Refilling Canon Pro-1000 inks

The Hat said:

You can pick up 1 time chips for the 1000 here...
https://www.alibaba.com/product-det...pm=a2700.7724857.normalList.93.2b0171dcjSkJz4

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Steve J said:

I would be interested in those refilling the ink tanks for my Canon Pro-1000 and what they do about the chips in the tanks? I checked with Precision Colors, and they are out of their one-time chips and the resettable chips have problems, so that isn't an option. I wouldn't mind refilling out of the tanks for the larger Canon Printers, but the chips are a problem.

Any information would be helpful. I have seen Jtoolman's videos, and he uses the Precision Colors inks.

Thanks in advance.

Steve

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mikling said:

I am working on a mechanical solution and looking at the details on the Pro-2000 service manual to better understand the engineering behind these Canon wide formats. A key aspect to Canon philosophy is the use of a Sub ink tanks and understanding how it operates. I already have prototypes to confirm the functional aspects.

If you did not know. The 1000, 2000, 4000 and 6000 share the identical printhead and print engine and also share the same print profiles etc. From desktop to the massive monster.
This is a big difference to Epson where the print engines changes as the models change.
So essentially Canon is giving you the best print technology they know how even on a desktop model. This is unprecedented.

My goal is to try and create an "Ecotank" machine in a Pro-1000. I already have over 50 profiles on my site for this machine with a lot of fine art papers. If I were to succeed on the Ecotank concept, this would make this machine the ultimate desktop ever and it would be refill friendly. The "ecotank" design will likely be opensourced as well where it will be revealed as to how it is done.

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