Digital BW, The Print

Please pardon the continuing stupid questions.  Is this "puncturing 
the seal" something obvious?  Puncturing the seal sounds fairly 
permanent and one-time for what are supposed to be refillable carts.  
Does the seal get punctured anyway when the cart is put in the 
printer? 

Other than that, I think I understand everything.  Off to order a set 
of refill carts, bulk ink, and syringes now!

Thanks,
Matt

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> > ... wanted to confirm that the CMY cartridges all do use the 
> >exact same ink
> 
> The EZ gray inks are all the same density.  The chips for the carts 
are
> unique to each "color" spot.  For example, I have just one pint 
bottle each
> of EZ-Warm and EZ-Neutral.  However, I have a couple spare chips 
for each
> spot.  Although the re-setter (modified as shown on my web page, 
accessed
> from http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/index.htm ) has worked perfectly 
on the
> C86 chips, on other printers I've found the chips sometimes don't 
reset
> correctly.
> 
> > ... could you provide a bit more info on how you "prime" the 
cartridge ...
> 
> I first fill the new, empty cart through the hole at the top of the
> reservoir.  I wait a while for the sponge to get soaked, and add 
enough ink
> to almost fill the reservoir.  After I've "corked" the hole 
securely (but
> without pushing the stopper down so far I can't remove it), I turn 
the cart
> almost completely upside down, so that the outlet (still sealed) is
> accessible and pointing up.  I tilt the cart just enough so that 
the ink in
> the reservoir is still covering the connecting passage between the 
reservoir
> and sponge-filled section.  The connection is very close to the 
outlet.  I
> want ink there so that when I pull ink out of the outlet it does 
not pull
> air through that passage.
> 
> I then use a syringe with a shortened bottom fill adapter on it, 
and I
> puncture the seal over the cart outlet.  I use a regular bottom 
fill adapter
> with the snout shortened to 7 mm.  (MIS also sells a modified 
bottom fill
> adapter that it has put a small tube on, supposedly for these 
poppet carts.
> I'm not sure you can puncture the seal with these, however.)
> 
> Once the seal is punctured, I push the bottom fill adapter into the 
outlet,
> with the cart in the almost upside-down position, and pull a bit of 
ink out.
> The hope is to pull the air bell out that is usually right at the 
outlet and
> can require a lot of cleaning cycles to remove.  So, when I first 
start to
> pull on the syringe, I get air.  Once the ink starts, I'm done, and
> hopefully the cart will start with a perfect nozzle check right 
after
> loading into the printer.
> 
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com