Digital BW, The Print

Steven Karafyllakis wrote:
>  Ernst,
> 
> Have you had a look at these carts yet? There are no recesses or ridges 
> around the chips, they are set level with the surface of the cart. 
> Getting the contacts on there will be no problem. coming up with a 
> guide to set them on the chip accurately might take a bit more creative 
> engineering. This is especially true of the waste tank. However, I have 
> full confidence that some very clever Chinese are working it out and 
> we'll have a solution soon. 
> 
> Steve Karafyllakis

I have not seen them and it isn't likely I will see one soon. 
But usually it takes not more than a Stanley knife, 
cyanoacrylate glue and a small sheet of 2-3 mm thick PVC or 
ABS to make and adapter or change the existing one. The 
adapters are often bolted to the resetter itself so can be 
removed and customised without touching the contact pins.

The first models of resetters worked on the 
10000-10600-7600-9600 range and not always on the next 
generation of Epson wide formats 9800 etc. The later models 
work on all. It wouldn't surprise me if the 3800 needs some 
new firmware in the resetter too, Epson can't be that 
cooperative. On the guides, the carts are smaller than the old 
wide format ones, I guess the waste tank too, if you can make 
a mold for the cart shape and waste tank shape itself then you 
get guiding enough for the resetter, it could mean two 
different guides: one for waste tank and one for the cart. The 
day Epson decides to make 9 different chip positions for the 9 
different carts isn't there yet I hope :-)

What I expect is that the carts have the same back flow valve 
that is in the 10000, 10600, 9800, 7800 pressurised carts. 
Refilling them without a cart valve modification isn't possible.


Met vriendelijke groeten,Ernst


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