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    Epson Pro 3880 and chip decoders

    A little update on this; I have managed to remove all the chips from my carts and by using the ARC's (Auto Reset Chips) from the refillable carts and connecting them to the contact unit and ribbons (using tape and heat shrink) my printer now registers all carts as full on power up. I have the...
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    Epson Pro 3880 and chip decoders

    Thanks Dae, yes you are correct and have understood what I am trying to do. I am almost completely sure that I have the damper and black switching problem. I usually don't use matte black and on having just switched once from mk to pk then my troubles started loss of pk ink and black bleeding...
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    Epson Pro 3880 and chip decoders

    Hi Dae, I am waiting for the "decoder -chips" to arrive (probably mid-late April) and once I have them I will post up pictures. What I am trying to achieve is the ability to swap out cartridges without ever having to deal with chip resetting etc. I am hoping to be able to swap in a cleaning...
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    Epson Pro 3880 and chip decoders

    Well although I have had no replies regarding my question here, I have proceeded to purchase the decoder chips. I now also have the instructions for the install and clearly the original cart chips are required also a little bit of deft soldering is needed as the oem chips will be soldered onto...
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    Epson Pro 3880 and chip decoders

    I have an Epson Pro 3880 and I have modified the oem carts as directed by Jose Rodriguez on his informative YT channel. The printer recently developed the yellow/black contamination problem after the MK to PK swap so I am in the process of stripping and cleaning the ink system and whilst I have...
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    Hello!

    I have been searching for help keeping my printers working and on many occasions I have landed on this very informative forum so I am now no longer "lurking" but hopefully joining in ;-) I primarily enjoy photography as my favourite hobby and enjoy the process of printing my images for my own...
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