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Hi all, I have a set of cartridges (PGI520 CLI521) that I have cleaned and left empty very long time ago (> 2 years) but that now I would like to use. In light of this, I am sure that the sponge is completely dry, so do I need to restore the sponge funtuctionality prior to fill the cartridge...

Hi all, I usually seal (as a precautionary measure) the vent hole of my canon cartridges (PGI 520 and 521) when not in use. However, the aluminium tape in my possession (bought long time ago from octoink in strips of 1mt) it has always been very difficult to remove and, every time, the glue of...

Hi all, I am interested in buying a printer with error B200. The owner said to me that he disabled the color nozzles with same electrical tape applied to the printhead and after this he was able to print in black and white. I would like to buy this printer for its logic board and power...

Hi all, I have a set of refilled cartridges (PGI520 CLI521) that is empty (*) from around 5-6 months, can I just refill these cartridges or considering the long time I must do some preliminary action? Ofc I will refill this set with the same ink used previously. (*) with EMPTY I mean that the...

Hi guys, I must make a travel by train long 6-7 hours and I must change 3 trains. I can't do efforts (btw I broke my leg 3 months ago) so the only way is to insert the printer MG5250 inside a luggage with the wheels. Unfortunately the only way is like showed in the picture below. Could I...

Hi guys, I tried to refill with the topfill method my first 2 cartridges. The situation is the following (check the pictures). It seems that the sponge do not want ink anymore. It's passed a bit of time but the colored part of the sponge is still more or less the same. Should I remove...

Hi guys, I have a doubt, after the flushing of the cartridges with hot water and the last wash with distilled water before use the pharmacist solution I must dry the sponge? I read various topics but this point is still obscured. :/ Thank you

Hello guys, please look at the pictures below (click on them to enlarge). As you can see I have partially broke the holders of the chip, (I was trying to replace canon 520 chip with canon 525 chip), on the others cartridges I have done this operation broking just the head of one holder but...

Hi guys, I'm newbie in this field so I have to ask to someone more expert what to do to preserve an ink cartridge just refilled. My idea is to have 2-3 kits of the same cartridges so I can replace a cartridge once empty without the necessity to recharge it immediately. I think this is useful...

Hi guys, I would like to buy some empty cartridges pig 520 and cli 521 (to use as refillable cartridges with the chip of pgi 525 cli 526), considering that I don't know from how much time the cartridges are empty (and how they have been stored) I'm thinking if a prolonged missing of the ink can...