Re: [Digital BW] Re: Vacuum fill overfill and nubbins, was After Market Chips
2002-03-27 by Martin Wesley
Jim, Thank you for all the good tips and information on working with refilling the chipped cartridges. Especially the soldering iron specs. Greatly appreciated. If you ever have the inclination, it would be great if you pulled all your experience with this together and I could post it in the files section. Martin
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From: jimhayes361
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 9:03 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Vacuum fill overfill and nubbins, was After Market Chips
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley"
<mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> Paul,
>
> The fault was mine. I was using the virgin carts and chips from MIS.
After
> Jim's post I looked closely and the pins on the cartridge sockets of
both
> printers had been damaged.
>
> I thought back over what I had done and realized my mistake.
Suspecting I
> had slightly over filled the cartridges I wanted to break the clear
bottom
> seal and then remove the vent tape to let the cartridges drain a
bit. I
> decided the best way to do this would be to insert the carts into
the
> printer to break the seal and then take them out to drain.
I would recomend using a syringe to draw out ink from top, from vent
holes if rubber balls already seated.. Or if just a little ink, and
your top fill holes are not sealed with the balls yet (I use small Ace
Hardware corks until all chambers are filled, then I let the chambers
sit for an hour before sealing them with balls), twist paper towels
into thin fingers and dip them into the fill holes to soak up excess.
To get great accuracy on filling the 18 ml carts for the 1280, I don't
use the 30 ml syringes MIS supplies. I bought some 20 ml syringes
which give me good resolution on fill volumes and fit in the bottles
better when drawing out ink. B-D makes them, about 65 cents each.
order #309661
Unfortunately I
> had forgotten to install the chip first so what must have happened
is that
> without the chip in place the fingers in the printer socket got
caught on
> the edge of the depression where the chip fits or the nubs that hole
the
> chip and were bent out of position.
Yes this was mentioned in a previous post- it is deadly if the chip
falls off when removing- the tines go into the hollow of the cart and
bend. This is why I now securely melt the nubbins onto the chip when
installing- so the chip won't pop off.
Jim H.
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