Discount Patented Design: Piano Book CISS for Canon PGI-220 CLI-221(non-OEM)

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I have always tried to save printing costs, and I like the CISS concept. But for the Canon MP560 the installation is very difficult. Only attempt if you are persistent and innovative, and don't mind cutting out some unnecessary plastic from your printer (under the cover, on left). My MP560 prints just fine now with the CISS installed (for a couple of weeks; a couple hundred copies), but it is noisier, emitting a "bump" sound with each pass of the carriage.

I think the MP560 is a great printer, but with my next printer purchase I will look for a model which works better with CISS.

UPDATE: Not long after writing the above, the ribbon cable and tubes started tangling, and the carriage running over the tubes. I decided the problem was that the tubes' movement was restricted too much by the closed cover. So I opened the cover and shoved the pointy end of a plastic pen cap into the switch toward the back on the right which makes the printer think the cover is closed. With the cover open, the printer prints great, no more bump sound, and no more tangling of tubes and wires.

Next printer I buy will be one with stationary ink cartridges (with tubes running to the print heads on the carriage), which will greatly facilitate a CISS system.

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Just to be clear I bought this in March, now it's August and I'm just now installing Canon CISS after running through several cartridges I had. I had a couple of issues as I tried to install and was just sure after 5 months the vendor won't CARE about helping me! Boy, was I surprisingly wrong! Emails were answered within a day and some additional parts and pieces I asked for were sent to me RIGHT AWAY. You want to find some ink, cartridges and CISS that might be a few dollars cheaper you most likely can find it. You want to make sure you buy from a vendor who actually GIVES customer service PRINT FOR LESS really DOES !!!It has been a pleasure doing business with them and they now have another life long customer. It's a simple business equation to be successful: give me good products, at good prices and when I need it, give me some service = happy customer.

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Update on the purchase of this product.

First of all I want to say the customer service of PrintPayLess... ROCK!

There was a mix up of the product so I requested for a replacement.

It did take some time because they were in the midst of relocating their office.

For my "troubles" they've gave me a FREE bottle of the Black ink.

I didn't ask for but they gave it to me anyway.

And the product works extremely well.... FYI... just wear gloves when dealing with the ink! I has taken 2 weeks to get all of the ink off my hands....!!

Any hoot....the product rocks and customer service rules!

I'd definitely buy again.

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I tried but couldn't make this fit my Canon MP560 printer. The cartridges weren't in the correct order for my printer, so had to rearrange them. The tubes to the cartridges wouldn't lay flat and I could not get the printer to slide without hanging up in the tubes. I finally removed the cartridges and refilled them because it cancelled the blinking light when the printer senses the cartridge is empty. After a while the printer refuses to print if it thinks the cartridge is empty. The cartridges are smaller in height and have to be filled frequently. I use the piano book ink to refill the cartridges, so the expense isn't a total loss. The continuous ink is a good idea, but didn't work on my printer. Also, there were a lot of air bubbles in the tubes, and I wasn't able to get them out of the tubes before I tried to install the cartridges.

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This was the great value for my Canon MP640 printer. Took some effort to install the system to the printer I had to cut small piece of the plastic that was in the way of the printer head. I had already purchased the refill inks from them and they even give me additional black ink battle for free.

Very good value compares to the regular OEM ink carts and very easy to refill them I bought this system last year Nov 2011 and still going strong.