Precision Ink Refills: I'm thinking about getting the Precision Ink refill kit for one or two Canon printers, and I'm wondering if any of you have experience with that. I considered...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I'm thinking about getting the Precision Ink refill kit for one or two Canon printers, and I'm wondering if any of you have experience with that. I considered the continuous ink supply, but everywhere I look online, Canon printers do not work well with CIS.

http://www.precisioncolors.com/c5bref.html

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

Look at cartridge America. I have not had any problems with blockades and very reasonably priced

jimq Loc: Cape Cod, MA

I'm on my 3rd refill in my pro-100, no problems. Colors are so close, I didn't have to change my profile, but I might not be as critical as some.

Bill Gordon

I'm in the same situation as you Jerry. I have a Pro 9000 and a Pro 100. Since the 9000 is about 10 years old (and still making amazing Prints) I have decided that I have purchased the last Canon carts for it and will move to using Precision Colors for that one. That way, if something goes awry in the experiment I will still have the amazing 100, which I plan to continue using with Canon inks until I see a long term equivalence with the 9000 PS results. What amazes me about these printers is not only the image quality but the fact that I can leave them idle for months and the first print out of the tray will be of equal quality to the tenth.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Bill Gordon wrote:

I'm in the same situation as you Jerry. I have a P... (show quote)

I have a Pro 9000 out in the garage - not sure why I gave up on it. Maybe it was the cost of ink ($125).

It would be nice if the 100 and 9000 used the same ink, but I guess that's too much to ask. Using refills would save me a lot of money. A $100 kit for the Pro 100 costs less than a set of cartridges, and it would last a lot longer. I'm going to order the kit for the iP4500 and see how that works out. It's interesting that they supply an empty cartridge for yellow because of problems re-using an old yellow cartridge.

Another question. I see the iP4500 refill kits comes with just one syringe and needle. How does that work out using different color inks?

Bmarsh Loc: Bellaire, MI

I’ve been using Precision for about a year.. no problems. In a Pro-100

jkm757 Loc: San Diego, Ca.

I've been using Precision Inks to refill my cartridges for about a year now with no complaints.

wrangler5 Loc: Missouri

I have two Pro-10s (they were on sale, and I need a backup, so . . . ) and print ~1,000 8x8 B&W prints every Christmas. First year, 2016, I used only Canon inks and kept close track of cartridge use (strangely, I went through almost 2 Red carts doing just B&W prints.) They were $14.95 no matter where I bought them, and the ink cost per print worked out to $0.676.

In anticipation of trying third party ink I saved a LOT of the empty Canon cartridges, and for 2017 decided to try Precision Colors. I had absolutely no printer problems, the prints looked the same, and the ink cost per print was about $0.090. Refilling carts is a BIT more nuisance than just ripping open a package, although I've been doing it for years feeding gray inks to Epson printers so it wasn't a real problem. And for the money saved I can buy new printers should the ink prove to be harmful to them over the long run.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

wrangler5 wrote:

I have two Pro-10s (they were on sale, and I need ... (show quote)

Thanks. That sounds good.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

I have been using Precision Color with my Pro-100 for over two years. Results are excellent.
Look here for a lot of help: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz9YXaSulpM90vC24lmAeZA

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

robertjerl wrote:

I have been using Precision Color with my Pro-100 for over two years. Results are excellent.
Look here for a lot of help: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz9YXaSulpM90vC24lmAeZA

Thanks. I watched a couple of his videos. I ordered kits for my iP4500 and MP210.

Funny story about the MP210. Years ago, we went to Cape Cod in April, and I brought my taxes to finish them. At some point, for some reason, I needed a printer. I went to a local store and bought the cheapest one I could find. I think that was the only time I used it till I brought it in from the garage last week. I just checked. That was 2008, and I paid $66.49.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

jerryc41 wrote:

Thanks. I watched a couple of his videos. I ordered kits for my iP4500 and MP210.

Funny story about the MP210. Years ago, we went to Cape Cod in April, and I brought my taxes to finish them. At some point, for some reason, I needed a printer. I went to a local store and bought the cheapest one I could find. I think that was the only time I used it till I brought it in from the garage last week. I just checked. That was 2008, and I paid $66.49.

For my general printing I am using a HP 940c a model that came out in 2001. It was purchased by our oldest son for a small real estate business we once had and then it came home and I ended up using it to avoid using the more expensive photo inks of my old HP photo printer and it still supplements my Pro-100.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

robertjerl wrote:

For my general printing I am using a HP 940c a model that came out in 2001. It was purchased by our oldest son for a small real estate business we once had and then it came home and I ended up using it to avoid using the more expensive photo inks of my old HP photo printer and it still supplements my Pro-100.

I looked it up, and I had one like that, only older - squared-off, rather than rounded. I just checked, and it was a 600C. Cost me $400 in 1995. Wow!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

jerryc41 wrote:

I looked it up, and I had one like that, only older - squared-off, rather than rounded. I just checked, and it was a 600C. Cost me $400 in 1995. Wow!

My first printer was a 500 - metal case and you could open it to clean things, like those rubber rollers that are often failing to feed paper. And I seem to remember that you could replace those rollers fairly easily. I used to go through a couple of cases of paper a semester with that printer. I would print a master for the copier at school and enough copies for the periods before my conference period when I could go use the copier. If it was a test or other vital paper I just printed enough for all my students since I didn't want Murphy striking on test day.