How to Refill Ink Cartidges for an Epson Stylus CX8400 ?,

How to Refill Ink Cartidges for an Epson Stylus CX8400 ?, The Epson Stylus CX8400 is a printer designed by Epson Company for use with PCs and laptops. print cartridges are used to store and distribute the ink to print. Finally, the ink in these cartridges is depleted and will have to replace the cartridge or ink refill. Some electronics stores computer can refill cartridges for payment if you provide the ink. If you want to save some money, you can fill these cartridges on their own.Instructions
things you need: New Ink, Syringe, Needle 1 Examine the cartridge to determine the amount of ink that is capable of holding. Most ink cartridges to provide this information on the label on the side of the cartridge. Insert the tip of the syringe into a bottle of ink and pull back the lever to fill the syringe with ink.
2 Make a small hole in the top of the cartridge, using the needle. There should be a designated area to fill the ink cartridge.
3 Insert the syringe into the cartridge and refill the ink cartridge.
4 Insert the cartridge into its designated slot on the printer. Run the cleaning cycle several times to complete the procedure.

How to Refill Epson Cartridges

Considering the rise in the price of ink cartridges, several users started to resort to alternative solutions, such as the purchase of similar cartridges (cartridges manufactured by a manufacturer other than the original one, but compatible with the printer), refilled cartridges (used original cartridges, reloaded with new ink) or refilling the cartridges themselves, in a process that consists of manually reloading the cartridge with new ink. That last procedure is the cheapest one, and offers the greatest economy possible for the user, as long as it is done correctly.

The main problem is refilling the cartridges for the Epson printer. Original cartridges from Epson printers have a small memory chip that works as a counter. As the printer uses the cartridge, it updates that small memory. When the cartridge is empty, that circuit knows there is no more ink. Simply putting more ink in the cartridge does not enable it for use, since its chip will still indicate that the cartridge is empty.

Another problem that happens is that the memory of the cartridge may indicate that the cartridge is empty and yet there is still some ink in it. Because of that we may discard a cartridge that still has some ink.

In order to be able to refill an Epson cartridge at home, you will have to reset the counter chip of the cartridge, so the cartridge "knows" it is full. That can be done in two ways: through a special device or through software.

The special device is called Epson Chip Resetter or simply SK168 and costs USD 18.95. It is a device into which you fit the cartridge and in a few seconds the chip of the cartridge is reset. That device is sold at http://www.epsonchipresetter.com.

The software solution is even better, because it is free. You may download the software that resets the Epson cartridges from http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml. That software is capable of reseting the memory of the cartridges from most Epson inkjet printer (a full list of the printers the program recognizes is available at its website). The program is extremely easy to be use, but be careful, because it can only zero USB printers on Windows 2000 and XP. For parallel port printers, you will have to use the program on Windows 9x/ME.