Digital BW, The Print

> >I don't see any sponges in there. Have a look at this page: 
> >http://anestoday.com/epson2200/anatomy.htm
> >It describes the anatomy of the cartridge in great detail.
> It looks like there is a small sponge in there that acts as a 
> filter.  I would think getting all the old ink out of that 
> would be a problem.

It takes about one liter of water through the cartridge to get it
reasonably clean. I've never had any problems with shifts in tone in any
of the BW inksets I've tried, although now that I think of it I did have
some problems with my MIS Archival 7600 color inkset that could be
caused by residual ink in the cartridge. I might try to start with a
fresh set of cartridges and new colors to see if I can do it better this
time. I've probably improved my technique somewhat since I refilled the
color inkset early last year.

> It all seems very complex.

Well, it can be a little daunting at first, but you get the hang of it
very quickly. And once you've cleaned and prepared the cartridge once,
the refill itself is very easy. It just takes a few minutes for each
cartridge.

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Daniel Staver
http://daniel.staver.no