Digital BW, The Print

Hallo,

Once I also did that foolish thing, putting a cart without chip into 
the printer. That was a good lesson!

However I managed to solve that problem!

Sorry I'm not that a good at english...I'll try though,

You need plenty of towels and paper, a pair of metal sheet scissors 
and a iron saw blade plus a cut out of an stif thin plastic sheet.

From the stif plastic sheet - cut out an about 10 mm wide strip that 
fits between the chip and the chip reading pins.

Start with cutting down into the front of the cart. Use the iron saw 
blade where the metal sheet scissors dont fit. Use papertowels to 
clean up the mess while doing this surgery. It's awfull! Be happy you 
are not doing this on a human in a hospital. Just dig in!

The main goal here is to get space for putting down the stif plastic 
sheet in between the chip and the chip reading pins. 
When you can place that plastic sheet in front of the chip, just lift 
out the cart carefully.

This surgery is helped using something to secure the cart in the 
holder like good plastic straps.

I saved one of my printers this way.

Fiat Lux!
Bo
Viking, Multi Pro Free Style Berserking Team / Sweden
 
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mccarvill" 
<mark_mccarvill@h...> wrote:
> My 1270 also has bent cart chip reading pins, from when I inserted 
a 
> new cartridge and forgot to add a chip beforehand (doh!). The chip-
> less cartridge got caught in the printer and the pins got bent when 
I 
> removed it. The 1270 is off warranty (3 years old and been using 
MIS 
> inks), so I was planning to get a new 1280 (about US$400 here after 
> rebate) because I assumed the repair cost would be prohibitive and 
my 
> printer's seen some wear. Still, would anyone recommend getting
> it 
> repaired?
> 
> Thanks!
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Michaels" 
> <bob@b...> wrote:
> > Steve:
> > 
> > I have two Epson refurbs (1280 & 890) One was an advance 
replacement
> > for my 1280 with bent cart chip reading pins. The 890 was just 
> bought
> > outright from Epson. Both appear to be new printers that had some
> > problem (or perceived problem) and were swapped out. I suspect 
they
> > fixed my original almost new 1280 and sold it as a refub. 
> > 
> > So I don't think they refurbish used printers, just fix the easily
> > reparied warranty replacements and sell as refurbs. Makes sense 
as 
> you
> > can't afford to fix much on an Epson before it costs more than to
> > build a new one. 
> > 
> > Looking at it another way, for $399 they can "refurb" your old 
1270
> > and upgrade it to a 1280 and you won't have to even bother 
sending 
> the
> > 1270 back to them. 
> > 
> > If you can live with 8 1/2 x 11, they have refurb 890's for $185 
> again
> > but no longer have the $100 rebate. That's how I bought my 890 for
> > $85, not too much more than the cost of the included new ink 
carts.
> > 
> > Bob Michaels
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven
> > Karafyllakis" <steve@s...> wrote:
> > > Has anyone been able to send a printer back to Epson and have 
it 
> > > completely refurbished, not just repaired? Someone just gave me 
a 
> > > 1270 with a terminal banding problem and lots of mileage, anf 
the 
> > > local Epson guys are total meatheads-I don't trust them, I 
would 
> > > much rather get a complete refurb if that is possible.
> > > 
> > > Steve Karafyllakis
> > > 
> > > http://www.stevekphoto.com