Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "smithj72" <smithj72@y...> 
wrote:

> I am expecting to receive some tubing and more Jet Jrano fluid 
> in the mail today, and I am certainly going to try the suction and 
> pressure methods described last week.

Yeah, I'm thinking you need to go drastic now too. I think you may 
have a chance with Epson carts, but I don't think Jrano's gonna do it 
personally. I could be wrong.

Diana York once e-mailed me her solution for her larger Epson 
printers: if I understood her right she takes a virgin cart and loads 
it up with 10% amonina to H2O and runs that through awhile. It seems a 
bit aggresive to me, but what the hey, it's another option for you. 
Please correct me if I'm wrong Diana, don't want to 2nd guess you.

I had another thought wrt tubing: instead of thinking that the tubing 
is permeable and therefore drys out the ink, consider an obvious 
alternative: namely the breather tubes (or holes if you're using a CFS 
from MIS) allow evaporation of water/ solvent and this sludges up the 
tubing going to the head. You could still get the sludge forming near 
the bottle or near the cart, as it's continually getting sucked 
towards the carts anyway. Interesting to try clipping off breather 
tubes when not in use. But I don't know, this may create air pockets 
in the nozzle...
Jim H.