Shot a new video on Refilling Epson OEM carts.

[jtoolman]

I decided to shoot this very thorough ( meaning long winded ) video for the person who may want to explore refilling OEM Epson carts with minimal experience in the "art" of refilling.
Some of you "Old Hands" may find this treatise on refilling OEM Epson carts mayby too low of a level of expertise. I meant it for the person with no knowledge on the subject!

I have been finding several barely used Stylus 2200 printers with many OEM carts in my area so I have amassed several full sets of OEM carts which I just had to experiment with.
So far the refilling and resetting has been working perfectly!

Hope you enjoy the video>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB8QspjBbhk

 

[websnail]

Useful intel...

Just one little nugget of feedback... Perhaps it would be worth putting something, this involved, as episodes (ie: break it up) rather than one long video...

Primarily thinking that the long-winded approach is still useful but being able to skip some of the steps would be ideal...

 

[websnail]

Oh and love the quote...

If I hadn't been talking so much, this would have taken a lot less time

 

[jtoolman]

That's a good idea websnail.
I really meant this toward the total beginner who may not even know what a cart chip's purpose is. Pretty much every day I read a post from someone that just tells me they are totally new at this.
I shot it with a AVCHD type camera so I have each part as an idividual file. I think I will re-edit and make it shorter and more concise.

What do you think about those little valve plugs? They seem to work really well and I've decided to use the ones with the O ring seals and for extra leak insurance I pop a sealing ball into the valve oppening. Yes I will have to sacrifice a ball each tyme but they are about 6 cents each so it's not too bad. Today I am ordering some OCP 8oz ink bottles for the stylus 2200s and the R2400 which are the two main printers I am refilling OEM carts for.

 

[pharmacist]

jtoolman,

I am interested too in your R2400 OCP ink review, as I might give it a try in my Epson Pro 3800 if it is good, because the price is much cheaper.

 

[jtoolman]

Pharmacist I will be ordering tomorrow and since it is here in the USA I should have them in a week. I just sent you a PM!

 

[Big_Al]

I decided to shoot this very thorough ( meaning long winded ) video for the person who may want to explore refilling OEM Epson carts with minimal experience in the "art" of refilling.
Some of you "Old Hands" may find this treatise on refilling OEM Epson carts mayby too low of a level of expertise. I meant it for the person with no knowledge on the subject!

I have been finding several barely used Stylus 2200 printers with many OEM carts in my area so I have amassed several full sets of OEM carts which I just had to experiment with.
So far the refilling and resetting has been working perfectly!

Hope you enjoy the video>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB8QspjBbhk

Yes, I enjoyed the video, and very nicely done. I was thinking that my Epsons could not be refilled.
Al

 

[jtoolman]

If you have the two taped over round vents underneath and adjecent to the ink exit port and you have a resetter of course, then yes you can refill as I showed in the video.
The iffy ones are the ones with the wetness sensor which probably include most of the newer 9 pin chips and the vent that comes taped over when new ( you remove before use ) then maybe yes and maybe no. I will experiment and if successfull, report it to you all. I dismanteled a T087 ( R19000 ) cart and it looks like you can drill from avoe but not on the circle that says "Push" The position will differ but it is about 3/8" behind were the label say T087 on the top of the cart. I have to use the drill that comes with the Rjettek kit so I can then insert a valve.

As of now I am concentrating on T034 ( Stylus 220 ) and T059 ( R2400 ) and on the carts for my everyday use R340 and R380. All the others are happily running on refillables.
The R2880 like the R1900 OEM carts have wetness sensors and would not be a good candidate as resetting would be rendered null if it reaches a certain low level. I have very good refillables from Precision Colors for those.

Here is the current list of OEM cart #s that can be refilled with this method:

T007 / T008 / T009 / T013 / T014 / T015 / T016 / T017 / T018 / T026 / T027 / T028 / T029 / T0321 / T0322 / T0323 / T0324 / T0341 / T0342 / T0343 / T0344 / T0345 / T0346 / T0347 / T0348 / T036 / T037 / T038 / T038125 / T039 / T039025 / T040 / T041 / T0422 / T0423 / T0424 / T0431 / T0441 / T0442 / T0443 / T0444 / T0461 / T0472 / T0473 / T0474 / T0481 / T0482 / T0483 / T0484 / T0485 / T0486 / T0540 / T0541 / T0542 / T0543 / T0544 / T0547 / T0548 / T0549 / T0551 / T0552 / T0553 / T0554 / T0591 / T0592 / T0593 / T0594 / T0595 / T0596 / T0597 / T0598 / T0599 / T0601 / T0602 / T0603 / T0604

 

[jtoolman]

Update on teh OCP inks from Rjettek for the R2400. They do not have them in stock and would take 6 - 10 weeks for then to get them. So I will just order proven USA available inks for the 3800 and R2400. It will just cost a lot more! So much for saving $$$!

 

[jtoolman]

In continuation of my experimenting with refilling Epson OEM carts, tonight I just successfully refilled and reset an Epson T087 Cyan cart. I used the Rjettek, One-Way refilling valves, drilling the hole directly over the printed "Push" point on the top of the cart. I then insersed the Valve refilled through the valve and exausted ink and air through the exit port as show in my video.
I reset the chip and it is now running side by side next to the other 7 OEM carts. The trick with these is to catch it before the sensor senses that the it is no longer felling wet ink. Around 20% I figure. If you miss it then the chip is rendered un resettable. I am using inks from P.C.

Original video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB8QspjBbhk