I apologize if I was slow returning emails this week. You see I had a four day fight
with my new printer, an Epson R320 to be exact. I bought it on Sunday and I have been
trying to get it to print from my computer for four days now, last night I just gave up.
Even the guys from Epson, the dudes with the propellers on their heads, could not figure
out the problem after spending three hours on the phone with them. I stumped them all!
You know if I have to call tech support to get a printer installed that the problem
is not trivial!
The printer works without a computer just fine and I printed some of the most amazing
photos from my memory card that I have ever seen from any printer. Oh well, back to
the trusty Photo 780.
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Don't forget that we now have laser cartridge refill kits available. You asked for them
and now we have them. If you can't find your model just email me at
atlas@dvol.com .
http://atlascopy.com/refills/toner_kits/toner_refill_kits.htm
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For Epson users who would like more control over their printers there is a utility
available for fr*ee that works on most Epson printers. You can even reset the chip in
some cases with this software. Note: I can't be held responsible for problems resulting
from the use of this software. I'm just the messenger. Here is a snippet from their site.
SSC Service Utility allow you to do many amazing things with Your Epson printer :
1) Work directly with CSIC in Epson Stylus printers cartridges.
2) Freeze internal ink counters.
3) Reset internal ink counters even with empty cartridges.
4) Separate cleaning of color and black heads for all Epson inkjet printers, powerful
cleaning mode.
5) Hot swapping of cartridges supported.
6) Resetting of protection counter (even then it is already full).
7) More then 60 different Epson printers supported
http://www.ssclg.com/epsone.shtml
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It's easy to get started in your own, very profitable, inkjet cartridge
refilling business. We have a step by step plan for you to follow
that completely takes the guess work out of running your refilling
business.
One of our suppliers started out of his garage 5 years ago and is
now one of the largest inkjet remanufacturers in the US.
This business is HOT and in its infancy. Click the link for more info.
http://atlascopy.com/cartridge-refilling-business.htm
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How To Obtain Empties For Refilling
by Barry Shultz
People who refill for profit often have the problem of obtaining viable empties to refill.
Many of the newer cartridges like HP95, HP96 etc are so scarce that they don't even
offer them. So what do you do when you need empties and can't find them? Well you
can do what my suppliers do and charge a premium for the few that you can get. I can
assure you that they won't be sitting on the shelf gathering dust.
You should, of course, be concentrating on the most popular cartridges like the HP6578
and HP51645A. These are the bread and butter ink cartridges and your main sellers.
Most of the main office supply stores have inkjet cartridge drop off bins where a lot of
the cartridges end up. Believe it or not the OEM manufacturers buy these back and
refill them too. You never know when you will get a refilled cartridge from the OEM
guys because they are not marked as such and they definitely don't come discounted
like all other remanufactured cartridges do. Bet you didn't know that!
So where does one find quality empty virgin inkjet cartridges? There are two general
places to get them, locally or on the net and I will discuss both in more detail. Keep in
mind that where ever you go you will have to fork out some cash if you want the good
stuff. You don't have to spend a lot unless you can get your hands on the rare ones.
One or two bucks each would be the most I would spend. The brand new, and popular
cartridges I would go a little higher.
Don't bother refilling any cartridge that doesn't have a print head. The generics are to
cheap and you won't make a profit on them.
Locally you can approach some of the larger businesses in your area. Get yourself
some kind of drop off box and offer to buy any cartridges (with print heads) that are
deposited in your drop off box.
Run a small cheap ad in your local newspaper explaining that you buy empty inkjet
cartridges for cash.
Ask the manager at the grocery stores in your area if you can put a drop off box
inside the entry way. You can provide envelopes for people to put them in along with
a tag for them to fill out so you can pay them. After a time people will remember your
box and start dropping them in. Use the environmental approach for a much better
response with this method.
Check out the schools and colleges, they go through a lot of ink. Use the same method
for collection that was mentioned above. Schools are such a great place to get empty
cartridges that the guy in this article makes around $60,000 each month by collecting
cartridges from schools and churches and selling them to cartridge brokers.
http://www.postgazette.com/pg/05126/500264.stm
Ok, some ideas for the internet. There are many places on the internet where you can
buy empty cartridges. Here is a few to start with.
http://www.empties.com
http://www.rcrimaging.com/selling.htm
http://ebay.com
http://bestempties.com/
Also, you can Google "empty cartridge dealers" or "buy empty cartridges". Most of
your results will be people looking to buy your empties but if you contact the true
brokers, not the refillers, you can get their price list for the empties. If it's a refiller
site the prices for empties definitely will not be posted on their site because they
aren't selling.
Another source would be sites that are designed to bring buyers and sellers
together like http://www.alibaba.com .
The magazine that you definitely want to subscribe to is Recharger Magazine.
http://www.rechargermag.com/
Even the casual refiller should subscribe to this magazine. It's that good. You
can even order a sample off their web site for $7.00. Yearly subscription rate
is $45.00/12 issues domestic and $105.00/12 issues international.
There is also a central and south-east European version published in seven
languages including English that can be obtained for free.
http://rechargeast.com
You can download back issues of the entire magazine in PDF format right
from the web site. This company is amazing. There is a king's ransom-full of
refilling information in these downloadable magazines. I'm not sure how to
get the free hardcopy because it just started coming to me, I didn't subscribe
to it. If you inquire at their web site I'm sure you can get signed up.
Although the magazines are geared more towards laser cartridge
remanufacturing there is still plenty of good articles on refilling inkjets.
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Till next time.
Happy printing
Barry Shultz
Atlascopy, Inc.
PO Box 1292
Dover, DE. 19903
http://atlascopy.com
You may freely distribute this article as long as you include the following at the end of the article with the URL hard linked exactly as it is on this web page.
Barry Shultz is the author of Atlascopy News, and President of Atlascopy,
Inc. Atlascopy specializes in
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