Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "jimhayes361" <jimhayes@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 8:59 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Vacuum Filling Virgin Cartridges for the 1280


> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley"
> <mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> > Yesterday I had my first experience filling empty cartridges for my
> 1280.
>
> Sorry Martin, I didn't mean it to sound like I was razzing on you in
> that last message. It's my nature to pull things apart and find out
> what's going on with a procedure or an object.

If you were I missed it! I was expecting some snappy comebacks on the
subject line.

I was hoping someone like yourself would add the good info you did. The
instructions on this operation are good, but there is nothing like some
experience to develop some better techniques and working methods.
>
> I had another thought. If you were not tightening the needle into the
> luer-lock syringe enough, it would cause you to have less vacuum AND
> foamy ink no matter how deep you drew from the bottle.
>
> I use the needle sheath over the needle as a wrench and I carefully
> and firmly hand tighten the needle, twisting it into the syringe end.
> I also use the sheath to unscrew the needle. I only use finger
> pressure on the sheath, but I tighten/untighten it with a bit of
> force. You can test this by dipping just the needle end into H20 and
> drawing up the plunger- if you get lots of air, the luer-lock isn't
> tight enough.

This may have been my problem. I was taking the needle on and off with each
change of ink and was only very lightly screwing it in.

Thanks,
Martin