Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Nick H. Nugent" <nghin@...> 
wrote:

> Actually I'm using the Epson OEM carts using the
> refill adapter (a rubber ball plug with its
> receptor). Using the OEM cart you can just pull
> out the entire chip block with a pair of pliers
> without the clumsiness of prying the chip with a
> small screwdriver. I can swap the chip blocks
> for the whole 8 ink set in about ... 30 seconds.

Are you still around Nick?  I read your exchange with a great deal of interest and have 
some questions.

I can see the plastic block on the Epson carts, is it attached with any adhesive or plastic 
welding or just snapped into place?  All my Epson carts are still half full or so so I can 
visualize how a heavy hand could make a real mess.

Have you sacrificed a cart and opened it up.  I'm curious about the size of the sponge it 
contains, if it contains one, as regards flushing a cart for a different ink.

How did you keep the plastic chips from falling into the mechanism when scroll sawing 
the lid?  I'm also wondering if a hot knife type blade in a soldering iron might do the job 
as well.

I have an inherited 1800 that someone had given up on after CIS leaks had made a mess 
of it, maxed out the counters, etc., so it's a perfect platform to experiment with.  It's 
printing fine now with Paul's 3MK and cleaning carts but I have some other ideas I'd like 
to play with as well.