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This may be a dumb question but what type of drill do you use? I was holding a Black & Decker drill about the size of a ski boot in my right hand and the little cartridge in my left hand. Would a Dremel do the trick? Also, any particular type of bit? I was surprised how long it took me to...

Thanks stratman and ghwellsjr! This is a really elegant solution, perfectly illustrated so that even I can follow it!

I've often asked myself the same question with respect to the PBK and MBK cartridges. My experience has been that I go through the PBK carts like water and the MBK carts, hardly at all. I ran a test yesterday, printing a few all-black sheets of paper and weighing the carts before and after. I...

Their site takes a bit of navigation but their PGI-9 inks are identified as pigment. Here's a link to a bottle of their red refill. I notice, btw, that my numbers yesterday were off. You get 120 ml which should be good for about eight refills. I had written 140 ml. The bottles on the site are...

Based upon posts in this forum, as of a few months ago, I found myself considering eFillInk which was selling an ink and replacement cartridge combination for $728. This sounded like a lot of money when I hadn't yet determined that refilling was even going to work for me. So I went with...

Maybe I was using a dull bit but I was surprised how much drilling it took to pierce the cartridge. A few times, I ended up with leaking cartridges, although it wasn't as if the bit had gone all the way through the cartridge and out the other end of the bag. When I took one of the carts apart, I...

Hi [The] Hat, I went through the "why waste perfectly good ink" discussion with myself and even did a bunch of prints, using up five cartridges this way. I wouldn't say the prints were bad, ok -- a few were, but they diverged significantly from my reference set which was made with the Canon...

Absolutely, and I apologize. What I have been incorrectly referring to as the German/Durstich method was actually described by The Hat here .

I've tried the German/Durchstich method for the PGI-9 carts and found that rather than drilling a hole in exactly the right spot and then filling it with a hot glue gun, it's much easier to turn the cartridge upside-down and gently inject the ink onto the sponge. The ink drains down into the...

Figured it out. Just identify your media as one of the fine art papers, e.g. Canon Fine Art Premium Matte, and the driver will substitute MBK for PBK.

Just tried inserting a hypodermic through the sponge (on an old cartridge). No go.

Thanks for the suggestion. Would you insert the syringe directly through the sponge? I'm trying to keep the cartridge as intact as possible. The larger question that I haven't been able to answer is when the Pro9500 calls on the matte black cartridge. I know that there are other brands where...

I'm transitioning from OEM to third party inks. I'm filling the PGI-9 carts through their sponges which goes quickly and saves drilling holes. I don't want to lose time printing with a hybrid inkset, i.e. replacing each cart as it runs out. I just want to refill all the carts at once so that I...

@ The Hat & siusienen Do the PGI-9 carts require a vacuum seal? From what I've read, it's a matter of getting the right amount of ink into the cart without air bubbles. After a bout of googling, I've come up with a catalog of valves, tubing and syringes that remind me uncomfortably of a...

The Hat Wow -- thanks so much!!! You've made a miser's day. :) IM

The Hat A quick follow-up to my previous series of questions. I just found your post with photos showing the correct location to drill the cartridge. You mentioned using a hot glue gun to fill the hole. Is it ok to keep drilling out the hardened glue? A few months later, you mentioned using...

The Hat I'm comfortable drilling carts as I did that for years with my i960 and 6000D -- no need to even remove them from the printer! I believe that you wrote that you plugged the holes in the base of the carts with wax. Sorry to be dense but is this ordinary white candle wax that you pressed...

siusiuenen Thanks for the suggestion. I may try Prima's method. My concern is that it sounds like trying to put the toothpaste back into the tube and I'm already a klutz where these things are concerned. I wonder if one could improvise a system of heavy binder clips to hold the cartridges...

First, thanks everyone for an amazing resource. I wish I had discovered this site sooner. After reading several threads, I'm confused as to the best way to go about refilling PGI-9 carts. This thread contains two recommendations for the German Durchstich method documented by Pharmacist here...