irvweiner
Fan of Printing
Supplementing the discussion on dpreview concerning the priming of the 'littlefoot' 3880 carts I posted the following'
I have re-reviewed the discussion concerning purging and tested the following successfully: For the Epson 38xx 'littlefoot' carts:
1) Remove only the refill plug, hold the cart vertically with the refill hole on top and fill the cart ~80 ml of ink.
2) Replace the refill plug
3) Place the cart on its flat side, lift off the purge hole plug and insert a 10 ml leur lock syringe.
4) Rotate the cart to its normal stand-up position. The syringe will now be facing sideways.
5) Gently pull the syringe plunder out--air will be drawn out followed by some ink. Now stop!
6) Place the cart on its flat side once again, the syringe will be pointing vertically.
7) Remove the syringe and re-insert the purge plug. Have a tissue handy to wipe up any ink droplets.
8) Priming of the cart is complete!
Note that this priming process can be repeated when refilling an almost empty cart in which excessive air may have accumulated in the exit port ink channel.
I welcome comments from those who try or have tried this purge technique.
irv weiner
I have re-reviewed the discussion concerning purging and tested the following successfully: For the Epson 38xx 'littlefoot' carts:
1) Remove only the refill plug, hold the cart vertically with the refill hole on top and fill the cart ~80 ml of ink.
2) Replace the refill plug
3) Place the cart on its flat side, lift off the purge hole plug and insert a 10 ml leur lock syringe.
4) Rotate the cart to its normal stand-up position. The syringe will now be facing sideways.
5) Gently pull the syringe plunder out--air will be drawn out followed by some ink. Now stop!
6) Place the cart on its flat side once again, the syringe will be pointing vertically.
7) Remove the syringe and re-insert the purge plug. Have a tissue handy to wipe up any ink droplets.
8) Priming of the cart is complete!
Note that this priming process can be repeated when refilling an almost empty cart in which excessive air may have accumulated in the exit port ink channel.
I welcome comments from those who try or have tried this purge technique.
irv weiner