Digital BW, The Print

I hadn't actually tried puncuring the one way valve, its very easy and 
works very well-thanks for the tip.

To re-cap for anyone wanting to reload a new 3800 cart with Eboni or 
another ink:

1) Pry off the white plastic collar around the ink port gasket. Be 
carfull not to damage it. You only have to do this once so be patient.

2) Lift off the rubber o-ring.

3) Under the o-ring there is a bullet-shaped littl metal piece being 
pushed by a small spring. Take out both pieces. If you lose the bullet 
you no longer have a functioning poppet valve. Messy.

4) At the base of the shaft there is a cross shaped piece-that is the 
the one-way valve. Slip a sharp narrow spike if some sort in the shaft, 
and push into the valve until you feel it punch through. It doesn't 
take much to do it, don't punch through all the way out the back, or 
you might puncture the ink bag.

5) Replace the spring, bullet, and o-ring. Note that the flat end of 
the bullet faces out towards the o-ring. Slip the white collar over it 
all, and you're done. You should now be able to get ink in with a 
standard MIS bottom-fill adapter. It's a good idea to cut the very tip 
of the adapter diagonally for easier ink passage past the poppet valve.

Now all we need is a chip resetter. Heck, I'd settle for more 
reasonable ink prices from Epson.

Steven Karafyllakis


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dgattarino" 
<dgattarino@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks Steve.
> I asked MIS few weeks ago. They have the carts but not the chips. They
> were not willing to sell the carts alone.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
>   Daniela
>