Inkjet printers are the most affordable solutions for outputting digital information on paper. There are only a few companies involved in the mass production of such printers. These are Epson, Canon and HP. Other manufacturers (for example, Samsung) are better known for similar devices of a different type. As you know, the cost of one print is the sum of the cost of ink, paper and associated costs - electricity, printer wear.
Thus, you can make working with the device much cheaper if you learn how to refill empty cartridges with ink on your own, rather than buying factory ones, the price of which is often more than half the amount spent on the purchase of the entire printer. The problem of how to refill a Canon cartridge is solved in two ways: by contacting the companies providing such a service, or by yourself. Obviously, the second is much cheaper. Today we’ll show you how to refill the Canon Pixma cartridge. The above principles apply to all other inkjet devices. Next, we will look at how to refill the Canon-510 cartridge, since this particular model is still popular. So, let's start the process ...
Training
Although there’s nothing complicated about how to refill a Canon cartridge, a number of steps should be taken before the immediate operation. First of all, you need to prepare syringes with thin needles in advance, the ink itself in the right colors (the quantity depends on the model), disposable plastic gloves, a thin drill or drill with a diameter of about 2 mm, dry cotton wool, paper napkins and several old newspapers. Syringes should be purchased taking into account the fact that they are used one for each color (not a cartridge!).
How to refill a Canon cartridge
The area of the table on which ink will be refilled in the container must be carefully covered with several layers of newspapers. Otherwise, the leaked paint will have to be washed off the surface. And this, believe me, without flushing liquid is quite difficult. The first cartridge is removed from the printer and placed sideways on the table. If the print head is combined with a container, care must be taken not to damage the nozzle. The sticker on the top of the cartridge should be removed, but not discarded - it will still come in handy. Below it is a channel structure converging to a plastic circle (one in black and several in a color cartridge). At this point, a drill must be carefully drilled a hole. It’s not worth worrying about the chips falling inside - there is a porous material. The diameter of the needle is required to be smaller than that of the resulting hole. This is an important point that people sometimes “forget” about how to refill a Canon cartridge. Now you can put on gloves and start working with paint.
Fill in
In the case of a black cartridge, everything is simple: we draw 2-4 ml of paint into the syringe, insert the needle into the container until resistance is felt (upper part of the absorbent material). Usually it is 0.5-1 cm. Then slowly squeeze the ink into the cartridge. As a rule, 4 ml is enough - when refueling, it is better to fill up than to pour. After that, we return the sticker on the cover to its place (this will reduce drying and evaporation) and put the cartridge in the printer. But for color capacity, everything is a little more complicated: on the lid you have to make three holes and determine the color matching (sometimes the order is out of order). By type of cartridge and name you need to find out which hole corresponds to which color. In principle, you can simply carefully inspect the cover. Each paint has its own syringe. Exceeding 2 ml per color is not recommended. The refueling procedure is identical to the above. Cotton wool and napkins may be needed in case of refilling, when you need to wipe the cartridge.