Digital BW, The Print

Hi Harry
Yes I have followed the instructions from MIS. Twice I have drawn 
120ml of ink from the bottom of the cart and the ink seems to be 
clear of foam. If there was an air leak in the system shouldn't the 
tube be full of air? Thanks - Bruce

Bruce McKean
allozzie@...








--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "hlockwood" 
<hlockwood@t...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "blokebam" <
> allozzie@b...> wrote:
> > Thanks Chris for your reply, one thing I did do was to let the 
> > printer sit for fifty hours to see if the ink would settle but 
the 
> > problem still continues.
> > 
> > Would I be correct to assume that because all is well with the 
Epson 
> > carts installed that the problem must be either that the ink is 
for 
> > some reason unusable or that the CFS has a fault?  If this were 
the 
> > case would anyone know how I could test the ink or test the CFS 
out 
> > of the printer?
> 
> Bruce,
> 
> In my (single) experience (1160+MIS-FS) there is no way that the 
foam 
> problem will go away by itself.  You have to follow the 
instructions 
> given by MIS to the letter.  This means drawing a *lot* of ink 
(I've 
> forgotten the amount) from the bottom of the cartridges.  This has 
to 
> be done until the withdrawn ink shows no sign of air bubbles.  Is 
that 
> what you did?
> 
> If the other channels are OK, and the malfunctioning one has no 
foam, 
> then there may be an air leak that will require replacing the 
> cartridge.
> 
> Bob Zeiss at MIS is usually very helpful in providing guidance.
> 
> Harry Lockwood