Digital BW, The Print

Finally did it, and although it's only my first refill, it's working
well. I have an Epson R1800 and plan to follow Paul Roarke's 3MK
approach. I want to fill the color positions with the MIS cleaning
fluid as they empty and the MK, PK, and GLOP positions with Eboni. My
yellow cart ran out first and that's the one I filled. Haven't put the
Eboni carts in yet, am taking this one step at a time. There was a
very helpful thread here a while back and I printed out one message
from it - the thread was titled "First Experience using OEM cart
refill kit" but after several searches couldn't find it. Anyway, when
all was complete, the ink remaining utility showed the yellow cart at
full. Had to reset the chip, of course. Nozzle check was good, but of
course the yellow section was pale because it's mostly cleaning fluid.
That part of the test pattern is pale to begin with of course.



One question, as I proceed: When I filled the yellow cart, it took me
about 15 minutes. Do I need to worry about the head drying out while I
fill?

Hello Paul,

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Whiting"
<paulmwhiting@...> wrote:
> ...
> One question, as I proceed: When I filled the yellow cart, it took me
> about 15 minutes. Do I need to worry about the head drying out while I
> fill?

It should be fine as this part of the ink system does not dry out that
fast. It's taking me less than 1 minute now to complete one cartridge.
I just need to lay out everything in advance. Swapping of chip is easy
for OEM cart as I pull out the entire piece that holds the chip which
I think is safer and much easier to do.

--nick

Thanks, Nick, good to see someone else using this system. I thought
it'd be helpful to share my first experience and pick up some tips
from other members. It'll take me some practice to get to that speed. 

But I'm puzzled by this part of your response. Why would you need to
swap the chip? Can't you leave the original one there as long as
you reset it? And how do you remove that piece that holds the chip...
just pry it loose? I never noticed it was a separate piece but now I
see that it is.

Paul

> Swapping of chip is easy
> for OEM cart as I pull out the entire piece that holds the chip which
> I think is safer and much easier to do.
> 
> --nick
>