Canon i 860 User Manual

REFILLING CANON PRINTERS

i860 and similar.

In the past I’ve owned several Epson, H.P, and one
Lexmark printer. With this Canon i860 I think I’ve found the
first consumer friendly printer, and that’s saying a lot.!!!!

This printer has an ink cartridge that can be removed
entirely for cleaning in about two seconds after the ink
tanks have been taken out, and it only take a couple of
seconds to remove all five of those. The cartridge case
can be easily cleaned by soaking in Windex or a mild
ammonia solution. How good can this get!!!!

As far as filling the ink tank with bulk ink, I’ve found there’s
a lot of confusion out there. I’ve found a way to fill these
tanks without leaking and with an easy technique, so this
is to share that with you.

TO BEGIN

Tools: You’ll need the following tools to do this job. Just

about everyone has these except maybe the glue gun.

Drill motor and a very small drill a bit larger than the
diameter of the fill needle.

Hot glue gun and glue (of course)

Bulk ink refilling kit (from Atlascopy.com--of course)

Ink (Same as above)

Newspapers (in case you make a mess first time)

And that’s about it!

THE INK TANKS

These aren’t cartridges, they’re tanks, which means there
is no sophisticated controllers built in, they’re only simple
tanks to hold ink. The ink comes out the bottom past a felt
lined round hole and into the cartridge (which does have
all those important controllers) and then to the paper.
The tanks have two internal spaces, one is filled with foam