5 Epson Secrets Revealed! Refill Original Cartridge & Print Free Forever!

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CHAPTERS:
0:32- Overview
2:47- The Wrong Way
4:02- Cartridge Anatomy
4:54- The Right Way
About BCH: BCH Technologies is an innovative company focusing on ink and related products. Founded in 2011, the company transforms how people and businesses refill their printers through innovative technology solutions. Our core purpose guides the research direction of 1) preventing land waste and 2) bringing customers better products with lower costs. Every day, over one million ink cartridges are thrown into landfills worldwide. The company has focused on working with businesses of different sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to entrepreneurial starters, to develop custom ink, spanning from printer ink to stamp ink, re-entry ink, indelible ink, redaction ink, invisible ink, and more.
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[@BCHTechnologies]

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[@northamptoncomputerrepair]

Kevin, just wanted to say (as a printer technician who works on inkjet repairs as well) I love your videos, I always find something super interesting, usually hilarious, and always helpful in trying to troubleshoot and fix these frustrating little machines. Thanks so much for all of the time you put into these!!

[@shaes9031]

Do you think it’s possible to do this with a sawgrass ?

[@armwyatt]

You have taught me sooooo much! From unclogging my printer heads to refilling chipped cartridges. Thank you!!!

[@jeanniefurey4905]

I had to stop the video to comment and say: You guys are wonderful!! Thank you for hearing what consumers have been beggin for since the home printer first became available. Unbelievably thorough!!

[@V081WLBlue]

"We also have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale" Brilliant!!!

[@roberthardy2013]

Please, please don’t sell the bridge! I have enjoyed walking over it too much…

[@trackie1957]

Thank you so much! This is so well presented! The technical humor is much appreciated as well. If you don't have a drill, you can make a hole with a hot wire (paper clip, coat hanger, etc.). Remember the gloves and paper towels!

[@brittbreeze23]

Thank you for that suggestion!!! You saved my day!!!

[@workonitm8]

Drill might leave shavings in the ink reservoir and clog the print nozzles. A hot wire might be more practical.

[@kestralrider313]

Thank you for the in depth explanations, this is the first video that I've seen to actually address some of the physics behind the internals of the cartridges, makes troubleshooting issues much easier

[@bethparkerbrown645]

I'll have to say that I really appreciate this video. I have watched a lot of these kinds of videos and have got very little from them. You explained everything very well and were funny while doing it as well which i liked. Thanks for the video

[@Hoody1147]

This guy is such a hommie! He does his plug for his own needle, and then says "or just use a needle, it works too" A salesmen walks up to you and says... "Buy my cleaner! It'll clean really well! Or buy the other stuff, it works just as good" Applaud Kevin!

[@Yossio713]

A plastic 10ml syringe for 100$ 🤣🤣🤣

[@tatopolosp]

This video is priceless. thank you so much for sharing .

[@lenmajuskin]

Absolutely love this printer it was so easy to hook up and learn how to use all with the Hp smart app. It comes pre installed with ink and it gives you the option to have ink unlimited! Definitely worth the money.

[@user-wp3td2pm5y]

BCH-the manufacturers of printers are not blocking them so that people know how to use their products for a long time and for free!

[@deannawing1373]

you rock! your videos and tutorials are not just entertaining but the tips actually work! i became a customer of bch years ago, because of the prices, but the videos and quality kept me coming back. i have an epson, hp, and canon printers and use them all and save money because of your products and get entertained in the process. so thank you for not being the $200 syringe types, lol. namaste

[@deannawing1373]

so where is this bridge at in brooklyn that i bought, lol. :D

[@KeriRautenkranz]

BRAVO! Love the "Rupture", the hundred dollar syringe and of course The Bridge. The clear window explanation was a lifesaver for extracting the 4 - 6ml (!!) of Epson ink from a new set of 288-I starter cartridges for filling and purging with sublimation ink. (had an impromptu sublimation job while my main CISS printer was down, so bought a cheap XP440 for interim work ) The 288 appear to be physically identical to the 252, with just a different electronic ID on the chip and less ink. I found that chamber #2 will take about 5ml at a time. Applying then releasing a vacuum to the fill hole with the vent taped will quickly draw ink into chambers #1 and #3, allowing chamber #2 to take another 5ml, and so on.

[@beccaham]

Keri, I have an xp440 that I am trying to refill right now. Cartridges are the 288-I. Did you need a chip resetter to get these to work?

[@Rainbowgrrl]

the $100 syringe bargain and bridge jokes made me giggle too

[@paulmoffat9306]

I opened an early C86 cartridge to see if I could refill it, and discovered that it was rather complex inside. The main reservoir appeared to be sealed, and pressurized to force the ink through a pressure regulator to the ink head. Very strange. I later found re-inkable cartridges to replace them, along with the chip resetter.

[@sicklytwiztd1152]

I had to watch this then go back and watch a col more times. Just cause I half assed watched it to begin with.....anyway. The dry humor I picked up on I literally busted out laughing! It was worthy info. Not over talked about and he gives you alternatives. He also explains what happens IF you do this or that... Like anyone, we as humans screw up. Sometimes it can cost us but thankfully, now I know to listen the 1st time around and I might just get somewhere with what I doing thanks to Kevin's instructions/ explanations....and quick witted humor

[@vilmamariagonzalez1131]

👌👏👏👏👏 congrats! From Argentina! 🇦🇷👋

[@imark7777777]

After the multiple days working on an HP(s) I feel like I should subscribe.

[@cdr999]

muchas gracias por el video fue de gran ayuda!, saludos desde El Alto-Bolivia.

[@claudiaruiz6404]

Hello, good afternoon,my printer is the workforce wf-2850 Version,Can I do this Video whit the cartridges of my wf- 2850 printer? and thank you very much for sharing blessing 🙂

[@mdnady]

does it impacting the performance of the printer by the time ? when i have to replace the maintenance box ?

[@ShadowGunner1]

you helped me convert my epson 5200 to a stencil printer. new sub. love the content

[@BCHTechnologies]

You are welcome!

[@RCrosbyLyles]

Good info. Well done. Thank you

[@angelafedder-my7cw]

What about the one way valve we blew out? Wont ink come out if its gone??? What do we do???

[@yor8]

are you have restter for XP4100 ? I can't find in web. tks

[@jviews1]

Great internals how it works video.

[@Meszaroscanada]

I’m a specially interested in that bridge. Which is it? Brooklyn? Lmao 😂 😆 🤣

[@rossryman8030]

I love how his English is just OK, but he still worked in that old school joke! Brooklyn's in the house!!!!!

[@yulius988]

Me too, so I think it's for the printer that I have!!!

[@andrew_koala2974]

Stella Smella ** Especially *** not a specially. Buy a dictionary and a thesaurus before they become extinct. And the bridge could be Brooklyn Bridge at Brooklyn (New South Wales, Australia Brooklyn Bridge (Sydney) - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge_(Sydney) The Brooklyn Bridge is a concrete girder bridge that carries the Pacific Motorway (M1) across the Hawkesbury River between Kangaroo Point to Mooney Mooney Point, located 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia.

[@pleaseyourselfsir]

You only have to advertise the bridge once , I am already interested ! 🧐🇬🇧🤔🤔🤔🤨🤨🤨🤓🤓😎🤝🤝🤝

[@idmmxx1871]

Thanks!

[@nealsonf]

Thank you

[@9THR33]

i bout spit my food up when he offered to sell me that bridge !! lol, thanks for the video !!

[@johanmartinez394]

Does this works on 212xl cartridges? For a Epson Wf 2830? And also, the resetter works in all cartridge chips? Thanks you btw

[@-ThePREACHER-]

Dude... If you only knew.... Thanks.

[@Bernycoty]

hello ! how about cartige 405 ?

[@conservos2349]

Good for you, strip the business from these damn thieves.

[@kln.b5631]

lord netsplits Here’s some information that may be useful : Most of the companies that offer printers have 2 different set of prices that are noted and acknowledged by them. 1. Manufacturing price Which is the amount of money it took for the company to make that product. (In this case “printer”) 2. Retail price The price, they ACTUALLY want to sell you the product for... Now, I’ve got no problem, them, making a bit of money on the side. But this gets dark when you consider the amount of money it takes to produce an ink cartridge : 00.23$ cents Usually sold for the same price as the printer. So, if they’re selling the printer for 100 dollars which actually should’ve been sold for 75, they also make you buy cartridges that cost the same amount of a fully, working printer.

[@tksaint8429]

lord netsplits I rather buy a somewhat expensive printer rather than buy over priced ink cartridges over and over again

[@adavari17]

@@lordnetsplits3192 so it's okay to get ripped off by Epson and others

[@mastermindstv7839]

I couldn't find the $100 10 ml syringe on your site.. is it on the same page as the bridge?

[@monthlywalk1110]

a 20mil syringe is under few 2 to 3$ on ebay

[@demoking1422]

Great videos , I like your comments about what I dont need or what not to worry about Thanks !

[@BCHTechnologies]

Glad you like them! Thanks for subscribing to my channel. Good luck and Happy Printing!

[@JulieMilestones]

Thank you for you enlightening videos. I have a Epson XP8600 I want to use as sublimation printer. I want to empty the 312XL cartridge and fill with sub ink. The cartridge are different to this one of yours, it has a rectangle area at bottom the ink flows from. What is the best way to empty & refill these as when you drill a hole in the top the ink gushes out the bottom

[@robertmunoz7543]

Didn't realize rocket science was needed! 😳 Jman

[@Kyle5K]

Another great informative video, thank you!

[@kengales1812]

I went bch technologies to find a chip resetter T2xx Series and found that this chp resetter does not work for T288 cartridges. Is there one that work?

[@stephengoss]

Do I have to use windows program to convert to chipless or can I use a Mac

[@rusticagenerica]

These damn chips should be ILLEGAL.

[@davidmachado3910]

You should put link to reset chip under description of this video... I do nt find in your library

[@CheezburgerBrown]

Hello, is the bridge still for sale?

[@ScoopDogg]

just get 2 chips from the cartridge and wire to read from one and write to the other, use resistors or logic gates and wire them in situ. if volt too low it cant write so might work using an led or resistor in place between data write pad

[@BCHTechnologies]

Nice! Make sure to read Epson's patent. Not all of the pins are active. The patent will tell you which pin to read.

[@debdeb5821]

Thx for yaking the time to do this tutorial. I like my bridges with extra trappings n trimmings plz. Btw, do you have refillable cartridges for 3720?

[@BCHTechnologies]

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[@GAUCHYLionel-ip3cw]

Hi, i have a question, if i have an epson printer and use compatible cartridge, and one day i have problem to print because of this. If i take out all the compatible cartridge and then i replace all of them by original epson cartridge, what happen ? will it work again like before ? or i need to repair it or do a special manipulation ?

[@debihagerman556]

after reading some of the commenti thought of something else, can i get empty cartridges that can only be filled one time and put the chips from my plain ink on them and have it work that way?????? please say yes, i really don't want to buy another printer.

[@Cdswjp]

You said a bridge? Im interested :P

[@gusuave007]

Would this work for Epson WF-4830?

[@ESSBrew]

Thanks for the demonstration of the cart being used!

[@TheDemoexpert]

I see when you drill the hole bits of the drill plastic can go inside the chamber. Won't this be a problem. Maybe to plug the flow?

[@BCHTechnologies]

It could be. Epson has many chambers, one leads to another so the bigger pieces will be caught by one of the ink channels. Smaller pieces may get in though.

[@brii5298]

Thank you a million times!!!

[@althuelectronics5158]

Am Making new project in hp inkjet printer. My ? cartridge inside sponge and Epson ink pad sponge any difference between sir

Thank you , show i from brazilian and i like you videos ! Muito bom adorei vou fazer na minha Epson, a proposito como esta bem explicado o video parabéns

[@Gameplayer55055]

Thanks you for this video. I'll go to university next year, and i wanna buy reliable printer. Which manufacturer do u advice? With less price and refilling hardships I think I'll buy laserjet monochrome one. Don't really need colors

[@brainrottedindividual]

don't buy epson, they are trash

[@les67onestepup]

Hi there..please help....my blue ink not printing...what do i do

[@antonygel8808]

Do you know how to measure epson head before installing it to see if it is ok or damaged?

[@teddyblankenship782]

i cant stop punching a hole in the side using a razor trying to scratch off the black part to get a piece big enough to pull, is there any tips u have for this>

[@mauriciosoto4638]

Si no tengo Tapón plástico puedo colocarle cinta fuerte ❓

[@davisabbey9129]

Hello Kevin, I have an Epson stylus color 1160. Can I use same process to refill the cartridge and can you recommend a Chip resetter for me as getting the cartridge has proven very difficult, thank you.

[@tbrennan169]

Is the bridge still for sale? I've always wanted one for my backyard.

[@arianasotelo3238]

Does it work with 206 cartridge? I dont want to fuck up my printer. Just ran out of black ink 😢

[@danielvanravenhorst6917]

KEVIN, is it possible to refill the cartriges of the epson stylus photo R1800 . i have ordered 2 sets of refillable cartriges and they are all leaking, maybe i should just put the ink in the OEM carts

[@tonymontana897]

Hello, is a chip reset also required for Canon PG cartridges too ??

[@BCHTechnologies]

No

[@KeifusMathews3]

Does this still work in 2021

[@dekonfrost7]

Ok what we want is you to be our inside guy on printers that work. What printers are a good deal low hassle?

[@user-jn7fb2xc5e]

will this method work for epson wf 1100 T068? im tring to convert it to sublimation

[@Wallacesnow]

Haha, real estate joke "we have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale" ✅

[@moneybilla]

Lol I was thinking it was a reference to the guy who sold the Eiffel tower multiple times lmaoo

[@roccomment8374]

WARNING: I tried this and now my printer doesn't print any color ... even with original cartridges. I tried to remove any air, but to no avail (I have Espson 212 cartridges for an XP-4100). I'm probably going to be out a print plus the ink supplies I bought plus the activation key.

[@RememberTheLord]

Any update?

[@mohamadmemah9530]

pleas i need adjustment program for epson cx8300

[@fabio.1]

Hi, can I refill the DURABrite cartridge (pigment ink) with dye ink? Do I have to empty it? How to empty it? thanks

[@BCHTechnologies]

Yes. Make sure to flush out the old ink. You can use a syringe with adapter to remove old ink from the bottom.

[@Madginger2112]

Its been at least 6 year since i used my 2400… do you think it is still usable ?…. I stoped using it because the cost of a set of cartridge was the same price as a laser bw printer…

[@lmg713]

What ink are you using

[@antonygel8808]

How to measure epson head before installing it, to see if it is ok or damaged

[@S.M.Jean-Mahmoud_Ier]

Honestly, if the world wasn't ending soon, I'd get into this business... Now I want to learn and do all this stuff, whatever the machine !

[@miltonvalenciadelgado3892]

Como haces para resetear el chip del cartucho How do you reset the cartridge chip?

[@JewelA-jt2tz]

Will this work with the WF-4820 cartridge?

[@trashcan4u853]

Can you make a video which shows how to refill 33 cartridge?

[@tigerlilly6895]

Thank you. Do you have a chip reset for Epson WF 4833 / Cartridge 822 ink cartridges?

[@BCHTechnologies]

Check with inkchip.net/soft

[@debihagerman556]

PLEASE PLEASEE PLEASE tell me how to get the ink OUT of the cartridge, i've watched dozens of how to fill but no one wants to talk about getting the ink out, i need to do it this way because i can't find empty carts for wf2750, that would be to easy i guess, PLEASE HELP. ps i don't want to use the ciss system

[@franklinmenendez4358]

Kevin I've subscribed, great video! Glad you can help the rest of us punch these printer companies back, they are crooks. Ink cartridges are a scam. They make them very small capacity & too expensive when it only costs them about a quarter to make a cartridge! Will be looking for the ink refill kit & a resetter for myself as my kids are costing me a small fortune in ink for my inkjet. Havent used it in about two months because of the cost of ink.Have an Epson WF-2650 that uses 220 ink cartridges I want to refill & reset. Do they use pigment ink? They are originals & say "Durabrite Ultra ink on them. What resetter should I purchase? Thanks

[@BCHTechnologies]

Now there is a technology called chipless and you can turn off the chips. Please see: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGibc6ind7xlaLM

[@fabio.1]

Could an initial EPSON cartridge be used indefinitely? Can I refill it? Thanks

[@BCHTechnologies]

Yes of course. See video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGibc6ind7xlaLM

[@sicks6six]

I REFILLED AN EPSON XL 604 INK CARTRIDGE AND IT PRINTS OK BUT THE WARNING THAT THE CARTRIDGE IS EMPTY STILL SAYS IT IS EMPTY, IS THIS NORMAL WITH PRE-FILLED INK CARTRIDGES

[@jwrobin21]

Get more life out of your Inkjet Cartridge. Prop the front of the printer up by about 5 cm (some books are good for this) causing the ink to run to the rear of the cartridge and get extra value but fill the bottom tray with paper first. For Yellow Cartridge, use a Black Marker to ink over the window (half way up the side that the nozzle is located) to fool the printer into thinking the cartridge is still full and allowing you to extract the extra remaining cc's.

[@Bendover-jf4bi]

jwrobin21 thanks brother

[@beedslolkuntus2070]

same with brother printers. put a black mark fooling the printer...

[@limitededition365]

Im super new to printers.. will this work on sublimation ink in my oem cartridge? Also where on the car would you put the black marker trick?

[@jwrobin21]

@@limitededition365 Tilting the Printer back when the level gets below 15% should work on ALL inkjet printers. The 'window' is a small clear plastic projection on the backside of the cartridge (about halfway up). In my experience (Brother Inkjet) you only need to ink over the Yellow Cartridge window with a black marker and you will know this has worked as the Yellow Cartridge will either indicate being permanently full or will allow you to use all the ink it contains (I have seen them registering as empty when they were 20% full.) Hope this helps you.

[@donaldbaxter4254]

Great info. I bought a HP printer in 2010 in my India. The lousy thing gave just about 5 prints and when I took it to the HP service centre , they said that is company policy! HP is a crook company and makes huge profit selling cartridges. So a big refill market has come up in India, Delhi. Any cartridge can be refilled at a fraction of the cost about 5 times...in about 30 minutes. They do it openly. I will trust EPSON and CANON always, never HP. They do it here in PHILIPPINES too...very bad reputation.

[@BCHTechnologies]

Agree with you, bro.

[@Rainbowgrrl]

after owning a hp printer, i am now vehemently opposed to ever owning one of theirs again, absolute crooks alright!

[@arthurlopez4487]

Thanks Kevins for you videos on how to get my Epson WF -2850 back to working without being forced by Epson to only use their cartridges. I bet they hate you for showing us how to not get any more Xmas cards from Epson. :)

[@BCHTechnologies]

Thanks for subscribing to my channel! I am one of their "favorite boys", you know what I mean.

[@teddyblankenship782]

if you have auto reset refillable ink cartridges, cant you just take off the chips and put the chips the original OEM black 252 Epson ink cartridges to make them auto-reset cartridges?

[@BCHTechnologies]

Yes, certainly. Keep in mind that the auto-reset chip has a life span of 1-2 million read/write, so it will eventually die in 5-10 years.

[@gabrieldiago158]

Hello, i have a epson WF2810 DWF out with error code 033001. How to do . Thank you , scuse me for my bad English

[@davisabbey9129]

Hello kevin, forgive me, my Epson stylus 1160 is new in a box sealed, but I want to change the inks it came with as it's over 13 years old. Now my question is, is there a place I can buy refillable cartridges or can I follow your tutorial and using a syringe suck the ink in the cartridge and refill it same way and then Use a chip resetter to be resetting the cartridge?

[@debihagerman556]

good luck finding empty carts, i've been looking for weeks and can only find ones that can only be fill one time, i have a wf2750

[@fyremonte]

Hi Kevin, This should work with 252 cartridges for the WF-7210, right?

[@user-rz3rb4lx4u]

Thank you for video 🙏 How i can reset chips for epson surecolor T3100?

[@clicktoxic4439]

hi, can we do this with the epson wf-100 ??

[@c.l.3928]

what happens to the menbrane after min 3:35 how is the opening closed again?

[@badaspunkbtch]

Thank you for the in depth explanation! And the jokes! I enjoyed watching. I will be buying my refill ink from you. I bought from others and their ink ruined my print head!

[@eleanorpotenza7943]

Dear Kevin i have an Epson WF 2540 printer and, i open the lid because it went dead. I tried to see if there was any fuses and, i didn't see any. Is there a power supply unit and, if there is can it be repaired.

[@danibc123]

there is some difference with the initiation cartridge or it is the same ... I did the tests but I see that from the chamber 1 it does not take the ink but from the chamber 2.

[@BCHTechnologies]

A more detailed look: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGibc6ind7xlaLM

[@caramelcandyp2453]

Finally found the video i was looking for but im not about to pay $100 for something i can get at walmart , or micheals. It's a plain syringe nothing special about it. But thank you for the video.