Refill Epson OEM Carts - learn how!

[gailkeys]

I just finished watching a four part series put together by jtoolman on youtube WOW

Talk about Christopher Columbus and the egg. He does it here and now with Epson OEM carts, WELL WORTH A WATCH...11/10 for innovative research and development, he also credits un-named others with clues along the way, and good news for those folks that have 3800 or 3880 and are worried about non OEM carts and air leakage over time.

Cheers,

PS even if you do not own one, have a look at the set away, he is a Gem in our midst!

Thanks for the information I will be watching that video today.

 

[jtoolman]

You always have to reset the chips before they can be used.
I have a feeling you only watched my latest amendment to the whole series where I show to how to disable the rear one way seal without drilling.

No they do not automatically reset. Yes that would be too good to be true.
You need the resetter that will reset 3800 /3880 carts and maintenance cart.

Yes I saw you msg, but my wife just recently broke her left foot and I've been busy taking care of things around the house.

I replied to your email today.
There is still an issue with the resetters out of china.
The one I originally purchased works perfectly but the ones they are currently selling apparently only reset 6 of the 9 chips.

I will have some more details on that very soon.

Joe

 

[mikling]

Epson may have modified the firmware within the printer. Resetter firmware from what I have seen tends to remain the same and when these occurrences happen....it is often the chips on either the carts themselves have been changed by Epson or the Printer firmware has changed. Always remember that the resetter only addresses what is currently known as to how the chip behaves with the printer. There can be currently unused data within chip that the printer is not addressing in its routines. However, future revisions can always add routines to require the previously unused aspects of the chip or data locations that the old resetters did not have to address.

Take for example the simple TO78xxx cartridges used initially in the R260 and currently still in use today in the Artisan 50. Each iteration of these printers and revisions can use the same original chips but the routines changed within the printer. Then the auto updates to firmware!

Epson's history has a clear directive to their engineers to make the ability to re manufacture their cartridges to be difficult. We've seen it in all their cart designs. They are also are very good at data encryption...better than Canon at this point.

Only recently has Canon moved their game up to begin to match Epson. E.g. The 250/251 carts with the method of mounting and type of chip used.

If you read the financial statements by Epson, it is very evident and clearly stated that they are out to protect the cash flow from the sale of their cartridges and rely on it heavily within their printer division.

Keep us up to date on what you find.

 

[Harry Briels]

Is the rubber tip on the syringe, key in filling a Epson OEM 3800 cart?

Hello Joe,
I have studied with great interest you excellent videos regarding refilling OEM 3800 carts.
It all looks not too complicated until reaching the refilling process itself.
I think there could be a practical problem in the filling process?

You use a syringe without a needle, but with a black rubber tip on it, that seems to fit precisely in the filling opening and which apparently
is long enough to push open the plunger in the valve to let ink enter the Mylar sac.
The key element in all of this could be this little black tip that you put on a syringe but that so far I could not purchase anywhere?
The question is "how to fill without the rubber tip?

One could use a syringe with a needle and push open the plunger, but what will happen when attempting to push ink in?

It could be that in this way it will not be possible to exert enough pressure to push ink in the Mylar bag and that ink will flow out of the opening rather than in the Mylar sac?

Could it be that his interesting technique you developed, might not be workable without the rubber tip, which you are using?