Digital BW, The Print

on 11/19/01 3:11 PM, Martin Wesley wrote:

> They also have virgin carts for the 1270/80/90 with separate one time
> chips. The carts can be refilled but the chips have to be replaces.
> The chips are only $5 so this is workable for doing experimental
> mixes.

on 11/19/01 3:16 PM, Christopher Patti wrote:

> I've found that, with a little care, chips can easily be pried intact off
> the cartridge bodies and re-used.  The chip needs only to be pressed up
> against the contact inside the printer head.  There should be some way to
> do this without the cartridge body in place.

Either refilling carts with MIS's chips, or using that chip like Chris says,
with the tube-direct-to-head approach, both sound like viable options! Carts
if you want to switch inks, the tubes when you've settled on one ink.

Todd