Digital BW, The Print

Hi

Maybe the process of refilling should not involve air but… it's something that happens even if I'm very careful at removing one cartridge and refill at a time; I'm very cautious not getting air in the syringe and in the cartridge. Nonetheless, each time I refill, I get the same behaviour as noted by Jim Ascher and now, I refill and wait the next day. Print a nozzle check twice an I'm in business. I never had a good nozzle check just after refilling. BTW I bought a new set of cartridges (just in case) and the new ones are showing the same behaviour.

Surely I do something not "by the book" but, the waiting time is not so bad when you know it. Since I'm never in a rush to print, it's manageable.


Jacques Caron
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Le 2015-08-15 à 10:34, "Paul Roark roark.paul@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint]" <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> a écrit :

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> Usually refilling a cartridge does not and should not involve air getting into the ink path.  I'm wondering if ink is leaking out the outlet when the carts are removed.  I've had leaky carts where I have to insert a plug in the outlet to avoid the problem.  See https://www.inksupply.com/product-details/pn/MIS-RIVET-50.html?printerID=0 
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> On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 5:52 AM, ascherjim@... [DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint] <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I've reported earlier that usually after my 1400 printer goes into an automatic nozzle cleaning (or after I've replenished ink), the test shows ink gaps. Rather than proceed manually with further head cleanings, I've now learned to wait a number of hours for apparently the air pockets in the lines to clear. This practice (patience) I've now observed works every time. Frustrating. 
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