Refilling Canon BCI-6 series?

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Bloggy

Greetings,

I've just bought a Canon ip4000. Would someone be kind enough
to post info on how to refill the BCI-6 series ink tanks.


Thanks

Bloggy
 
Bloggy said:
Greetings,

I've just bought a Canon ip4000. Would someone be kind enough
to post info on how to refill the BCI-6 series ink tanks.


Thanks

Bloggy
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The refill kits usually come with instructions.
 
1. cover the outlet with good tape.

Make that plural. Cover the bottom outlet (use the original orange cover &
sticky tape), and the top air feed (sticky tape works fine) as well. Then
drill your small hole in the top of the clear ink area.

Fill the ink tank, seal the drilled hole with a glue gun (let it set), then
remove the seals to use (or leave them on to store).

If you don't cover the air inlet hole at the top you'll over fill the sponge
material with ink.
 
1. cover the outlet with good tape.

Make that plural. Cover the bottom outlet (use the original orange cover &
sticky tape), and the top air feed (sticky tape works fine) as well. Then
drill your small hole in the top of the clear ink area.

Fill the ink tank, seal the drilled hole with a glue gun (let it set), then
remove the seals to use (or leave them on to store).

If you don't cover the air inlet hole at the top you'll over fill the sponge
material with ink.
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Only saying that "instructions" sound so scientific and complicated.

It simply can be described in 4 steps and a close to normal IQ.


Morgan O.
 
Actually you don't want to tape the air vent at the top when refilling.
By taping it you will not prime the sponge at all. The sponge will eventually
dry out. That's fatal to the cartridge.

I have been using BCI-6 virgin carts from a company called Hobbicolors selling
one Ebay. Their carts have built-in plastic screws for resealing the carts after
refilling. Very neat and convenient. No more drilling nor glue guns.

Steve
 
You should not let the cart get to the point where there is no ink left in
the chamber to start with.

If you refill a cart the sponge is already primed. When I fill a generic
cart for the first time I use a syringe to prime the sponge, then cover the
air intake and fill the chamber. Alternatively you can leave the air intake
open for a little bit while the sponge primes, then cover it before trying
to fill the chamber.

If you look at genuine carts, the sponge is not totally full of ink

The generic carts I have just have a little silicon rubber plug that works
great.
 
You should not let the cart get to the point where there is no ink left in
the chamber to start with.

If you refill a cart the sponge is already primed. When I fill a generic
cart for the first time I use a syringe to prime the sponge, then cover the
air intake and fill the chamber. Alternatively you can leave the air intake
open for a little bit while the sponge primes, then cover it before trying
to fill the chamber.

If you look at genuine carts, the sponge is not totally full of ink

The generic carts I have just have a little silicon rubber plug that works
great.
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So, if you rearrange my 4 steps... what would your "simplest instruction
steps" look like?


Morgan O.
 
Are the virgin carts from Hobbicolors clear or sort of translucent?
Translucent ones in my S820 won't let the low ink feature work.
 
It is translucent. I have a s820d. I used the virgin carts from Hobbicolors
too on the s820d and had no problems. I don't understand what you mean won't
let low ink feature work. Although it is a common understanding to refill
before ink gets really low I had a few times waited until the status monitor
warned about low ink then swapped the empty one out.
 
When I use translucent carts in my S820 the status monitor will never warn
of low ink, yet it works perfectly when the carts are clear like Canon.
It's not that I don't use translucent ones, it's just I have to manualy
check them to be sure there not out of ink.
 
Yep, they have prisims. The other day, I had one of them work, so it must
be related to how well they reflect the light. Some must be better than
others.
 
Isn't the instructions as...


1. cover the outlet with good tape.

2. punch a minimal hole (small nail) and fill with syringe!!!

3. cover punched hole with silicone sealant + tape.

4. store or use.




Morgan O.
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I've had perfect success in refilling carts just by using scotch tape.

I make sure though, that the areas around the hole are perfectly clean and
dry.
I lap the tap over the side of the cart to give it more gripping surface
area to hold.
After refilling, I just remove the tap from the exit holes and walla!


HTH
 
When I use translucent carts in my S820 the status monitor will never warn
of low ink, yet it works perfectly when the carts are clear like Canon.
It's not that I don't use translucent ones, it's just I have to manualy
check them to be sure there not out of ink.
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I've always wondered how those low ink indicators work.

I suspect they are just a counter and cycle counter in the rom, like,

print job =1
nozzle check =2
deep cleaning cycle =4

(1a+2a+4a) - 500 (arbitrary number)=
{turn on switch if set a is lower than number 500}
A/low ink indicator.


But what you're indicating is a permanent light actived switch built into
the sides of the print heads....if the light shines through to the other
side, it close/opens a switch that tell the "low indicator" light to come
on.
?
 
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