Digital BW, The Print

When I bought my bottle of Eboni from MIS it arrived with a note 
telling me that the ink was in Beta and I could not return it if I 
experienced problems. I accepted this, knowing beforehand, as I did, 
that this would be the condition for purchase. I was not told 
anything about not commenting on how well the ink worked. I think it 
goes without saying that one person's results/problems with a product 
do not constitute a large enough sampling to evaluate the product; 
however, one person's experiencem when shared, can be useful in 
helping others avoid problems with the product or problems related to 
using/installing the product. My experience with the Eboni ink has 
been trouble-free; others...

Chris 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> 
> Steve, all I asked is if anyone who was using the Eboni black had
> experienced any problems. Nothing more. The ink has been available 
on
> their site since 3 March. Banding problems can be caused by many 
things
> other than ink.
> I have just now traced my own problem to a bad vacuum pump. When I
> refilled, using the very first pump I got with my first CIS system 
about
> 6 years ago, everything worked fine, I THINK. At least all the ink
> chambers are now totally full, as seen by the eye, and the ink in 
the
> bottles went down much further than they did the first time, using 
the
> new pump; also there is now no air that can be seen in any of the 
ink
> tubing. I've examined them closely, and there's not even an air 
bubble
> in there!
> 
> I'll let the system set over night before I install it into the 
printer
> and see if it will work now.
> >
> 
> I'm sorry if I was too soon with my question, but I thought that 
was the
> whole purpose of beta testing, to see what other people's results 
are? 
> I never said a word about the ink being bad. I was simply wondering 
if
> anyone had my problems. In MY case, it was a bad vacuum pump.
> 
> > About your CIS problem; you asked if a complete vacuum was
> > neccessay, and I don't recall anyone answering that directly. If 
you
> > have any air leaks in the system anywhere except at the vent hole 
in
> > the bottle, the system will not work, 
> 
> Assuming the problem was the pump, and there are no air leaks 
anywhere,
> would the fact that the cartridges were totally saturated with ink 
be
> ok, as long as there were no air in the cartridges and no leaks 
anywhere else?
> 
> Jerry