newer canon 226 carts, caannot view the ink level

[jtoolman]

Mine is a bit smaller and maybe I would have rather have gotten one like thehat"s but it works and works well. Now that I am refilling some OEM Epson carts I need the scale to make sure I am reaching the correct "FULL" weight. Of course that is after having weighed a brand new one of the same # and vintage!

 

[emmaachile]

Do u really need a scale to fill the canon oem 225? I dont think so.

 

[emmaachile]

All i do is to use the German method. I turn the cartridge upside down and make sure the refill hole at the front is higher than the other sides. I refill with squezze bottles until i see ink on the exit port. Simple and effective.

 

[ThrillaMozilla]

Emmaachile, if you also plug the exit and inject ink until it comes out the vent, then you'll know it's really full. (I don't recommend that, however.)

I don't have time to explain this or debate this, but I'm kind of surprised that you have gotten away with this so far. It's very likely that you're overfilling the cartridges. That's not exactly what the Germans had in mind when they published the Durchstich method. You might get away with it under certain conditions, but that procedure is likely to bite you sooner or later. For more information, Panos (I think) published a set of rules for the German method on this forum. Some of the rules were hotly contested at the time, but the consensus is that they are pretty accurate. Or you can look up almost any other description of the method.

 

[emmaachile]

ok. See the description below. I refill without the plugs

 

[panos]

emmaachile, can you post a video of your method ? It will greatly help users with this type of cartridges.

 

[emmaachile]

ok. I will do a video of that as soon as possible.

 

[lin]

I hadn't gone through all the post about the non transparent cart. But I too uses the weighing scale after I had refill my CLI-8 PGI-5BK even though they are transparent.
That is I compared them to the weight of a new cartridge. So that I get correct amount of ink inside the cart. This help to ensure that after reset the chip, the counters are more or less accurate. So those with non transparent cart might want to give it a try.

 

[ThrillaMozilla]

Just out of curiosity, Lin, how full is the ink chamber in a new transparent cartridge?

 

[emmaachile]

This is the link to the video on youtube
http://youtu.be/5PApnfLaCBc