Homebrew PCBs

I took your suggestion and got the spongless carts and associated
refill equipment from MIS Associates. $86USD shipped. I only got
yellow and black ink though. This was my parts list:

1 CHP-R-C84RSET Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow Standard Replacement
Chips $7.80 $7.80

1 SK168 UNIVERSAL CHIP RESETTER FOR EPSON CHIPPED CARTRIDGES $19.95 $19.95

1 MIS-SYRINGE 10 CC LURE LOCK (purchase needle separately) $1.00 $1.00

1 MIS-NEEDLE 20 GA LURE LOCK NEEDLE 1.5 INCHES LONG - GREEN $0.25 $0.25

1 MIS-BADP BOTTOM FILL ADAPTER $0.50 $0.50

1 MISPRO-4-Y MIS PRO INK - 4oz BOTTLE - YELLOW $18.00 $18.00

1 MISPRO-2-MK MIS PRO INK - 2oz BOTTLE - UNIVERSAL BLACK $12.00 $12.00

4 SLC-2400-E Empty Spongless Cart No Chip for C84, C86, R200, R220,
R300, R320, R340, R800, R1800, R2400 $5.50 $22.00

The only thing I couldn't buy was the little replacement plugs. I kept
getting a error on the website. I guess I'll just have to be careful.
Have you destroyed many plugs?

Anyway, all the stuff should get here by late next week I'd think.
Then I can begin assembly. In the meantime I need to get a decent temp
sensor and measure the laminator press I have access to. I suspect it
can't hit 230 degC and that I'll have to snag a hotplate that can.

Regards,
Royce


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
>
> I decided i don't really need a CIS and instead installed spongeless  
> carts. They can be refilled in the printer within seconds. A CIS is
IMO  
> only of advantage if one prints really a lot, otherwise you add all
the  
> complexity for no benefit.
> 
> I'm not sure if there is such an advantage in loading all carts with
the  
> same ink. The color carts don't have that many nozzles on the c84
and it  
> is a bit tricky to control which heads should be used. Basically the
black  
> head can do it.
> 
> I plan to also buy and load the other ink colors in small amounts,
hoping  
> to use them for printing full color front panels, component legend,
etc.  
> at some point. Either i will try to see if much more black ink can be  
> added to the yellow in the black head (Volkan's results seem to
suggest  
> this is not detrimental), the MISPRO colors are very powerful, a 50/50  
> black yellow mixture would probably look very deep black already.
> Or the other option is leaving the black head completely yellow and
put  
> black into the yellow slot. But this would require much trickery
with the  
> colors in every printout.
> 
> I really start to wonder how special the mispro ink really is, and if  
> other inks would work. Now that more people are working on this we
will  
> surely get answers to many of those questions.
> 
> 
> ST
> 
>