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Refill Canon carts done easy, HTH
Mapanari wrote
4. "Push toothpick into hole, give it a firm tap with a cd case or something." For the three years I've been filling my own cartridges I've never used anything but sticky tape (cellotape) carefully placed over the hole. Makes a perfect seal. Never had a leak! Laurence |
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Refill Canon carts done easy, HTH
On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 09:17:58 -0000, Wankatoa
wrote: "Laurence" wrotenews:4rlt4pFrs008U1 : Mapanari wrote 4. "Push toothpick into hole, give it a firm tap with a cd case or something." For the three years I've been filling my own cartridges I've never used anything but sticky tape (cellotape) carefully placed over the hole. Makes a perfect seal. Never had a leak! Laurence You must have a really good brand of sticky tape. I find it doesn't work. The only tape that worked half-assed good was plastic electrician's tape. Not having a hot glue gun as many advise or use, I like the toothpick idea. Instead of hot glue, I've found over several years that there is yet another workable answer. I gently push the little black ball, furnished with most ink refill sets, into the hole we had to punch out, then seal it with clear RTV silicone adhesive/sealant. It's available at places like Wal Mart, and most hardware stores, under various labels. The one I'm using now has the Permatex brand label, but I've used several other brands including GE with equal success. It takes about 30 minutes to set, faster with higher humidity. One tube of 3 ounces lasts me for many refills. When the cartridge is empty, the dried silicone can be pealed off, and usually the little black ball plug comes off with it. Couldn't be easier. Olin McDaniel |
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Refill Canon carts done easy, HTH
There is a much easier way. Go buy a refill kit from Hobbicolors on ebay.
They sell kits that are specifically for Canon printers using PGI5 and CLI8 ink cartridges. Those kits include a bag of soft plastic plugs with a hat, like a nail but a very short nail. You only need to drill a 1/8" hole for refilling ink. Then use the plugs to seal the hole after refilling. These plugs can be plugged and unplugged by fingers only. They never fall into the ink tanks because of the hat on the plug. They are soft so they seal effectively. One plug will last on one cartridge forever. They really solves all the sealing problems I had before. You can find the refill kits on eBay by searching Hobbicolors. Good luck, folks. Olin K. McDaniel wrote: On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 09:17:58 -0000, Wankatoa wrote: "Laurence" wrotenews:4rlt4pFrs008U1 : Mapanari wrote 4. "Push toothpick into hole, give it a firm tap with a cd case or something." For the three years I've been filling my own cartridges I've never used anything but sticky tape (cellotape) carefully placed over the hole. Makes a perfect seal. Never had a leak! Laurence You must have a really good brand of sticky tape. I find it doesn't work. The only tape that worked half-assed good was plastic electrician's tape. Not having a hot glue gun as many advise or use, I like the toothpick idea. Instead of hot glue, I've found over several years that there is yet another workable answer. I gently push the little black ball, furnished with most ink refill sets, into the hole we had to punch out, then seal it with clear RTV silicone adhesive/sealant. It's available at places like Wal Mart, and most hardware stores, under various labels. The one I'm using now has the Permatex brand label, but I've used several other brands including GE with equal success. It takes about 30 minutes to set, faster with higher humidity. One tube of 3 ounces lasts me for many refills. When the cartridge is empty, the dried silicone can be pealed off, and usually the little black ball plug comes off with it. Couldn't be easier. Olin McDaniel |
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Refill Canon carts done easy, HTH
Sam Louis wrote: There is a much easier way. Go buy a refill kit from Hobbicolors on ebay. Bad advice. Go to Costco and buy Canon carts. snip Good luck, folks. Olin K. McDaniel wrote: On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 09:17:58 -0000, Wankatoa wrote: "Laurence" wrotenews:4rlt4pFrs008U1 @mid.individual.net: Mapanari wrote 4. "Push toothpick into hole, give it a firm tap with a cd case or something." For the three years I've been filling my own cartridges I've never used anything but sticky tape (cellotape) carefully placed over the hole. Makes a perfect seal. Never had a leak! Laurence You must have a really good brand of sticky tape. I find it doesn't work. The only tape that worked half-assed good was plastic electrician's tape. Not having a hot glue gun as many advise or use, I like the toothpick idea. Instead of hot glue, I've found over several years that there is yet another workable answer. I gently push the little black ball, furnished with most ink refill sets, into the hole we had to punch out, then seal it with clear RTV silicone adhesive/sealant. It's available at places like Wal Mart, and most hardware stores, under various labels. The one I'm using now has the Permatex brand label, but I've used several other brands including GE with equal success. It takes about 30 minutes to set, faster with higher humidity. One tube of 3 ounces lasts me for many refills. When the cartridge is empty, the dried silicone can be pealed off, and usually the little black ball plug comes off with it. Couldn't be easier. Olin McDaniel |
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Refill Canon carts done easy, HTH
Sam Louis wrote:
There is a much easier way. Go buy a refill kit from Hobbicolors on ebay. They sell kits that are specifically for Canon printers using PGI5 and CLI8 ink cartridges. Those kits include a bag of soft plastic plugs with a hat, like a nail but a very short nail. You only need to drill a 1/8" hole for refilling ink. Then use the plugs to seal the hole after refilling. These plugs can be plugged and unplugged by fingers only. They never fall into the ink tanks because of the hat on the plug. They are soft so they seal effectively. One plug will last on one cartridge forever. They really solves all the sealing problems I had before. You can find the refill kits on eBay by searching Hobbicolors. Good luck, folks. Very good advice! Been doing exactly that for years with excellent results. Frank |
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Refill Canon carts done easy, HTH
Good to hear that. Canon must know perfectly that they need to make it
somewhat not too difficult for people to refill their printers. They would lose a good piece of the market if they don't. But they don't want to make it too easy and lose the easy profit from people like Measekite. Canon have raised prices by introducing CLI8 and PGI5 ink cartridges so that Measekite will pay more. I suggest Canon to double the prices for their cartridges. Measekite will pay without hesitation anyway. Frank wrote: Sam Louis wrote: There is a much easier way. Go buy a refill kit from Hobbicolors on ebay. They sell kits that are specifically for Canon printers using PGI5 and CLI8 ink cartridges. Those kits include a bag of soft plastic plugs with a hat, like a nail but a very short nail. You only need to drill a 1/8" hole for refilling ink. Then use the plugs to seal the hole after refilling. These plugs can be plugged and unplugged by fingers only. They never fall into the ink tanks because of the hat on the plug. They are soft so they seal effectively. One plug will last on one cartridge forever. They really solves all the sealing problems I had before. You can find the refill kits on eBay by searching Hobbicolors. Good luck, folks. Very good advice! Been doing exactly that for years with excellent results. Frank |
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Refill Canon carts done easy, HTH
Sam Louis wrote: Good to hear that. Canon must know perfectly that they need to make it somewhat not too difficult for people to refill their printers. They would lose a good piece of the market if they don't. But they don't want to make it too easy and lose the easy profit from people like Measekite. Canon have raised prices by introducing CLI8 and PGI5 ink cartridges so that Measekite will pay more. I suggest Canon to double the prices for their cartridges. Measekite will pay without hesitation anyway. Now what exactly is stupid. Is it a lack of understanding or just spewing out trash without thinking. I have the same fine printers I have had for two years. I use the same ink that I have used for years and I pay the same price. Now after considering the lack of inflation and more money I actually pay less after adjusting for inflation. So the following stupid statement is well STUPID Canon have raised prices by introducing CLI8 and PGI5 ink cartridges so that Measekite will pay more. Frank wrote: Sam Louis wrote: There is a much easier way. Go buy a refill kit from Hobbicolors on ebay. They sell kits that are specifically for Canon printers using PGI5 and CLI8 ink cartridges. Those kits include a bag of soft plastic plugs with a hat, like a nail but a very short nail. You only need to drill a 1/8" hole for refilling ink. Then use the plugs to seal the hole after refilling. These plugs can be plugged and unplugged by fingers only. They never fall into the ink tanks because of the hat on the plug. They are soft so they seal effectively. One plug will last on one cartridge forever. They really solves all the sealing problems I had before. You can find the refill kits on eBay by searching Hobbicolors. Good luck, folks. Very good advice! Been doing exactly that for years with excellent results. Frank |
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Refill Canon carts done easy, HTH
Sam Louis wrote:
Good to hear that. Canon must know perfectly that they need to make it somewhat not too difficult for people to refill their printers. They would lose a good piece of the market if they don't. But they don't want to make it too easy and lose the easy profit from people like Measekite. Canon have raised prices by introducing CLI8 and PGI5 ink cartridges so that Measekite will pay more. I suggest Canon to double the prices for their cartridges. Measekite will pay without hesitation anyway. Yep...you got that one right! He'll do and say anything to promote oem (ignorant fool he is). Hell, he's shot himself in the foot and painted himself into a corner so many times as to be permanently hobbled and forever stuck in the stupidity that we in this ng know him by. But hey, he deserves all the credit cause he did it to himself! ****'em! Frank |
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