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    My CIS search has begun. Calling all experienced CIS users!

    Ocular, You were bemoaning your difficulty in seeing when your black ink reservoir was nearing empty. Have you considered weighing the reservoir with either a cheap spring scale or postal scale, these can be had for 3 or 4 dollars. Their capacity is usually about 100 g. or so. To check the...
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    German Durchstich refill method for Canon carts with pictures

    A post script to this thread and to my post above, here is the article on this filling method from druckerchannel.de (in english) for anyone wanting to see the original. It does recommend drilling the hole in the sponge compartment using a 2 mm (0.080") drill or to the math impaired, a bit...
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    German Durchstich refill method for Canon carts with pictures

    Pharmacist---What a briliant solution!!! Leave it to the Germans... Here, I thought I had found a super easy way to refill after digging out the nylon ball, refilling and plugging the fill hole with a rubber plug using the InkTec refill kit. For the next refill, I found that I could tip the...
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    <$50 vacuum refill apparatus, anybody tried this unit? Your thoughts?

    Alchemist, Thanks for the response to my query, I do have several questions that you might have dealt with in your own vacuum refilling experience. Question I: When filling a tricolor HP cartridge like the "78", do you have an idea of the minimum, best and/or maximum vacuum level for best...
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    <$50 vacuum refill apparatus, anybody tried this unit? Your thoughts?

    I found this device, a home vacuum refill device, see it on the CompuBiz website at: http://www.inkjetsaver.com/prounits.html Even though it looks kind of lightweight, the guy who designed it told me that only one of about 250 units has failed (by a crack in the cover) and that was easily...
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