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How To Refill Epson Ink Cartridges You Need To Read This
Did you know that Epson ink cartridges are purposely designed not to be refilled. They contain a chip which measures the amount of ink remaining. When the ink cartridge is empty, the chip is ready to empty. Simply putting more ink in the cartridge will not work. The chip also has to be reprogrammed to a full state.
More recent chips are purposively designed not to allow reprogramming, therefore this process often fails. I have seen many grumbles on the net of folks that bought refilled ink cartridges only to have the printer report that they were empty upon insertion.
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How does the chip know when the ink cartridge is empty? It counts the pages released and estimates ink use. Eventually it reports the ink cartridge to be empty, frequently when there is still 10-20% left. Once the chip is about to empty, it will not be reset. The chip still must be reprogrammed. Some chips can't be reprogrammed at all, so after they report empty they'll stay that way permanently. This includes Epson T069, T078, T079, T098, T125, T126 and T127 ink cartridges.
But there are greater perils than merely having a cartridge report empty. Inkjet printers squirt ink thru miniscule holes. If these holes get clogged, it could cause Problems from poor print quality to finish printer failure. All ink has an inclination to coagulate when put in contact with the air. Otherwise it would never dry.
Now think about an empty ink cartridge which sat around for a bit before somebody injected more ink. The original remaining 10% of the ink in that cartridge has coagulated. Now it's been refilled. You are losing 10% because of the coagulated ink which was there at the time of refill. But the difficulty is even more heavy.
If that old ink clot can finally get free, it can clog and seriously destroy your printer. Even if you re-fill the cartridge straight away, if you're using an ink bottle, there'll be clots along the opening of the bottle. If one clot makes it to your printer head, you could lose you entire printer in a futile effort to save a few bucks.
Some printers utilize a vacuum process to suck ink to the heads. If air enters the little tubes, the vacuum is damaged. When refilling cartridges using hypodermic-type needles, it isn't uncommon for air to go into the tanks.
Then there are more pitfalls. You have to keep four to six ink bottles around with 4-6 different hypodermic needles. It is unheard of to refill without dripping ink. And it is about inevitable that at some specific point an ink bottle will be spilled or break. What a mess!
So why refill? It is a sloppy process. If you do it yourself, it is difficult for you to avoid getting ink all over the place. If someone else does it for you, refilled ink cartridges still tend to leak, clot or bleed air into the printer. You don't save cash. Places which refill typically charge about $10 a cartridge. You should purchase a brand new compatible for $3. And you are taking a chance on your printer. Refilling is foolish on so many levels.
Note that re-filling a single-use ink cartridge isn't the same as doing so with an ink cartridge specially created for refilling and using special ink dispensers designed to eliminate air, leaks and spills.
Ruel Run is a researcher and author on different kinds of subject matters including Epson inks. In case you are interested getting additional information click here: Epson Printers Inks and Refillable Cartridges For Epson.
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