How can i refill my canon ink cartridge

Peel back the sticker on each cartridge with a utility knife. Carefully slide the knife blade under the sticker and peel it back. You can remove it completely because you can use tape to cover the refill holes later. Each hole leads to a separate ink chamber. Protect yourself with gloves while handling a knife. Keep the gloves on to prevent yourself from getting ink on your hands.

Puncture the circle on top of the cartridge with the thumb drill. On the ink cartridge, there should be a little circle on top. This indicates where you should make a hole to refill it. Take the cartridge in one hand and the thumb drill in the other. Push the drill into the circle until it pokes through the plastic. Then work the drill in a circular motion to make the hole bigger. If it passes through cleanly, the hole is big enough. If you find it easier you can also use a power drill to make the hole.

Be sure to use a thin drill bit, no larger than the circle on the cartridge, and stop drilling once you break the surface of the plastic. If you're working on a multicolor cartridge, poke through each of the 3 circles. Poke a needle into each hole to confirm the color for multicolor cartridges. Take a long needle that will reach the bottom of the cartridge chamber. Insert it through the hole until it touches the bottom and rub it around.

Then pull it back out and see which color ink should be in that cartridge. Part 3. Fill the syringe with the correct ink. Dip the tip of the syringe into the correct ink bottle. If your syringe has a pump, squeeze that to fill the chamber. If it has a plunger attachment, pull on this to fill the syringe.

Check the manual for your cartridge size, and fill the syringe with that volume of ink. Inject the ink through the hole in the cartridge. Insert the syringe into the cartridge and slowly fill it with ink. Do not squirt the ink out quickly or the cartridge could overflow. Stop filling if ink begins welling up through the hole. Wipe off the cartridge. Use a rag or paper towel and make sure there is no ink left on the cartridge. Also use a paper towel with some rubbing alcohol to wipe off the sensor on each cartridge.

If any ink is on the sensor, the printer may not read it. Put tape over the hole you drilled and poke a hole through it. Cover the entire top of the cartridge to prevent ink leaks. Then take a needle or toothpick and poke a small hole through the tape over the hole you drilled. This provides a vent for the cartridge. Scotch or electrical tape works well. Duct tape would be too sticky.

Insert the ink cartridges back into the printer. Take each cartridge and reinsert it into the slot you removed it from. Depending on your printer type, you may have to press down until you hear a click. This lets you know the cartridge is in place. Run a test print. Check your work by making sure your printer works after replacing the cartridges. You can print anything, but a specialized test page will check all the colors on one page.

Important Please ensure the printer remains flat after initial setup and is NOT turned upside down or on its side, as ink in the printer may leak.

If the remaining ink level notification function is enabled, refill the ink tank until full when refilling. If the remaining ink level count is reset when the ink tank is not full, the printer cannot detect the ink level correctly.

If remaining ink level notification function is enabled Make sure the printer is on. Resetting the remaining ink level count when a remaining ink error has not occurred If you refill the ink tank when remaining ink level notification function is enabled and when the remaining ink error has not occurred, resets the remaining ink level count after refilling the ink tank to the upper limit line.

If you reset the remaining ink level count for all colors: Make sure that printer is turned on. Press the Setup button. Notes on ink bottles Important Keep out of reach of children. Do not drink ink. Be careful not to get any ink in your eyes or in your mouth. In case of eye contact or swallowing, rinse with water and contact a doctor immediately.

When you store ink bottles, close bottle caps completely and place bottles in standing position. If the ink bottles are laid down, ink may leak. When refilling ink tanks, take sufficient care to prevent ink from spattering onto surroundings.

Ink may stain clothes or other belongings permanently. Washing may not remove ink stains. Do not use ink bottles and ink contained therein except to refill tanks of printers specified by Canon. Do not leave ink bottles in areas exposed to high temperature, such as near fire or a heater or in a car.

Bottles may warp and cause ink leakage or ink may become poor quality. Do not subject ink bottles to impacts. Ink bottles may be damaged or bottle caps may come off by such impact, and ink may leak. Do not transfer ink to other containers. This may result in accidental ingestion, inappropriate use, or poor ink quality. Do not mix ink with water or other ink.

This may damage the printer. Refill ink tanks quickly. Do not leave ink tanks with cap off. Insert the syringe needle into the hole you drilled. Empty the syringe into the cartridge slowly. Place the label back on the cartridge if you want. You don't want to cover up the drilled hole, so you may need to cut the label. Replace the ink cartridge in the Pixma printer.

Follow the printer instructions to clean and align the cartridge. Place the color ink cartridge label side up on some rags or paper towel. Orient the cartridge so the label text is right side up.

Insert the magenta syringe into the hole at the top of the cartridge. Slowly depress the syringe to inject the ink into the cartridge. Repeat for the cyan and yellow syringes. The cyan ink goes into the lower left hole, and the yellow ink goes into the lower right hole. Replace the ink cartridge into the printer and follow its instructions for aligning and cleaning the cartridge.

Heather Wilkins has five years of professional copyediting experience. She worked for Pearson Education, copyediting books about computer skills, the Internet, and general subjects.