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Thank you for the comment. There seem to be a lot of uncertainty around this, i.e. your test that canon's GI-490 ink doesn't work, whereas @The Hat, comment that any canon formulated ink should work in these cartridges. I have found the same locally as well, where some vendors indicate that...

I do not have actual instructions, but have seen some youtube videos of the two methods, ie. removing the top completely, or drilling holes in the top and inserting the ink through the holes. Regarding the clip, most people in the videos I've seen just stick a piece of insulation tape over the...

I probably need to do some more reading up to ensure that I have all the required equipment. Not even sure what a refill clip is. Perhaps you have some threads on that also.

Thanks, that makes sense. This is about the answer I was hoping for. Think I will stick with the pigment black though and not mix the 2 inks. I will never use 1lt of ink and I am sure that these have a shelf life also. So think I will give the 70ml bottles a go. Sounds like worst case...

Thanks for the reply. The UK is still a long way off from South Africa. Think you will be surprised what we manage to get here. I am currently using the XL cartridges. We have a local printing shop that sells refill kits labelled as "canon 445 and 446 refill kits", however, the 445 kit...

Hi I have started reading up on refilling ink cartridges etc. The internet is full of tutorials on how to refill ink cartridges, but not much about what ink to use in which printer. I get the thing about pigment ink and dye ink, but it seems like even within this scope there are differences...