A Simple Way to Purge..

[The Hat]

There are quite a lot of elaborate gadgets and ways to purge you cartridge but this one is a simpler way.

This gadget can be made up relatively easy and youll only need two for all of your cartridges,
one big, one small and it wont put a hole in your pocket.

Its made up from a needle with the steel shaft removed and a 3rd party orange compatible clip with the end cut off it.

Just make a hole in the bottom of the orange clip big enough to fit the plastic needle tip into it without any of it protruding out the inside.
I placed a metal washer around to give it a bit of strength and to hold the Araldite in place till it dried hard in (24 hours).

With this gadget you can fill a syringe, the larger the better (60 ml) with water and inject it into the outlet of your cartridge
and after a number of times your cartridge will be completely clear of unwanted ink.

You can also do this with just air inside the syringe to remove some of the remaining water.

*** See this thread for an up-date on newer orange clips like this one and where to get them. ***

 

[mikling]

is another way with what came with the printer. The luer lock fitting might be hard to find but I can make those available for the determined.

 

[The Hat]

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is another way with what came with the printer. The luer lock fitting might be hard to find but I can make those available for the determined.

 

[mikling]

Then there is the slower but jig free method if you are topfilling and perhaps illustrates why when all is said and done, the ability to do this easily should weigh in whether to top fill or use other another method to refill.

 

[websnail]

@The_Hat: I'm guessing you just pirated a CLI-52x clip to create that and am I right in thinking you chopped the end off so it would work with all sizes of cartridge? (ie: CLI-8 and CLI-521/526's, etc...).


In terms of Luers... they're easy enough to get and I've got them on general sale... Key thing to note though.. If you get them in Poly Propylene (as I currently have them) it does tend to make it harder to glue them to the clip due to the low energy Poly Prop has when it comes to bonding.

Hot glue guns and a decent adhesive work really well though as I've found with the PGI-9 clips, so worth a try if you have a hot glue gun to hand.


Oh and speaking of the PGI-9's... given the discussion about sponges washing through, etc... it would seem prudent to do some direct flushing on the outlet sponge there too (ie: without the clip) so you get rid of any the dye that's being passed by the water flow pushed through the clip.

 

[The Hat]

@The_Hat: I'm guessing you just pirated a CLI-52x clip to create that and am I right in thinking
you chopped the end off so it would work with all sizes of cartridge? (ie: CLI-8 and CLI-521/526's, etc...).

Yes my original idea was that one size fits all.

In terms of Luers... they're easy enough to get and I've got them on general sale... Key thing to note though.. If you get them in Poly Propylene (as I currently have them) it does tend to make it harder to glue them to the clip due to the low energy Poly Prop has when it comes to bonding.

I found hot glue works great but after a couple of uses the glue tends to let go altogether and then has to be reapplied,
thats why I only use Araldite adhesive now. (Much stronger bond)

Hot glue guns and a decent adhesive work really well though as I've found with the PGI-9 clips, so worth a try if you have a hot glue gun to hand.

Oh and speaking of the PGI-9's... given the discussion about sponges washing through, etc...
it would seem prudent to do some direct flushing on the outlet sponge there too (ie: without the clip)
so you get rid of any the dye that's being passed by the water flow pushed through the clip.

I have decided not to go there because there are so many mixed opinions on the subject of PGI-9 flushing
and hopefully given time most guys will find their own solution to that very same problem as I did..

 

[pearlhouse]

Using one of these gadgets like the Hat has shown, where is the dirty water expelled if you do not have a top hole or the ball removed. Some will come out the vent but how do you get the tank side clean oposite the sponge?
Using a cart that has the german filling hole drilled into the sponge side, can this hole be used to purge the sponge and force the dirty water out of the ink exit hole.?? But to me that still doesnt clean out the tank side of the cart.:/

 

[ThrillaMozilla]

You can use this adapter to force almost anything in or out of the cartridge. You can use it to empty the cartridge rapidly, if you want. It works fine for purging or refilling. It's very fast and easy for purging.

Here's an explanation, as requested by Pearlhouse.

The adapter is made from three different sizes of flexible tubing. The large end fits the exit port of the cartridge, and the small end fits a syringe. The three pieces have a little epoxy between them to make sure they are sealed well together (this may not be necessary, depending on the tubing you have). The small tube is bent at a right angle by heat, for convenience in using Ghwells' Freedom Filling Method.

This adapter offers the advantage that when you purge, the liquid goes directly into the sponge. Some other methods bypass the sponge. By sealing the vent with a piece of tape or a finger, you can also direct liquid into and out of the ink chamber, either under pressure or under vacuum. If you prefer, I believe you could also suck water through the vent, thereby clean both vent and sponge very thoroughly. If you use the German Durchstich method, you will probably need to seal the refill hole with tape or with a finger so water goes where you want it.

 

[websnail]

I found hot glue works great but after a couple of uses the glue tends to let go altogether and then has to be reapplied,
thats why I only use Araldite adhesive now. (Much stronger bond)

I've actually had problems with epoxy resins relating to brittleness of the bond, etc... but the glue sticks I'm using are a serious recipe designed for this sort of thing rather than hobby glue sticks so that might explain why my results differ.

 

[pearlhouse]

Not sure what the pic represents. Please explain a little.