Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven
Karafyllakis" <steve@s...> wrote:
> Jim, you wrote;--- In  wrote:
> > Concur with Steven wrt first trying pulling ink out bottom but I 
> try
> > to keep cart level if possible (maybe Steven knows better with his 
> 45
> > degree advice I don't know)- but not concur with injecting windex 
> into
> > head because  printer works fine with Epson carts. Therefore 
> injecting
> > head will not help- head is not the problem- 
> 
> I agree that it is very unlikely given the situation that the head 
> is clogged, but it almost certainly has air in it; So filling it 
> with liquid (of any sort, you could use ink) will allow it to 
> generate more vacuum and thus help remove the air in the cart more 
> efficiently. As for the 45 degree or even vertical tilt, the idea is 
> to get the air bubbles to rotate around to the port, so you can suck 
> them out? Perhaps not neccessary
>

I see the reasoning, then.  Your method would get the air out of head.
Since the Epson carts seem to clear the nozzle this could work also.

45 degrees pointing down then? Well, actually that is the position
that virgin non CIS carts are filled in approximately...my concern
here was that if he really has lots of air in cart that the bottom
fill adapter (or syringe bottom) might pop above the ink level if cart
is held at an angle. But this is probably not very likely unless a gap
at the tubing/elbow has drawn in huge amounts of air.
Jim H.

 
> Steve