Digital BW, The Print

A little extra air in the system never hurts - in fact it often helps. Get
some latex gloves if you want to protect your fingers from ink, & slowly
work the tube off the cart. You may want to wrap a towell around your hand &
cart to catch potential ink spray when it disengages.

I'd re-attach the tube(s) empty if you do succeed in cleaning it. The little
bit of air in the tube won't hurt & you will have the added benefit of
seeing if the system is working by watching the ink advance through the
tube.

Personally, I don't think this effort is worth it, & would just replace the
cart, tube & ink (Eboni).

The Eboni is the best pigment black MIS ever sold. I use it with my FSN
Piezo & Perpetual Color setups.
-BK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "frankg_photo" <fh.gross@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 8:59 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: how to clear ink tubes ? Was 1160 black blocked


> to pass a wire through a tube i'd have to remove or cut it off at the
> cfs cart - how do you get it back on ? By dipping the end in hot
> water to soften it ?
> Any precautions to take or issues with air in the lines/carts?
>
> ========================================================
> > Brfore spending extra money you could try removing the
> > tubing and carefully passing a a long piece of metal
> > wire down the tube to dislodge the blockage. This has
> > worked for me in the past with no reoccuring problems.
> > Jim Vircoe
> > www.zipworld.com.au/~nueart/index.htm
> >
> >  --- frankg_photo <fh.gross@s...> wrote:
> > ---------------------------------