Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., grdglass@a... wrote:
> They crack without doing a thing to them.

Yup.

  My first one cracked on 
slight 
> contact with Epson ink (checked out a new printer and removed the 
Epson 
> carts) and the lucite pieces fell off, so I was basically left with 
rivets.  
> When I emailed nomorecarts, I was told this was the first time they 
had ever 
> heard of cracking.

They don't have a very good memory then. I've gone through about five 
sets, the last two replaced from a reseller. The problem is at least 1 
1/2 years old.

  They did send a replacement however.  That one 
cracked 
> too.


I keep a second set and rotate them.

  >They should replace the lucite with some other material.

Plexi will craze easily with some chemicals, and it's interesting that 
 the cracks seem to emanate from the pins. This and our experience 
seem to suggest that perhaps the carrier in the pigment ink cause it. 
I was thinking other than tepid water was the cause, but I remember 
now that you don't have to do anything to them- just walk away and 
come back next day and they're fallen apart.

The CIS components are usually more polished than the CFS components 
but this is one area where they dropped the ball and don't seem 
interested in finding it. In fact they seem to be running around the 
field still thinking they have it.<g>
Jim H.

> 
> Helene  
> 
> 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
> > <jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> > > Don't you just love the quality of which things are made? $15 
for a 
> > 5
> > > cent piece of plastic that breaks the second or third time you 
use 
> > it. 
> > > 
> > > Bah! Humbuggery!
> > > 
> > > Jerry
> > 
> > The weird thing is though Jerry, is that I never had one crack 
while 
> > installing or removing. The plastic seems to either crack on it's 
own 
> > or I'm thinking that it's real sensitive to cleaning with 
something 
> > like Fantastik or other then tepid water. Or maybe the dry climate 
> > here, I don't know. I still think they're a better solution than 
MIS 
> > Rivits for most purposes, I just keep an extra set on hand that I 
can 
> > use, if waiting for a new one to arrive thru warranty.
> > 
> 
> 
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