Digital BW, The Print

http://www.inksupply.com/index.cfm?source=html/virgin110.html
from the support section of the MIS site explains the bottom fill
method much better than I ever could. 

Not on the site, Bob Zeiss told me to suck out the Eboni then refill
with 10cc of ink, thus leaving a bit of air in the CFS cart. That
solved my problem. 

Between info in the support section and the CFS section on the MIS
site, there is a wealth of information there. 

Remember to diagnose you banding problem as clogged nozzles or a CFS
feed problem by trying Epson carts first.  

Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "flabes23"
<peter.bongard@t...> wrote:
> Bob, can you give me a detailled description of the bottom-fill 
> procedure?
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Michaels" 
> <bob@b...> wrote:
> > Peter: banding can be caused by either clogged nozzles or ink feed
> > problems. Ink feed problems are frequenty the cause with a CIS or 
> CFS.
> > That's why MIS suggests you put new Epson carts in to see if that
> > solves the problem. If so, it's a feed problem and nothing dealing
> > with clogged heads will help. Follow the MIS advice and try Epson
> > carts. That may just diagnose the problem as ink feed.
> > 
> > I had banding and bad nozzle checks after changing carts and inks in
> > my 1280 with a MIS CFS. But I knew it was a feed problem since it 
> went
> > away with Epson carts. Sucking ink from the CFS bottle via bottom 
> fill
> > didn't help as it usually did. But disconnecting from the CFS tube,
> > then emptying and then refilling the Eboni cart via bottom fill 
> solved
> > the problem.
> > 
> > My MIS CFS has been 99% reliable but there's still some "black 
> magic"
> > involved in the way they work. 
> > 
> > Bob Michaels