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Burt's advice is absolutely correct. There are many online vendors selling
third party cartridges and some sell high quality bulk ink as well.
Alotofthings.com is one of them. They also have an eBay store and the prices
are better than from the web store. That's who I use and they are
excellent - nothing that measekite says about them (or most anything else)
should be believed. Refilling Canon BCI-3 or BCI-6 tanks involves nothing
more than capping the ink outlet, making an opening in the reservoir,
injecting bulk ink with a syringe and then resealing the opening. Some tanks
have rubber plugs on top for sealing and resealing the fill hole. Other
users make a small hole and then reseal it with a variety of methods - tape,
Plasti-Tac, hot melt glue, set screws, nylon screws, etc... I now use a
slightly different method which is making an opening on the upper side of
the reservoir and then resealing it with duct tape. The point is that there
are many ways of achieving the same end result and it's more a matter of
personal preference than anything else. Use a quality ink, i.e. MIS or
Formulabs and refilling will lower your printing costs so much that ink
consumption will become a non-issue for you.
--
Ron Cohen
"Burt" <sfbjgNOSPAM@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> Measekite takes every opportunity to knock the third party ink vendors,
> and Alotofthings in particular. He has never used third party inks nor
> has he purchased from any of these vendors. He didn't like the email
> response he got from Alotofthings, called their web site unprofessional,
> and didn't want to do business with them as they only sold, at that time,
> through ebay. It also upsets him that they purchase ink made by a
> manufacturer and they rebottle or repackage it under their own label and
> sell it as their product. That is why he continues to steer people away
> from them and call them names. All I can say is that there are posts on
> this NG from people who have been extremely satisfied with their products
> and the service the firm provided. Listen to people who have actually done
> business with them and used their products. Look for posts by a man names
> Ron Cohen. He uses these inks and has had no problems with them. Also
> Taliesyn - he has used Formulabs inks and would purchase from Alotofthings
> if they shipped to Canada. I have had no problems with MIS inks. The two
> sites I gave you have a few other inks you can look into as well, plus a
> wealth of information on maintenance and cleaning of the print head. As
> far as Measekite is concerned, just look at his childish responses and
> language and judge for yourself how valid his criticism of the ink vendors
> is. Do educate yourself by reading through this NG plus the two sites I
> gave you as there is great info on inks, carts, and printer maintenance.
> Nifty-stuff forum is extremely friendly and people will answer your
> questions and help you through the process. Very important that you do
> your reading first as it makes no sense for them to have to tell you
> thinks you can learn yourslef first.
>
> "John A. Stovall" <johnastovall@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:fr7i71572892gqo3mia89tdu3cah05jm8m@4ax.com...
>>I got a Canon iP3000 because of various comments here about the ease
>> with which it's carts could be refilled.
>>
>> Where can I found out about doing this and what are the better third
>> party ink to use with it.
>>
>>
>> ********************************************************
>>
>> "A nice man is a man of nasty ideas."
>>
>> _Introductions to History of the Reformation_
>> Jonathan Swift
>> 1667-1745
>>
>
>
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