hi everyone,
i just came across your forum looking for instructions on how to refill epson cartridges.
I have an epson cx4600 and i found the refills (ims ink) only because they were at Costco right beside the original cartridges. had no idea that a chip resetting device existed before that, so my knowledge on refilling is the closest to nothing (beside what i read in here).
Point is, i dont know anything about how a ink cartridge work: whats the need of all the maze inside? regulate the ink flow? canon cartriges have just 2 comparments and seem as easy to refill as could be filling a bottle, the epson ones seem like a pita, is it possible to build cartriges made like the canon ones but that fit , for size and shape and chip, the epson printers? 2) i understand that a cartridge works a little like a straw filled with water with one finger on one side, poke an hole somewhere and its like letting the finger go on the straw, all the ink comes out from the sponge side, am i right or i got it wrong? and eventually: there must be air coming into the cartrige while the ink get used, otherwise would be easier for the ink to come out when its full and less and less while emptying, where that air comes from? would be possible to refill from there?
I understand that the continuos refill systems are only if you print a lot (that i dont do) but why they cost so much? arent they just dummy cartriges, some tubes and bottles? Anyone ever homemade one? they seem to get rid of all the refilling troubles.
Wouldnt be possible to have an easy refill sistem that is made with the dummy cartriges that work like normal (non continuos) but that you can refill through tubes?
I like to tinker with stuff and i dont want to bore and annoy all of you guys with a million of stupid questions so anyone knows if there is some online resource on how the whole cartridges/printers works? I know its weird, but its just that im not a "follow the instructions and be happy" kinda person.
thanks
i just came across your forum looking for instructions on how to refill epson cartridges.
I have an epson cx4600 and i found the refills (ims ink) only because they were at Costco right beside the original cartridges. had no idea that a chip resetting device existed before that, so my knowledge on refilling is the closest to nothing (beside what i read in here).
Point is, i dont know anything about how a ink cartridge work: whats the need of all the maze inside? regulate the ink flow? canon cartriges have just 2 comparments and seem as easy to refill as could be filling a bottle, the epson ones seem like a pita, is it possible to build cartriges made like the canon ones but that fit , for size and shape and chip, the epson printers? 2) i understand that a cartridge works a little like a straw filled with water with one finger on one side, poke an hole somewhere and its like letting the finger go on the straw, all the ink comes out from the sponge side, am i right or i got it wrong? and eventually: there must be air coming into the cartrige while the ink get used, otherwise would be easier for the ink to come out when its full and less and less while emptying, where that air comes from? would be possible to refill from there?
I understand that the continuos refill systems are only if you print a lot (that i dont do) but why they cost so much? arent they just dummy cartriges, some tubes and bottles? Anyone ever homemade one? they seem to get rid of all the refilling troubles.
Wouldnt be possible to have an easy refill sistem that is made with the dummy cartriges that work like normal (non continuos) but that you can refill through tubes?
I like to tinker with stuff and i dont want to bore and annoy all of you guys with a million of stupid questions so anyone knows if there is some online resource on how the whole cartridges/printers works? I know its weird, but its just that im not a "follow the instructions and be happy" kinda person.
thanks