Refilling BCI-15 ink tanks

[Polecat]

Has anyone out there any experience with refilling the Canon BCI-15 ink tanks (both the black and the tri-color ones). I bought an i70 printer the other day from a local thrift shop for the colossal sum of $4.50 and the thing seems to be virtually unused. The ink tanks were empty so I drilled small holes in what seemed to be appropriate spots and injected some ink into them (Hobbicolors UW-8 for the colors and some Alotofthings pigment black that was made for HP carts in the black one) With a few purge cycles the thing was working and printing in surprisingly good color. The black nozzles seem to have some issues but hope prevails.

 

[tigerwan]

You don't drill holes in these cartridges, they fill the same as BCI-21/24

Here are the instructions....

http://www.stratitec.com/inkrefill/assets/p20.png

 

[Polecat]

Tigerwan, thank you very much for your quick reply. I have been filling my BCI-6 tanks for quite a while but the BCI-15 ones are different and, because they are made of opaque plastic, I had no idea of their internal anatomy. The little holes I made in my tanks are easily plugged so those tanks should be OK. This little printer looks like a worthy companion to my laptop computer. I downloaded the refill instructions from the link you provided so I am now on the right track. Once again, my sincere thanks!