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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Slightly off topic: Anyone have any spare C88 chips?

From: Russell Shaw <rjshaw@...>
Date: 2006-08-05

derekhawkins wrote:
>>On a whole I've found the whole refilling business to be more hassle
>>than it's worth
>
> Here we go again. Even though you indicate that this is your
> experience, you word things in such a way as to imply that more than
> likely it should be a global experience. It's like those newbies who
> buy a particular item that has a flaw or issue, they turn up in some
> relevant newsgroup with the assumption that just about everyone with
> that item has the same problem. Did it ever occur to you that the
> refillable cartridges you are/were using are crap? Or if not, maybe
> you just got a bad batch or something?

What most epson refill instructions don't say is to never refill
with the syringe from underneath or from top that would pierce the
porous membrane deep inside the exit hole. You can see it by cutting
a cartridge open. I've done dozens of refills with 100% success.