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I thought you guys might enjoy this. There are strict rules about advertising on here...so I'm officially only telling about the existence of these plugs for the betterment of the industry. Enjoy!
These Plug Valves are an entirely new approach to the remanufacture of single ink cartridges. However a number of these cartridges are extremely difficult to fill because drilling a hole in the cartridge destroys the complex fluid-vacuum feed system that they use.
The Plug Valve resolves this problem quickly and easily by fitting in the drilled hole a permanent one-way valve through which ink can be inserted time and time again. Fitting a Plug Valve is a one-time modification to a genuine OEM cartridge that enables you to refill the cartridge repeatedly at no additional capital expense.
The ease and speed of fitting of these low cost accessories means that customers will come back to you many times to refill their cartridges:
and you can do it:-
to the full OEM fill capacity
more cheaply than supplying a potentially patent infringing - compatible cartridge
How Do Plug Valves Work?
The technology behind the plug valve is, like all the best ideas, extremely simple. The OEMs fill these cartridges in a vacuum sealed environment extremely difficult to create in a small remanufacturing context. Although it is perfectly possible to make a hole in these cartridges and refill them with ink, once you remove the needle, air gets into the ink feed system and prevents it from working, so no ink gets to the printers print head.
The Plug Valve allows ink to be forced into the cartridge, but once the syringe is withdrawn, the valve seals preventing air from entering the cartridge. The result is a perfectly pressurised refilled cartridge thanks to a small and perfectly formed piece that should become a standard in your remanufacturing workshop.
All you have to do now is place a waste pipe leading to a small container in the delivery orifice of the cartridge, and fit a syringe full of ink into the hole of the plug valve. Just slowly, but firmly discharge the ink into the cartridge. Watch the waste pipe carefully.
First you will see all the waste residual ink being expelled from the cartridge followed by the air.
Then you will see a mixture of air and ink being expelled, followed shortly by pure ink. When this is seen, your MkII Epson cartridge has been completely refilled and primed.
Remove the waste pipe and the syringe, wipe with a paper towel and reset the chip with any suitable chip resetter.
These Plug Valves are an entirely new approach to the remanufacture of single ink cartridges. However a number of these cartridges are extremely difficult to fill because drilling a hole in the cartridge destroys the complex fluid-vacuum feed system that they use.
The Plug Valve resolves this problem quickly and easily by fitting in the drilled hole a permanent one-way valve through which ink can be inserted time and time again. Fitting a Plug Valve is a one-time modification to a genuine OEM cartridge that enables you to refill the cartridge repeatedly at no additional capital expense.
The ease and speed of fitting of these low cost accessories means that customers will come back to you many times to refill their cartridges:
and you can do it:-
to the full OEM fill capacity
more cheaply than supplying a potentially patent infringing - compatible cartridge
How Do Plug Valves Work?
The technology behind the plug valve is, like all the best ideas, extremely simple. The OEMs fill these cartridges in a vacuum sealed environment extremely difficult to create in a small remanufacturing context. Although it is perfectly possible to make a hole in these cartridges and refill them with ink, once you remove the needle, air gets into the ink feed system and prevents it from working, so no ink gets to the printers print head.
The Plug Valve allows ink to be forced into the cartridge, but once the syringe is withdrawn, the valve seals preventing air from entering the cartridge. The result is a perfectly pressurised refilled cartridge thanks to a small and perfectly formed piece that should become a standard in your remanufacturing workshop.
All you have to do now is place a waste pipe leading to a small container in the delivery orifice of the cartridge, and fit a syringe full of ink into the hole of the plug valve. Just slowly, but firmly discharge the ink into the cartridge. Watch the waste pipe carefully.
First you will see all the waste residual ink being expelled from the cartridge followed by the air.
Then you will see a mixture of air and ink being expelled, followed shortly by pure ink. When this is seen, your MkII Epson cartridge has been completely refilled and primed.
Remove the waste pipe and the syringe, wipe with a paper towel and reset the chip with any suitable chip resetter.
