Refill kits for canon ip4300

thor

Can anyone recommend a good ink refill kit for the canon ip4300. I would prefer to use compatibles but they appear to be getting mixed reviews with some not working when the chip is transferred to them.

amonra

http://www.stinkyinkshop.co.uk/acatalog/Canon_Pixma_IP4200.html
Have a look at this site.

dkpoole

I have a Canon ip4200 & have used the Jettec R46 refill kit specially designed for Canon cartridges. I have been refilling mine for about 18 months and I find the quality very good. Each cartridge has to have a hole drilled into the reservoir (drill supplied) and from then on you use the supplied plugs to seal the cartridge after refilling. Obviously the cartridge chip won't work but I don't think you can buy non-Canon cartridges with a working chip. Also no black pigment ink is supplied so I just use the supplied dye ink for the pgi-5 cartridge. I paid about £8 from a local computer shop.

smileyjohn

I have heard that the Canon chips have been cloned now and you should be able to get hold of canon chipped compatible cartridges soon, but when I say soon I mean two to three months!

spakkker

The cli-8 carts are easy to refill. They have a hole in the top which was used to fill them and it is sealed by a plastic ball. You can see this under the paper label.
You can dig this ball out using sharp knife/stanley blade - carefull- and refill , but while the ball is out ink will leak out of bottom unless you plug it or cover with finger. Press the ball back in when done.

thor

smileyjohn wrote: »

I have heard that the Canon chips have been cloned now and you should be able to get hold of canon chipped compatible cartridges soon, but when I say soon I mean two to three months!

If that happens then it is certainly worth waiting for.

thor

dkpoole wrote: »

Obviously the cartridge chip won't work but I don't think you can buy non-Canon cartridges with a working chip.

When you say that the "cartridge chip won't work" do you mean that the ink level indicator won't work?
I am assuming that the cartridge still prints otherwise there is no point in buying the kit.

dkpoole wrote: »

Also no black pigment ink is supplied so I just use the supplied dye ink for the pgi-5 cartridge. I paid about £8 from a local computer shop.

You use insert the dye ink into the position where the black pigment should have been, right?

I have heard differing opinions about jettec but it certainly sounds like an ideal solution if it works.

dkpoole

Yes thats right - the indicator lights & software will not register levels but the printer works just fine after you cancel the warning messages. This is also true of any compatible cartridge you may use. Yes I use dye ink for all the tanks.