Canon i 860 Cartidge Instructions

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REFILLING CANON PRINTERS

i860 and similar.

In the past I've owned several Epson, H.P, and one

Lexmark printer. With this Canon i860 I think I've found the

first consumer friendly printer, and that's saying a lot.!!!!

This printer has an ink cartridge that can be removed

entirely for cleaning in about two seconds after the ink

tanks have been taken out, and it only take a couple of

seconds to remove all five of those. The cartridge case

can be easily cleaned by soaking in Windex or a mild

ammonia solution. How good can this get!!!!

As far as filling the ink tank with bulk ink, I've found there's

a lot of confusion out there. I've found a way to fill these

tanks without leaking and with an easy technique, so this

is to share that with you.

TO BEGIN

Tools:

You'll need the following tools to do this job. Just

about everyone has these except maybe the glue gun.

Page 1 In the past I’ve owned several Epson, H.P, and one Lexmark printer. With this Canon i860 I think I’ve found the first consumer friendly printer, and that’s saying a lot.!!!! This printer has an ink cartridge that can be removed...
Page 2: The Ink Tanks
Drill motor and a very small drill a bit larger than the diameter of the fill needle. Hot glue gun and glue (of course) Bulk ink refilling kit (from Atlascopy.com--of course) Ink (Same as above) Newspapers (in case you make a mess first time) And that’s about it! THE INK TANKS These aren’t cartridges, they’re tanks, which means there...
Page 3 and the other empty. There’s a transit space between the two spaces for the ink to move from the empty space (a reservoir) to the foam filled space. The computer uses infra red technology to read the tanks and can report the amount of ink remaining to you using the software “setup utility).
Page 4 passage for venting. This prevents something called “vapor locking” which won’t allow any ink to leave from the bottom. NEXT, With your rubber gloves on, put your finger over the exit hole on the bottom below the foam filled space. Hold it tight! Now drill another hole on the top of the empty reservoir near the front.
Page 5 Caveat: I haven’t tried this with any other Canon printer so can’t vouch for this method with any other than the i860. Seems that it ought to work on any with this tank system though, but you’ll have to try for yourselves.