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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Epson Direct Inkjet with Homemade CIS and autoreset

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2006-06-14

Do you know if it is posible to make a spongeless cart from a spongy one?
I don't really need a CIS, but i need something i can refill easily inside
the printer.

ST


On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:35:12 +0200, Steve <alienrelics@...> wrote:

> The guy at ColorBAT go so sick of the noisy few who could not get a
> prebuilt CIS to work, he stopped selling them. However, he has
> instructional PDFs on his website:
> http://www.colorbat.com
> The pages load -very- slowly.
> The most important thing is ink level, and an air bubble in the damper
> (that's what the "cartridge with a hose in it" is called in a CIS). A
> cartridge with a flexible thin plastic sheet side may get away without
> an air bubble, but it's better with it.
> Here, I'm never going to make money on this da∗∗ thing, there are too
> many cut-rate bulk ink systems out there. No one wants to pay for
> reliability, they'd rather replace a $50 system every year:
> http://www.polyphoto.com/tutorials/bulkinksystem/
> Steve Greenfield