Today we're going to work on Epson Artisan 1430. First, we're going to refill the original cartridges, and then we're going to replace them with refillable none-OEM cartridges. After that, we will discuss why we would keep using the original OEM cartridges and why we want to switch to non-OEM cartridges.

This model 1430 is very versatile and can be used with dye ink, pigment ink, and sublimation ink. It's very popular among professional studios and printing companies. If you use this printer a lot, you know it clogs a lot, so today we're going to cover some basic unclogging techniques too. At BCH, we unclog and fix the printer for free, so if you live in an area close to us, you are welcome to stop by and drop your printer here.

This printer uses original Epson ink. It starts printing blank pages, so it sounds like it needs ink and maybe some unclogging. Although the ink monitor shows some ink left, the cartridges feel very light and don't seem to have any ink. Epson's ink monitor doesn't know how much ink is in the cartridge. It is simply a counter which counts how many pages are printed. For example, if the counter is zero, it thinks you've never used the cartridge and shows a full ink tank. We will use a standard six-color ink available at bchtechnologies.com and go to refill ink and refill ink for Epson and click six colors.

The package comes with a small hand drill, but I recommend having an electric drill or something similar. I also recommend some plugs and some priming tips, but it's not critical. We can cover it later. The reason that we want to use OEM cartridges is this part. It is a one-way damper that regulates ink to flow one way from the cartridge to the printer. This part reduces the chance of ink backflow and clogging.

We will use a drill to drill through the two layers of plastics and put ink into the ink tank. Of course, we should avoid drilling through the circular one-way damper. This shows how deep we drilled and where we drilled. Now we will add a few ml of ink into the cartridge. If the ink is overflowing, we should stop right away. We can seal the hole with a piece of clear tape.

Here's an optional step. If the cartridge's one-way damper is full of air, which means that we used the last bit of ink, we can use a priming tip to remove air from the one-way damper. That'll give the printer some help to start printing because we're not supposed to run the cartridge completely dry, so this step might not be necessary.

Next, we need to reset the page number to zero. You can go to BCH Technologies and go-to accessories and resetters for the cartridge. Don't select the waste tank. Select the cartridge and make sure the model number is correct. In this one, we use an EP0. For the resetter, it doesn't work if you have really low ink, which means less than 15%. You may find that the resetter has a different number of pins than the cartridge. That's not a problem. As long as you line up the top pins, the bottom pin doesn't need many pins. This one, see, we push many times, and it's still going red.

If we check out what we found out earlier is, there are two colors. One is cyan. One is a light magenta. Those two have a triangle on them, which means really low ink. It's less than 15%. When it's less than 15%, you have a good chance that the chip will not reset, so the only thing you can do is throw it in the trash can.

Okay, let's try one without that yellow triangle. This is magenta, and you can see we're on that, and it's red. That's our first try. Then we try to line up again and push. Now it's green. We'll give the cyan another chance. The best time is before you get the low ink warning to refill it.

Cyan's used in the trash can, and we'd reset magenta. So now it's the light magenta.

We'll give trash can treatment again. The rest three colors should be straightforward.

We still have two cartridges in the trash can, so we're going to replace them with BCH refillable cartridges. We're going to get it from cartridges and for Epson refillable. There was a T79. It has two holes. In the back is the air hole which I put a color plugin there. I put a color plug just because you have to remove it. When the printer is working, this hole must be open. The next hole is in the middle; it's the refill hole, that's where we're going to add ink in. The two holes are connected, so if you're adding the ink from the wrong hole, it won't damage the printer, or it won't damage the cartridge; the only thing is you will do it in a more challenging way.

We used the colored plug to seal the refill hole this time. We put the color plugin in the air hole for the first time. It just forces you to remove it before I use it. Here's the optional step that we run the cartridge by sucking the air out of the bottom of the cartridge. You can see we can add a lot more inks to the refillable cartridge. It's like 2.3 to 2.5 times of our original cartridge.

How about that? We're going to do two cleanings with the two hours and then do another two cleanings. You can see the black is a little bit clogged. We'll do some basic unclogging. We're going to use a tool from accessories and a priming clip syringe. There's nothing special about it. It's just a syringe and a tube. However, the tube was tested to make a tight fit with your printer, which is important. We used the cleaning solution, accessories, and anti-clogging agent, and we use this triple-action cleaning solution, which is green in color.

We've filled about five mils of cleaning solutions.

We need to be able to move the cartridge freely, so we'll press the ink button. As soon as the cartridge moves to the other side, we cut the power off. Next, we fold our paper towel and put it on the bottom. Then, move the cartridge to the middle.

The tube is designed to be a tight fit to the ink intake. Make sure that you press at least three-quarters way in. Make sure that it has a tight fit with intake.

Now, you can squeeze the syringe. Do not press too hard. If you had pressed hard, that's another problem. You don't want to burst the printhead, so gradually smoothly press the ink in. Do not forget to remove the paper. Don't get scared by the first printout. Do two cleanings with the two hours, then do two more. [silence] The black is fixed.

Let's talk about when to refill the cartridges. If you have an Epson OEM cartridge and the user is there, and you want to see it, you should fill it whenever you get this warning comes up saying, "It's almost time to refill." So you take it out, reset it and refill it. Because you cannot see how much ink is in the cartridge, do not let tell your printer tell you when to refill. However, if you have a refillable cartridge, the first thing to do is not enable auto-update and install any update.

Secondly, the refillable cartridge is equipped with an ARC chip. ARC means auto-reset. It only resets when it reaches a page number, a particular page number. If Epson displays, it's almost time to replace your ink, or the ink is low. Those kinds of warnings you will have to ignore. Keep printing until you see this, "Ink cartridge cannot be recognized." If you don't get this, keep using the printer.

We have a black, and we have a light magenta that is reset. What happened is your black ink is already reset, You have a full tank of ink, but the printer cannot figure out why you have a full tank, but you haven't taken the cartridge out yet. So what we're going to do is we take the blackout and fill it with the ink, and put it back, and the printer will be happy. Make sure when we do this, we use the printer's replace cartridge function. Some people just cut the power off and replace the cartridge. That's not the right way to do it. If you cut the power out and replace the cartridge, the printer doesn't know that you replaced the cartridge. Here, you can see I filled up all the cartridges.

We restart the printer, and you can see the black is full and others are still low, although we already added ink into it, and they are all still below. So, for the refillable cartridges, keep using them until the printer stops you. Then, fill it up and put it back. That's it.