Digital BW, The Print

Richard,

I added MIS FSN to Piezo Sundance and regretted it in terms of clogs 
that persisted, the expense of wasted paper and poor use of scarce 
time.  I should have pinched (I use small jubilee clips - don't know 
what they are called in the US but they hold sheets of paper tight 
together)the breather and supply tubes, emptied and cleaned out the 
bottles.  With the new ink in place I would have removed the tubimg 
from the cart and then the supply clip and squeezed the new ink to 
fill the tube.  Reclip and push the tube back on the cart.  You need 
someting to catch the ink you expel.  Watch out for the carpet! <g>

In the end I did this, but only to the black because that was where 
my clogs were worse.

The microbanding (about 8 lines per millimetre) I had suffered for 
months continued.  This last weekend I had my first enjoyable day 
printing since I bought into Piezo.  But this was because I tried the 
Woolf workflow - no microbanding.  I still get one or two clogs after 
printing in the coloured bottles although I don't see the effects on 
the print.  When this happens I clean once and they're gone.  I guess 
in time the grey Piezo inks will dance outa the bottles. 

I am now happier but, of course, this might not work for you.

Colin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Richard Sintchak" 
<richard@c...> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> My first bottles of my CFS filled with FS-N are about 2/3 empty.  I
> thought I remember reading on this list that one should not go much
> below 1/3 of ink left before adding more.  New 4 oz. bottles of ink
> just arrived from inkjetgoodies today.  Since I've never done this I
> want to make sure I do it right.  Do I just unscrew the caps on the
> bottles and simply pour more ink in?  Any need to shake or mix the
> bottles, either the old ones or new ones first?  Perhaps it is as
> simple as it sounds but if someone could re-assure me or add any 
hint
> or two of something I might be forgetting I'd appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Best regards,
>  Richard