Just a few months ago we decided to make full use of the economy of the CISS. It has never needed to be primed in well over a year of constant use. The instructions were quite adequate for this and the ink reservoir was placed at the side of the printer on a foam mat to avoid movement. It just needed a basic understanding of what the system actually needs in the way of breathing and supply and initial priming. The whole process was easy, much easier than I had feared after all the negative advice. It cost some £60 and he helped me fit it which took all of 30 minutes. Friends were skeptical about using CISS ink systems having had many problems themselves but my son said otherwise and recommended the one from Cityinkexpress.

Our bills were horrendous, continually buying both sizes and after some problems with compatible inks and ‘refill your own‘, we gave up economising preferring the originals. I bought mine because it uses the same cartridges as my wife’s only to find mine will not accept the larger and more economical cartridges.

We have two Canon MP printers, a Pixma MP210 and my wife’s older model 150.

Canon mp210 printer problems