Canon chip resetter & refilling

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I received the chip resetter for Canon chipped cartridges yesterday from
Germany. It included 5 inks and a different syringe and needle for each of
the colors. I was impressed that the needles were included too and it was
well packaged. It also had a small screw type minature drill in the kit.

So, my next question is this. The instructions I got with the ink I
purchased from Hobbi Colors shows putting a hole and a plug in the top of
the cartridge the way I do on the unchipped Canon cartridges. The
instructions that came with this show drilling a hole through the side
bottom of the cartridge, being careful to not go into the sponge far enough
to damage it. That probably means hand drill instead of borrowing my
husband's electric drill which I don't know how to use very well anyway.

Are there any advantages to this bottom fill method versus filling the
chamber from the top. I'm familiar with top filling but having to drill a
hole in the bottom is alien territory. I don't have very pleasant memories
of trying to drill holes in the old HP color cartridges years ago. All that
work and then it might work or not, generally not. I love CANON! If I drill
a hole in the bottom side won't it leak out? I don't want to damage the
printer.

Also I've been careful what refill ink I've used in my other Canon printers.
Does anyone know if the ink included from Germany is a good quality?

Thanks.
 
Lou said:
I received the chip resetter for Canon chipped cartridges yesterday from
Germany. It included 5 inks and a different syringe and needle for each of
the colors. I was impressed that the needles were included too and it was
well packaged. It also had a small screw type minature drill in the kit.

So, my next question is this. The instructions I got with the ink I
purchased from Hobbi Colors shows putting a hole and a plug in the top of
the cartridge the way I do on the unchipped Canon cartridges. The
instructions that came with this show drilling a hole through the side
bottom of the cartridge, being careful to not go into the sponge far enough
to damage it. That probably means hand drill instead of borrowing my
husband's electric drill which I don't know how to use very well anyway.

Are there any advantages to this bottom fill method versus filling the
chamber from the top. I'm familiar with top filling but having to drill a
hole in the bottom is alien territory. I don't have very pleasant memories
of trying to drill holes in the old HP color cartridges years ago. All that
work and then it might work or not, generally not. I love CANON! If I drill
a hole in the bottom side won't it leak out? I don't want to damage the
printer.

Also I've been careful what refill ink I've used in my other Canon printers.
Does anyone know if the ink included from Germany is a good quality?
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Nobody knows anything about ink purchased from the generic vendors
because they will not tell you the who made the ink they sell. One of
the bad things is you cannot track quality because multiple vendors sell
the same thing under different names. It is like a numbers or shell
game. You even have the same vendor selling under multiple websites
with each site selling under multiple names on the package but all are
selling the same identical product.
 
Lou said:
I received the chip resetter for Canon chipped cartridges yesterday from
Germany. It included 5 inks and a different syringe and needle for each of
the colors. I was impressed that the needles were included too and it was
well packaged. It also had a small screw type minature drill in the kit.

So, my next question is this. The instructions I got with the ink I
purchased from Hobbi Colors shows putting a hole and a plug in the top of
the cartridge the way I do on the unchipped Canon cartridges. The
instructions that came with this show drilling a hole through the side
bottom of the cartridge, being careful to not go into the sponge far
enough to damage it. That probably means hand drill instead of borrowing
my husband's electric drill which I don't know how to use very well
anyway.

Are there any advantages to this bottom fill method versus filling the
chamber from the top. I'm familiar with top filling but having to drill a
hole in the bottom is alien territory. I don't have very pleasant
memories of trying to drill holes in the old HP color cartridges years
ago. All that work and then it might work or not, generally not. I love
CANON! If I drill a hole in the bottom side won't it leak out? I don't
want to damage the printer.

Also I've been careful what refill ink I've used in my other Canon
printers. Does anyone know if the ink included from Germany is a good
quality?

Thanks.
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Lou - the technique you've used for the bci-6 carts will work just fine.
The bottom filling technique is a German technique that is supposed to have
certain advantages. The hole you make is no larger than the diameter of the
needle, and you don't have to seal it after refilling. If you are
interested in exploring that technique you can go onto the Nifty-Stuff Forum
and look up the German refill techinque. It is also called by a German name
I don't remember, but it starts with "Dort-----." I've read about it but
still use the top fill technique that I've become used to.\
http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/
 
Lou - the technique you've used for the bci-6 carts will work just fine.
The bottom filling technique is a German technique that is supposed to
have certain advantages. The hole you make is no larger than the diameter
of the needle, and you don't have to seal it after refilling. If you are
interested in exploring that technique you can go onto the Nifty-Stuff
Forum and look up the German refill techinque. It is also called by a
German name I don't remember, but it starts with "Dort-----." I've read
about it but still use the top fill technique that I've become used to.\
http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/
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Thank you.
I think I wanted someone to tell me that. I don't like learning new
techniques unless I have to. If it worked better I would try the bottom
fill technique but the top fill has been working so well on the other
printers I hated to try something new. I can't imagine it not leaking.
 
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