Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Paul

 I checked the gaps and it seems that first I had a clog; then, after cleaning and refilling, air was the culprit. I think that I'll follow your advice and fill the cartridges and let them sit overnight.
Some users wrote that I should get a "chip resetter" anyways?!?

All the taps have been removed. Actually, now, I'm printing like usual, testing my new paper. But I'm afraid that I'll have to refill soon since the Epson Dialog Box is telling me that  "Ink is low". It's kind of messy here!

Thanks again

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Paul Roark <roark.paul@...> wrote:
>
> Eb6 dilute inks seldom clog as such.  It's usually air in the system.  See
> if the gaps are always in the same place (probably clog) or change from
> test to test (air/foam).  Doing too much "cleaning" will actually make
> things worse.
> 
> One of the things that often works is to just let the system sit overnight.
>  The foam should rise in the carts, with the ink going down to the outlet.
> 
> Of course, if the cart is defective and allowing air to get in around the
> seal at the outlet.  Nothing may work.
> 
> I'm not a fan of auto-reset.  The chip information and actual ink level
> seem to get out of sync. However, the 1400 carts I have from MIS have
> worked fine.  They may, of course, have gone to a new supplier.
> 
> Needless to say, be sure the tap or plug that blocks the air inlets have
> been removed.
> 
> Let me know how it goes.
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 9:03 AM, jcphoto52 <jacques.caron@...>wrote:
> 
> > **
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> > My days of printing BO are shrinking like crazy!
> >
> > I bought a new 1430 from Epson, two weeks ago and an EB6 kit from MIS. I
> > kept the original inks and installed the MIS inks.
> >
> > Made some tests to see how I could print BO. I followed a lot of advices
> > from the group and decided to order some Red River paper. In the meantime,
> > I printed on Epson Velvet Fine Art for my tests. I was quite pleased with
> > the results.
> >
> > Receiving my new paper, I followed one member's procedure, print a head
> > pattern first; though luck, two "colors" are blocked. Start a cleaning
> > session, and still, clogged. After three passes, ink level was too low so I
> > refilled all the cartridges always following carefully MIS "How-to".
> >
> > Now I'm playing a toaster round with the printer; it's saying that this is
> > not an original cartridge , so plug, unplug (went trough all of them!) and
> > now, still a bit clogged, I see that it took a lot of ink and I will have
> > to refill again!
> >
> > Is it supposed to work like this? I can see now that MIS's chips are not
> > up-to-par with Epson and these "auto-resetting" chips are not working very
> > well.
> >
> > From someone with a lot of darkened fingers! I would love to go with all
> > the tests needed to be a proficient B&W printer but I'm a bit fed-up with
> > this "ink system".
> > Sorry if it's a bit long.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >  
> >
> 
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