Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "frankg_photo 
<fh.gross@s...>" <fh.gross@s...> wrote:
> 
> > Do you see a lot of ink caking up in the k bottle above the ink 
> line? 
> > If so it may be in the tubing as well. How old is the bottle/ CFS? 
> > Only a few weeks or a year? 
> 
> Yes, I do have caking on the sides of the bottles - so much so that 
I 
> have to unscrew the lid to peek inside to determine the level. I 
cant 
> easily tell from the outside of the bottle.
> 
> The original ink and cfs was purchased from MIS about a year ago but 
> I have since bought and used replacement inks

 Sounds really bad. Imagine that stuff caking on the bottle- except 
imagine it has formed in the tubing, on the filter screen in the 
bottom of cart, or worse- into the constrictions of the printhead 
where it is like a tiny maze.
I think it's time to throw away the CFS and buy new carts/tubing 
assembly. Especially if it's a year old. Any of the newer ink that has 
been poured into bottle throw away as well. Keep any of the new ink 
that is still in the new unused bottles keep.

> 
> 
> > try direct injection as a last resort.
> > 
> 
> Can you explain this procedure or point to a post/file or site that 
> does ?


http://www.inksupply.com/index1.cfm?source=html/direct_inject.html

but only as a last resort before you take to Epson tech. And you may 
have more sucess with Fantastik than Windex. Everyone has a different 
opinion.
Jim H.
> 
> Frank