Digital BW, The Print

Yes, I think I will do it that way. Does a bit of glue on the back of 
the chip ruin the chip's circuitry or info. content, do you know?

Many thanks,
Andrew

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel Staver" 
<daniel@p...> wrote:
> If you have the old carts lying around I would use the chips from 
them
> on the new ones. The chip is secured to the cartridge with two tiny
> pieces of plastic. You only need to cut the top one of these to 
remove
> the chip. You'll see it as a flat circle just above the epson logo 
on
> the chip. Cut it carefully and you can just lift off the chip. If 
you do
> it this way there will be still be enough plastic left to hold the 
chip
> securely once you replace the new chips with the ones from the old
> carts.
> 
> You will also need a chip resetter. I'm using the one from MIS.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> --
> Daniel Staver
> http://daniel.staver.no 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: alnchiem [mailto:andrewlee@h...] 
> > Sent: 7. mai 2003 07:59
> > To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Problem: Jap carts won't work
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > I need advice on how to proceed: I bought 7 Epson carts from 
Japan, 
> > which are for the Epson 2100, and they are identical to the ones 
I 
> > have in the printer, but when I tried to use them, the message 
says 
> > its incompatible. I presume the chip somehow won't let me use 
carts 
> > sold in Japan in Asia-Pacific Epson printers. (i'm in Malaysia).
> > 
> > Other than throw the Japanese carts away and consider it a lesson 
> > learnt (in how not to arbitrage), possible ways of utilising the 
ink 
> > in these incompatible carts, I think, are:
> > 1. extract the ink from these incomptible carts and fill them 
into a 
> > used cart., after using the chip re-setter on the used cart. 
Anyone 
> > know how to extract ink from a 2100/2200 cart?
> > 2. buy some extra chips (available from MIS?) and replace the 
chips 
> > on the Japanese carts with these new chips. This seems much less 
> > messy, but I'm concerned that the new chips may completely screw 
up 
> > my printer. Has anyone tried replacing these 'extra' chips ?
> > 
> > Any thoughts on these two options, and any other ways to use the 
inks 
> > in these incompatible carts., would be much appreciated. 
> > Regards, Andrew Lee
> > 
> > 
> > 
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