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Re: Troubleshooting Epson Artisan 1430 -- nozzle checks failing

2016-02-21 by brian_downunda@...

A CIS is certainly convenient, especially if you would otherwise need to refill often. I have one for my Piezo R1900, but ... I've never used it. One thing that concerns me is pigment sedimentation. This is an issue with the printers with ink lines and dampers, and the fact that a carts-on-head printer self-agitates is one of the advantages. Once you've put in a CIS, you may as well get a printer with ink lines and dampers, as the routine to prevent sedimentation is much the same. I guess the seals are a potential issue if you refill a lot, but not one that I've encountered myself.

The main reasons why I've never used my CIS is that it would stop me from easily switching inksets, and from putting in flush carts and hibernating the printer for periods of printing inactivity. Since the arrival of the SquEasyFill bottles that Jeff mentioned, refilling has become so fast and easy that it's mostly a non-issue. I also like being able to reset all the chips at refill time, whereas with the one CIS that I've used (also for a 2100) did a sequence of auto-resets as each channel separately empties, so you always seem to be flushing ink down the tubes.

You pays your money and you takes your choices.


---In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, <unglobetrotteur@...> wrote :

I always used a CIS with these. I did try refillable cartridges once with my 2200 but it was messy mostly because I am clumsy. The only problem I was concerned about was the seal. I have a feeling that pulling the cartridge out of the printer many times for refilling will deteriorate the seal and the ink may leak.

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