Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Richard,

Yes, I did clean out the lines from the head to the carts thoroughly with windex and a 
syringe and then put distilled water throught them. But I can see air bubbles still in those 
lines.

The first thing I plan to do this morning is adjust the capping station. That would make 
sense that after replacing the heads they wouldn't be making the same contact. I didn't 
realize that was necessary to do an initial fill. Then I will look into Ernst's posts about 
bringing the ink into the dampers with the syringe. 

If that doesn't work I might have to try other inks. The inkset that I am using is the orignial 
dye set that came with the printer. They have been sealed in their original box in room 
temperature all this time but the date on them is 2002. But I can't image that being the 
problem since all of the lines are doing the same type of slow movement and when I shook 
them vigorously in the begining they seemed quite fluid.


john



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "richard_h95050" <richardh@j...> 
wrote:
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> Did you adjust the capping stations after you did the head replacement
> and made sure that everything was running free and clear between there
> and into the waste tanks?
> 
> If you already did an initial fill cycle and you're not seeing full
> ink lines, sounds like there is something farther "downstream" -- that
> is, assuming you flushed the feed lines and know for sure there isn't
> any blockage between the carts and the dampers.
> 
> Ernst offered a couple of good "push" or "pull" methods earlier in the
> week when we were talking about this. His comments are in this group,
>  message #50317 on 10/25, so I'd refer to his suggestions. 
> 
> Basically, if you know the lines are clear between the cartridge and
> the head because you've either pulled liquid through the line with a
> syringe or pushed it as Ernst described, then you've got to make sure
> that the capping station seal is good. Otherwise, all the inits and
> KK2's are "sucking air" instead of ink.
> 
> Likewise, the lines from the capping stations down into the pumps and
> waste tanks all need to be clear or the pumps can't do their job, and
> there are a few ways to skin that cat. I'd start with the capping
> stations, though. If the adjustment and seal looks good, Ernst offered
> a quick method of priming the system "south of the caps".
> 
> Hope this helps...
> 
> Richard
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean"
> <deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
> > 
> > I just replaced the heads on my Epson 7000 today and put in the
> original set of dye carts 
> > to start with. I did several initial fill procedures and 2 KK2
> cleanings. The inks are inching 
> > up the lines now but have still not reached the heads to show a
> nozzle pattern. The black 
> > channel however is not showing any ink yet in the line.
> > 
> > Is there something else I should do to bring the gravity to the
> point of filling the heads?
> > 
> > The heads are new and clean as well as all the dampers.
> > 
> > The manual isn't helping me with this.
> > 
> > John