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[Digital BW] Re: Changing 2400 Carts With the Printer Off

2006-10-19 by Steven Karafyllakis

Yep, refilling is the way to go. Even if you stick with Epson inks, 
buying the 110 or 220 ml carts and refilling from them is still less
expensive.

Steve


> Thanks Steve.  I haven't tried that but will the next time.  I 
guess I need
> to get into refilling as I hate to change multiple carts when 
there's still
> ink left.
> 
> Tom
> 
> On 10/18/06, Steven Karafyllakis <stevekphoto@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Tom;
> >
> > Have you tried pulling the plug right after you turn it on? If 
the head
> > stops anywhere except on the parking pad, you should be able to 
move it
> > manually. This works on the R1800, and they share a lot, it 
should at
> > least keep the printer from doing an ink-charge cycle which eats 
up a
> > lot more than just a cleaning cycle. I've taken to refilling all 
the
> > carts everytime one gets low, so I avoid the domino effect 
caused by
> > cleaning cycles to get the new cart printing right again.
> >
> > Steve Karafyllakis
> >
> 
> 
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