Digital BW, The Print

Yes, the cellophane "seal" gets punctured anyways.

Scott


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "welchmatt" 
<welchmatt@y...> wrote:
> 
> 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