Before you start:

1. Read the instructions carefully.

2. Work over a sink or a surface covered in layers of newspaper (just in case).

3. Only re-fill a cartridge that has just run out ~ this kit will not work with old dried out cartridges. Even 30 minutes can ruin a cartridge if it dries out!

4. Have your printer manual handy for instructions on inserting a “new” cartridge.

PGI-5BK, CLI-8BK, CLI-8C, CLI-8M, CLI-8Y

1. Cover the outlet hole with the orange outlet seal that came with the cartridge (a rubber band will hold this in place) to prevent ink loss during refilling or with your finger over the outlet port while wearing latex gloves.
2. Push the Sealing Ball into the cartridge using a ball point pen or something similar. If you can't see the ball just above the "push" then peel back the top label on the reservoir side of the cartridge to expose the Sealing Ball.
3. Attach the needle to the syringe and fill with the correct colour ink.
4. Slowly inject approximately 13 ml. of Black Ink or 6 ml of Colour Ink slowly into the filling hole until the chamber is almost full. Unused ink may be returned to the bottle.
5. Seal the filling hole with either a plug or some strong adhesive tape.
6. Remove the orange outlet seal (or your finger) from the outlet hole.
7. Replace the cartridge and run 1 - 3 cleaning cycles as per printer instructions.
8. If you have trouble getting your cartridge to print and the sponge side of the cartridge looks dry then drill a hole into the top of the sponge side of the cartridge. Stick the syringe needle into the sponge and fill with ink. You do not need to seal this hole.
If you are filling cartridges to use later, leave the orange outlet seal rubber banded onto the cartridge. This will prevent your sponge from drying out.

Note: On the CLI-8 and PGI-5 series cartridges, there is an electronic counter embedded in a small computer chip/board. This counter starts at a high number and decreases for every character printed. Eventually, the counter reaches zero. At this point, an error message is generated by the printer. If you click "OK" to the error message, the printer will continue to print.
If you have trouble getting your printer to print because it thinks the cartridges are empty. Look on your printer for an orange blinking light. This is your reset button, usually the paper feed button also. Hold this button in for 5 seconds until the light goes out. Note: this will not reset the ink level back to full it will simply disable the counter.

Ink Counter Reset Instructions for Canon CLI-8 Series Cartridges
Step 1: Carefully remove the chip from an OEM ink cartridge (picture 1), then stick the double sided tape (provided) onto the back (picture 2).
Place the chip onto the replacement compatible ink cartridge (picture 3). Make sure there is no surplus tape which could affect the contact between the chip and printer carriage. Install cartridge in printer according to manufacturer’s instructions.

Step 2: A dialog box will pop up, if the dialog box is the same as shown (picture 5), continue printing until the dialog box shown in picture 6 appears. Press the ‘Yes’ button to continue. If you are faced with the re-appearance of the dialog in picture 5, repeat Step 2 until you see the dialog box in picture 7. Now proceed to Step 3.
Step 3: Click ‘Yes’ in the dialog box below (picture 7).
Step 4: Click ‘Yes’ in the dialog box below (picture 8).

Step 5: Click ‘OK’ in the dialog box below (picture 9)

Step 6: IMPORTANT - Do not click ‘Back’ or ‘Cancel Printing’ (picture 10). Press and hold the paper feed button for 5 seconds (picture 11) and then release the button. Another dialog box will appear (picture 12), you are now finished and can continue printing.
If the dialog box in picture 10 reappears, repeat this step.

* For Canon MP Series, press and hold the ‘Stop’ button until the alarm light stops blinking.