Digital BW, The Print

Paul, how can I thank you for all your contributions over the years, 
your generosity in sharing your experience and wisdom is unprecedented!

On 23.01.2012 18:28, Paul wrote:
> I confess I dislike the auto-reset chips.
> They seem to get out of sync with the actual amount of ink in the carts.

That's right. The Epson utility was showing everything quite full, 
except for K and Y. I got suspicious though when the next day Y 
miraculously showed to be full too...

> If you're not changing inks, you might just consider re-filling the carts (and priming them).
> You may be doing more work here than is necessary.

I was proposing this because even the higher dilution carts show dark 
marks in the corners. What happens to the carbon pigments when all the 
liquid is gone? Will they just nicely spread out again in the new ink, 
or do they form clusters that will stick together and irreparably clog 
some inaccessible duct? (I'm a bit influenced by the interesting thread 
on old inks, hence the proposal of U-sounding the carts.) Of course, 
less work is always welcome.

Louis