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Topic Started: May 12 2009, 10:38 AM (1,158 Views)
John
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Bugger, my CISS arrived but with the air filters missing so i cant use it :lol looks ok though and the extra ink i ordered (5 quid) looks enough to refill the tanks once and a bit so for 22 quid i have got the equivalent of 60 carts. From what i can gather the chips on the carts reset to full when you turn the printer on and off which is natty :lol

I have emailed SVP and asked them to send me some filters.
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Gina
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Nuisance about the filters - it's so infuriating when an order arrives and it's incomplete or they send the wrong thing :( I've had that happen occasiionally, but not too often thankfully. An email usually does the trick.

The resetting chips is clever :) And it sounds like a very good price :)
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John
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Hmmm SVP have emailed me back saying it doesn't need air filters but i cannot find one for sale anywhere that doesn't require them and in all fairness the instructions stress the fact that they must be used. I think if they fob me off with the next reply ill send it back, i don't fancy knackering up my printer by filling it up with dust.
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Gina
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No, I quite agree! There is always a lot of dust about however clean the area appears to be. The only place you don't get dust is a clean-room!! And the lengths they go to, to avoid dust is extreme!

They quote that the kit includes filters so they MUST supply filters or they're contravening the Trades Description Act.
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John
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Well i got an email back saying there is defiantly no need for air filters any more, still a bit unsure about it but when my inks run out ill give it a bash i suppose.
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Phaedrus
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I`ve been looking at these CISS They make the Epson a better bet again as its the ink that has been Epsons downer for me.
Also the Epson CISS are cheaper than other makes.

I`ll start looking at Epsons again now :)
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John
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i got my sums wrong as well the CISS and extra ink i ordered is about the same at 140 ink carts!

I matched it up to the printer earlier, it looks pretty stright forwards to install etc. only problem i can see is i am going to have to route it out of the left of the printer not the right cos my R300 has buttons all over the right off it.
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Mark

I have a CISS for my HP7360 which I only fitted on Monday when one of the original cartridges ran out. Naturally I had a magenta ink explosion when I tried to use it the first time due to the magenta cartridge not being perfectly seated when I printed the test page. Having cleaned everything up and re-seated it all seems fine now, but I've only done one test photo print so far.

Debating whether to get one for the Epson R2400 I bought s/h to print A3, but there seems a range of options - some well thought of systems at 200 quid and some where I can find no useful feedback for about 50 quid. Managed to half empty all the cartridges in it just doing head cleaning as it had been sat for a while before I bought it and needed a few cleaning passes to get rid of streakiness.
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John
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I am half tempted to sit the reservoirs for mine in a plastic tub Mark cos the feeder tubes run from under them and god knows what they are stuck in with, all i need is over half a litre of ink going every where.
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Gina
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Yuck!! Printer ink is dreadful stuff to get about :( :( Bad enough with a small spill but that system is fully equipped for a real MEGA spill! :'(
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Phaedrus
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I read some CISS manufacturers actually recommend standing them in a plastic tub. Seems like a good idea. 100ml of ink in each tank, thats not good if it leaks is it LOL
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Phaedrus
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I like the look of this one now:
Epson Stylus Photo PX700W

And you can get a CISS for it.

A bit expensive though....I wish it was under £150.

Check out the video! :rofl
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John
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I have had that printer saved in my faves for a number of months waiting for it to come down it price mate but sadly it never has :(
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Phaedrus
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I hope it comes down soon mate. It is indeed a sexy bit of printing tackle.
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Gina
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Looks good :) Except for the price :( But in most cases you get what you pay for so I would expect it to be good. Thing is I don't think I do enough quality printing to justify that price.
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Phaedrus
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Thats what I was thinking. I don`t do enough quality printing.

I just want a printer that prints onto printable CD/DVD`s and has WiFi really.
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John
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Sod it my curiosity got the better of me so i installed it, it meant chucking some 2 day old inks away but given the price i don't mind so much. Installing it was very simple and the prints are really good. The printer is now noisier due to the pipes clattering around and i had to hack a bit of the lid off so the pipes were not getting trapped but so far so good, i just need something to put the tanks in now to reassure myself.
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Phaedrus
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That printer already has an overflow bypass hasn`t it? Complete with shampoo bottle catheter,
Now its got an external ink supply I bet it looks a proper monster! LOL
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Gina
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It's amazing what you can find around the house to press into use :lol Cut the bottom half/third/quarter off a 2 litre drink bottle - plastic milk bottle (well washed) - the cases CD/DVDs came in - and sometimes plastic packaging is strong enough to re-use for another purpose. Otherwise, the pound shops often sell quite strong plastic storage boxes for a few tens of pence.
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John
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All hail the Epson R300 from hell :lol

Shampoo bottle ink overflow mod :rofl

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Ready for action (note judicious use of the packaging it was supplied in to act as a leak collector under the tanks :rofl)

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