Digital BW, The Print

Hi Chris,

That's good to hear. I traced my current problem to a bad vacuum pump.
It's always something. It probably isn't the ink. I just don't know
about the last CIS system, but this current one has the bad pump, and my
old pump  worked.

Jerry

Chris Hargens wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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