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Re: Removing Ink from Epson R4800 carts to put into R2400 spongeless

2006-03-19 by gguhangunaratnam

Thank you so much Helen!

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Helen Bach"
<helenbach@...> wrote:
>
> There are two simple ways to remove ink from a 4800 cartridge.
> 
> 1) Prise off the top cover, lift out the bag, snip the corner off and
> pour into a bottle, such as a Nalgene bottle.
> 
> 2) Put a very short length of plastic tubing onto a syringe and make a
> slanting cut at the end of the tube. Jab the syringe and tube into the
>  valve of the cartridge and suck the ink out. You needn't have a
> bottle: you can just fill the R2400 cart from the syringe.
> 
> I use method 1), but I have also tried method 2).
> 
> Best,
> Helen 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, G Guhan
> Gunaratnam <guruguhan@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Ernst,
> > 
> > I think I'm ok with refilling the 2400 carts, but I can't find info
> on how
> > to remove the ink from the 4800 carts.  What are the general
> problems I'll
> > encounter?  I flushed a cart from an old printer (HP) before, and I
> got a
> > lot of foaming.  Will the foam settle (when kept in the storage
bottle)?
> > Should I try to discard it?
> > 
> > What equip. do I need to remove the ink? (syringes-what size?, any
> bottles
> > ok for storage?)
> > 
> > Thanks
>

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