refillable cartridges one at a time? (Epson 3880)

[jtoolman]

OK the only ones I know of in the USA are the ones from Inkjectfly and only for the 3800 not the 3880. Mine ( 3800 ) only require the MK and PK original chips. I think for the 3880 you will require all the chips.

Pharmacist here in this forum is an expert on these refillable systems.

 

[pharmacist]

Unfortunately I have to tell the Epson Pro 3880 needs al chips to be installed to function. I have done experiments with the Inkjetfly chip set for the Epson Pro 3800 on my Pro 3880 printer as the older Pro 3800 always full chips only needs the PK and MB chips and it is known these two colours are the same on both printers and the other chips are just dummies, which can be installed in any sequence regardless of the colour. I tried it, but the printer refused the always full chips for the Epson Pro 3800.

 

[pcm81]

I am running 3880 with refillable carts.
I have one cartridge from cone and a full set from inkowl. The cartridges seem identical, but $50 cheaper from inkowl. Cartridges require OEM chips of the same color underneath of auto reset chip which comes with cartridge. Make sure to do 1 cart at a time, when swapping chips. There is no way of telling oem chips apart and the OEM chip has to match the auto resetter chip and be installed into correct ink port in the printer.

Major annoyance is that you can not see ink levels via the driver; all ink levels reset to 100% when printer is turned off/on.
OEM chips must be reporting above 15% ink level to work with auto reset chips. You can suck oem ink out of oem cartridge using a fine point syringe, right through ink output port, so dont worry about oem ink waste when doing the swap to refillable cartridges.

The auto reset chips on both cone and inkowl carts do not seed flat on the cartridge and it is possible to get the cartridge caught on the cartridge lock lever with the sticking up auto reset chip. When taking cartridges out keep release lever pressed down until cartridge is out.

 

[jtoolman]

I use the carts for the PRO 3800 so only need MK and PK so I've greatly reduce the possibilities of a cart getting caught as you describe above.
I used a strip of mylar, to securely hold doen the controller chip at a point where the are no chip contacts. It also helps to create a smooth transition between cart on chip housing. I've heard horror stories about a cought chip housing ripping off the internal chip contacts on the printer. So be careful.

 

[victor99]

So chips will be void if they have read empty? that's not good news...

I know for sure, inkrepublic's 3880 carts can accept empty chips, not sure about others.

 

[jtoolman]

Inkjetcarts 3800 apparently also does since I used chips from Empty OEM Carts purchased just for the chips and remnant ink ( 8-13 ml )
When the OEM reach empty, they still hold ink in them.

 

[victor99]

you can follow the instruction on ink republic's site http://www.inkrepublic.com/KnowledgeBase/3800-irefill-faq.asp
it requires 7 chips from OEM carts (doesnt matter it is read as empty or used or full), and you can reset waste ink tank too. pretty easy to install and use.

 

[The Hat]

So chips will be void if they have read empty? that's not good news...

I know for sure, inkrepublic's 3880 carts can accept empty chips, not sure about others.

Can I ask what association do you have with inkrepublic if any,
because you never fail to mention them in any of your previous posts?
Or are they that good..

 

[victor99]

Or are they that good..

yes, they are "that" good. . at least no problem for me so far. I believe I post a couple messages on this or the other forum, cant remember that I am using their system and inks. no association at all, just a happy customer and I appreciate all the people here to test different units from different companies, especially pharmacist who has devoted times on all the experiment. (save my money and time). clearly it's very nice to use refillable carts for my epson 38 printer. there was another company I was looking for http://www.pro3800.com the system looks identical to mine but not sure about their inks. my 2 cents.

 

[The Hat]

Thats appreciated, I was just curious and now I know where to go for Epson inks.
Thanks and a well spent 2 cent..