Digital BW, The Print

Jim,

Thank you for all the good tips and information on working with refilling the chipped cartridges. Especially the soldering iron specs. Greatly appreciated.

If you ever have the inclination, it would be great if you pulled all your experience with this together and I could post it in the files section.

Martin
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: jimhayes361 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 9:03 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Vacuum fill overfill and nubbins, was After Market Chips


  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley" 
  <mwesley250@e...> wrote:
  > Paul,
  > 
  > The fault was mine. I was using the virgin carts and chips from MIS. 
  After
  > Jim's post I looked closely and the pins on the cartridge sockets of 
  both
  > printers had been damaged.
  > 
  > I thought back over what I had done and realized my mistake. 
  Suspecting I
  > had slightly over filled the cartridges I wanted to break the clear 
  bottom
  > seal and then remove the vent tape to let the cartridges drain a 
  bit. I
  > decided the best way to do this would be to insert the carts into 
  the
  > printer to break the seal and then take them out to drain.

  I would recomend using a syringe to draw out ink from top, from vent 
  holes if rubber balls already seated.. Or if just a little ink, and 
  your top fill holes are not sealed with the balls yet (I use small Ace 
  Hardware corks until all chambers are filled, then I let the chambers 
  sit for an hour before sealing them with balls), twist paper towels 
  into thin fingers and dip them into the fill holes to soak up excess.

  To get great accuracy on filling the 18 ml carts for the 1280, I don't 
  use the 30 ml syringes MIS supplies. I bought some 20 ml syringes 
  which give me good resolution on fill volumes and fit in the bottles 
  better when drawing out ink. B-D makes them, about 65 cents each. 
  order #309661

  Unfortunately I
  > had forgotten to install the chip first so what must have happened 
  is that
  > without the chip in place the fingers in the printer socket got 
  caught on
  > the edge of the depression where the chip fits or the nubs that hole 
  the
  > chip and were bent out of position.

  Yes this was mentioned in a previous post- it is deadly if the chip 
  falls off when removing- the tines go into the hollow of the cart and 
  bend. This is why I now securely melt the nubbins onto the chip when 
  installing- so the chip won't pop off.
  Jim H.




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