Digital BW, The Print

Daniel, thanks for that. What chip resetter did you use?
Andrew

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "danielstaver" 
<daniel@p...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "alnchiem"
> <andrewlee@h...> wrote:
> > I own an Epson 2100, my first printer. I would like to save the 
ink 
> > (and cart) from an cart when the printer says its empty, and use 
it 
> > again when the same colour's cart is empty again.
> > I see several methods/workflows and tutorials to do this, and 
some 
> > mention of a sponge in the cart that may complicate the issue. 
Can 
> > anyone recommend a method to re-use carts and save ink from one 
to 
> > inject into another, that would be appriopriate for the 2100?
> > 
> > Andrew Lee
> 
> I bought the Virgin Vacuum Filling Kit, Vacuum Pump Assembly, 1ft
> tubing  and the ultrachrome compatible inks from MIS. In addition 
you
> need something to make a hole in the cartdridges and som epoxy glye 
to
> seal the tubing to the cartdridge. I more or less followed the
> instructions on this page to refill the cartdridges:
> 
> http://www.digital4to.com/
> 
> If you want an exact match for the inks you could go for 7600/9600
> cartridges and extract the ink with a syringe. They're still cheaper
> than the 2100 cartridges because of the higher volume. So far I've
> only tried refilling the blacks (Photo black, Universal black, and
> Eboni) but since it worked so well I'm going to try the color
> cartdriges as well.
> 
> None of the MIS blacks were as deep as the Epson Matte Black btw...
> And I found out that PowerRIP doesn't produce as deep blacks as BO
> with the Epson driver. Another reason to upgrade to IJC when it's
> released on windows maybe?