Canon chip resetter & refilling

I received the chip resetter for Canon chipped cartridges yesterday from
Germany. It included 5 inks and a different syringe and needle for each of
the colors. I was impressed that the needles were included too and it was
well packaged. It also had a small screw type minature drill in the kit.

So, my next question is this. The instructions I got with the ink I
purchased from Hobbi Colors shows putting a hole and a plug in the top of
the cartridge the way I do on the unchipped Canon cartridges. The
instructions that came with this show drilling a hole through the side
bottom of the cartridge, being careful to not go into the sponge far enough
to damage it. That probably means hand drill instead of borrowing my
husband's electric drill which I don't know how to use very well anyway.

Are there any advantages to this bottom fill method versus filling the
chamber from the top. I'm familiar with top filling but having to drill a
hole in the bottom is alien territory. I don't have very pleasant memories
of trying to drill holes in the old HP color cartridges years ago. All that
work and then it might work or not, generally not. I love CANON! If I drill
a hole in the bottom side won't it leak out? I don't want to damage the
printer.

Also I've been careful what refill ink I've used in my other Canon printers.
Does anyone know if the ink included from Germany is a good quality?

Thanks.

Lou wrote:
> I received the chip resetter for Canon chipped cartridges yesterday from
> Germany. It included 5 inks and a different syringe and needle for each of
> the colors. I was impressed that the needles were included too and it was
> well packaged. It also had a small screw type minature drill in the kit.
>
> So, my next question is this. The instructions I got with the ink I
> purchased from Hobbi Colors shows putting a hole and a plug in the top of
> the cartridge the way I do on the unchipped Canon cartridges. The
> instructions that came with this show drilling a hole through the side
> bottom of the cartridge, being careful to not go into the sponge far enough
> to damage it. That probably means hand drill instead of borrowing my
> husband's electric drill which I don't know how to use very well anyway.
>
> Are there any advantages to this bottom fill method versus filling the
> chamber from the top. I'm familiar with top filling but having to drill a
> hole in the bottom is alien territory. I don't have very pleasant memories
> of trying to drill holes in the old HP color cartridges years ago. All that
> work and then it might work or not, generally not. I love CANON! If I drill
> a hole in the bottom side won't it leak out? I don't want to damage the
> printer.
>
> Also I've been careful what refill ink I've used in my other Canon printers.
> Does anyone know if the ink included from Germany is a good quality?
>
Nobody knows anything about ink purchased from the generic vendors
because they will not tell you the who made the ink they sell. One of
the bad things is you cannot track quality because multiple vendors sell
the same thing under different names. It is like a numbers or shell
game. You even have the same vendor selling under multiple websites
with each site selling under multiple names on the package but all are
selling the same identical product.
> Thanks.
>
>
>

"Lou" <Lou@nospam@home.net> wrote in message
news:g43ah5$j5$1@news.netins.net...
>I received the chip resetter for Canon chipped cartridges yesterday from
>Germany. It included 5 inks and a different syringe and needle for each of
>the colors. I was impressed that the needles were included too and it was
>well packaged. It also had a small screw type minature drill in the kit.
>
> So, my next question is this. The instructions I got with the ink I
> purchased from Hobbi Colors shows putting a hole and a plug in the top of
> the cartridge the way I do on the unchipped Canon cartridges. The
> instructions that came with this show drilling a hole through the side
> bottom of the cartridge, being careful to not go into the sponge far
> enough to damage it. That probably means hand drill instead of borrowing
> my husband's electric drill which I don't know how to use very well
> anyway.
>
> Are there any advantages to this bottom fill method versus filling the
> chamber from the top. I'm familiar with top filling but having to drill a
> hole in the bottom is alien territory. I don't have very pleasant
> memories of trying to drill holes in the old HP color cartridges years
> ago. All that work and then it might work or not, generally not. I love
> CANON! If I drill a hole in the bottom side won't it leak out? I don't
> want to damage the printer.
>
> Also I've been careful what refill ink I've used in my other Canon
> printers. Does anyone know if the ink included from Germany is a good
> quality?
>
> Thanks.
>
Lou - the technique you've used for the bci-6 carts will work just fine.
The bottom filling technique is a German technique that is supposed to have
certain advantages. The hole you make is no larger than the diameter of the
needle, and you don't have to seal it after refilling. If you are
interested in exploring that technique you can go onto the Nifty-Stuff Forum
and look up the German refill techinque. It is also called by a German name
I don't remember, but it starts with "Dort-----." I've read about it but
still use the top fill technique that I've become used to.\
http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/

>>
> Lou - the technique you've used for the bci-6 carts will work just fine.
> The bottom filling technique is a German technique that is supposed to
> have certain advantages. The hole you make is no larger than the diameter
> of the needle, and you don't have to seal it after refilling. If you are
> interested in exploring that technique you can go onto the Nifty-Stuff
> Forum and look up the German refill techinque. It is also called by a
> German name I don't remember, but it starts with "Dort-----." I've read
> about it but still use the top fill technique that I've become used to.\
> http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/
>
Thank you.
I think I wanted someone to tell me that. I don't like learning new
techniques unless I have to. If it worked better I would try the bottom
fill technique but the top fill has been working so well on the other
printers I hated to try something new. I can't imagine it not leaking.