Reviews of Canon PIXMA Continuous Ink System for iP4820, iP4920, MG5120

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This continuous ink system is great in terms of functionality and cost. The system is inexpensive compared to other CISs, about $20 to $50 cheaper than other solutions. The ink refills are very well priced as well, $18 for a full kit.

However, don't buy this thinking it's just a simple setup and you're good to go. This isn't a problem just with BCH, either; all CISs require the about the same amount of improvisation, critical thinking, and a willingness to break things. None of these kits come with printer specific instructions because all printers are different and it would take a massive manual to cover them. What they do come with is a single page fold out that covers the few basics: how to get the ink pressurized, how not to spill ink all over you, jamming the printer cover sensor.

This is a list of things you need to consider being comfortable with before you purchase a CIS:

Finding instructions for your specific printer on your own (Youtube works well).

The possibility you won't find instructions for your printer at all and being able to figure it out yourself (for less common printers).

The cover/lid of your printer never closing again. (It needs to stay open so it doesn't bite down on the ink tubes. You can drill holes in some printer to route them).

Cutting away plastic pieces of the inner frame so that the ink tubes don't catch on them.

Cleaning the tubes if the ink has congealed during storage/shipping. This is messy!

If you're a do-it-yourself type person, none of these are a problem. It took me about 20 minutes to get mine setup even though I needed to cut away a section of plastic and look up where the lid sensor was. I will tell you that if you have an MG5220, or presumably any printer/scanner combo, having the lid stay open makes using the scanner awkward.

UPDATE!: After three days and ~20 light prints, gaps became apparent in the solid black areas of print and the ENTIRE cyan tank has emptied itself somewhere into the printer. Everything the printer prints is now heavily tinted blue, but I cannot find where the ink leaked to. 100ml of blue ink should have created a puddle somewhere, but the sponge under the carriage is clean, the paper in the cassette at the bottom of the printer is clean, and all areas inside the printer that I can see are clean. I have contacted BCH about this and will update with any information.

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This product dumped ink into my printer! I will be returning it to Amazon for a refund and then have to purchacase a new printer.

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So i order this to save some money on inks, and man did am i going to save.

I order follow the instruction and immediately started printing photos and man am i happy.

I belive this will give as many copies around 50-75 8.5x11 inches photos in full quality as far as i cant tell.

a normal ink set will give me about 10. To refill the CIS will run me about 20dls compare to 55dls this is a steal

Color quality is just as the original.. A must have.

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So I finally got around to installing this system from BCH Tech and it works beautifully. I had some initial problems with one of the cartridges being blocked by some congealed ink, but I was able to isolate and clean the tube with some rubbing alcohol with no issues. I also had the yellow cartridge chip error out on me, so I just replaced it with the old OEM Canon chip for the moment. The great thing here is that I actually sent an email to BCH Tech and got a response! They not only gave me advice with trying to get the ink to flow, but also are sending me a new yellow cartridge with a replacement chip. Email response was very quick! So far, I've printed out literally 100's of pages of photo paper as I'm working on a large quantity of invitations and I have barely seen the ink level drop at all. The quality of the prints are outstanding. The only thing I can't say for sure is the longevity of the ink as I have not had any prints long enough in regular use to know about fading or whatnot. I'll update this review later if I see any issues as the package doesn't necessarily say the ink is 'archival quality' ink. I can say for sure that the chips do 'auto-reset' as noted in the description and that works great.