Digital BW, The Print

Well its ink under the bridge now...better to contact us for help when the problem is going on and we're both in a position to troubleshoot it. 

I understand you are getting more ink sent to you. (Tom is a really great guy - besides being a great photographer and printmaker.)

If I was you, I would return the printer to Epson inks first and make sure that you have one that works properly. You might be chasing something that you inherited in the used printer. So you want to rule that out. The OEM carts test will do that, even though it means buying new carts. Then reinstall the refill cart system. This would be the right way to do it.

If you're pressurizing - that will rule out a lot also...

You may have dampers leaking...which can introduce air. I understand that you had a lot of air in the ink lines...

Good luck with your experiments!  

Jon Cone
Piezography

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, David Kachel <david@...> wrote:
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> On May 20, 2010, at 1:33 PM, piezobw wrote:
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> > Did you by chance not fill your carts up with at least 80ml of ink? The chip will only read depleted after it has consumed 15ml of ink. Epson leaves 15ml of the 80ml in the cart (so you don't push air.) Is it possible you thought you had more ink in the cart than there was? You should not let the cart fall below 15% of full which in the case of the refillables (which hold 100ml) is 15ml of ink. Otherwise you can push air....
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> I filled them as far as possible. To the top line.
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