Digital BW, The Print

I don't know about the 3800 carts, but I have the impression that for 
the smaller printers Epson has spent a FORTUNE engineering them so that 
they CANNOT be effectively refilled by simply drilling a hole in them 
and pouring ink in.  The inner ink storage and air vent pathways are so 
convoluted that the storage chamber(s) are not accessible from the edges 
of the carts.  The only way in to the main storage chamber(s) is through 
the foil side cover, and once that is pierced it cannot be resealed.

Again, maybe the larger printers use different styles of cartridges, but 
I wouldn't be surprised if Epson spread its anti-fill engineering across 
all its products.

Cheers,
Kip

Steven Karafyllakis wrote:
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com>, "Paul Roark"
> <paul.roark@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > And has anyone figured out how to refill 3800 carts yet?
> >
> Paul, the biggest hindrance is resetting the chips-do you have any idea
> if the auto-reset chips are universal, or printer- specific? If we can
> get past that, then the simplest way would be drilling a hole in the
> top, and corking it-IOW make your own funnel-fill carts out of Epsons.
>
> Steven Karafyllakis
>  


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