Canon iP4200 with CISS from www.inkbank.com.au Hatch is open.
Another shot. Only 5 of the the 6 ink silos are used. At the rear of the unit there are silicon filler plugs (with loops). Take out and pour in the ink. At the front there are breather plugs that let air into balance tubes as the ink gets used up. NOTE: Filling needs to be done in a very particular way - it's easy, but contact me if you want the details.
Mote that genuine Canon carts were installed from the getgo. Inkbank says that ensures longevity and fault free operation. I agree.
To make sure that no dust got into the ink silos I made a perspex box to put the silo unit in. The box top is held onto a bottom (perspex) plate using 4 black velcro tabs. Takes 20 seconds to take the top off. I also keep a moistened cloth inside the box so that there will be no evaporation of the inks.
My box parks nicely besides the printer.
Note that I have manufactured a box that replaces the original Canon hatch. As bought from Inkbank, the Canon hatch sat up in the air and the microswitch was held down with a silicon wedge - - not elegant and prone to destruction and ingress of dust. Box is made from 3 mm MDF cut and glued and spray painted matte black. Looks good.
Underside of the MDF box. Note the 2 prongs at the far end. The slimmer of the 2 prongs pushes down the micro switch on the printer, telling the printer that the hatch is closed. That switch is at the right hand side of the pod bay door, HAL. When the box is off, the printer knows that the hatch is open.
Syringe and needle used to extract excess ink from balance chamber after topping up main ink reservoir.
