subject: Do It By Yourself! Refill The Epson NX100 [print this page] Do It By Yourself! Refill The Epson NX100
As you use your printer, the ink in the cartridge of your printer will run out. When you face it, then you should replace it. However, it has quite expensive price to replace. Fortunately, when your ink runs out you can refill the cartridge without you need to replace it.
The procedure to refill the cartridges will take you for some times. But, refilling is indeed will be cheaper than buying the new one. If your printer is Epson NX100, then you may take the extra step to reset the chip. You will find that the instruction to reset the chip may be various from one to another depending to the exact model of the resetter.
You will need the things like the syringe with needle, paper towels, printer cartridge, the thumb drill, the rubber gloves, and the chip resetter. To reset the cartridge chip, you have to turn off the printer and the computer if it is connected to the printer. You should connect the resetter with the resetter cable to the printer. Use the USB cable to connect the computer with the printer. Next, you press and hold the resetter button for 2 seconds. The resetter has the job to send the printer the message to reset the level ink. The printer prints the verification page which indicates that the chip has been reset as the response.
You can start to refill the cartridge by spreading the paper towels on the flat surface. Do not forget to put the rubber gloves. You should drill the small hole on the cartridge with the thumb drill which you should place above the push button. Drill one hole again beside the first hole towards the label. The second hole has the function to make sure the proper ventilation.
The next thing is filling the syringe with 20mm ink. You can insert the needle syringe to the first hole. Carefully, you can inject the ink to the cartridge until it is full. After every thing is done, you should install the cartridge to the printer.
