept to a
minimum if the pure liquid compartment is kept above zero.
I'm far more interested in ease of refilling and cost then absolute
output quality, hence my interest in this.
I'd appreciate comments from users.
Thanks, Pete
Adriatic
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Pete <pet...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Al Anderson
I assume you saw the BJC 3000, 6000 or 8200 with separate ink tanks. Yes
they are easy to refill and pretty much trouble free.
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Al
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> Yes it is easy
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> come & see
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Jim Kindon
On Mon, 02 Oct 2000 05:05:42 GMT, Pete <pet...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I've owned Lexmark (7200) and Epson (600) color inkjets. To say that
>refilling for an Epson is hard is an understatement. For a Lexmark it
>is easier, but still not as easy as I'd like and certainly has
>drawbacks.
>
>I looked at a Canon the other day in a store (don't recall the model
>number), and it appears refilling would be incredibly easy. The ink
>cartridges I saw had a small pure liquid compartment at the rear of
>the cartridge, which apparently fed the large compartment containing a
>sponge. Is refilling for such a cartridge merely a matter of directly
>filling that pure liquid compartment?
Yes is the answer, it's usually punch out a ball bearing in
the top of the cart and fill with a syringe and then plug with a
rubber bung, I used silcon sealer to stop up the hole but have since
taken to using a hot melt glue gun. If you don't displace the ball
bearing drill a small hole, fill and plug. Of course you mustn't
forget to firmly cover the ink outlet to prevent leakage whilst
filling.
>if so, that seems impossibly
>easy and foolproof, for two main reasons. 1, at a glance the exact
>level of ink can be known, and 2, air in sponge can be kept to a
>minimum if the pure liquid compartment is kept above zero.
>
>I'm far more interested in ease of refilling and cost then absolute
>output quality, hence my interest in this.
If the Canon is the BJC600 series or the BJC6000 series or
the Xerox XJ6C Docuprinter series then the answer is yes, they are
unbelievably easy to refill and take well under a minute to do the
job. These printers all have four separate ink cartridges and to my
mind that is the ONLY way to go, sods law dictates that one colour
ink will run out before the others and it's cheaper to replace one
single colour cartridge than a multi colur cart.Other printers may
well use the four cartridge system as well but I don't know which
ones they might be.
I guess I've saved myself a small fortune using this method.
Regards
Jim by the River Plym
Skyline Design & Country Music
www.skyline78.freeserve.co.uk
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