Digital BW, The Print

That's great.

Just curious, did you siphon a little ink from the botoom outlet of 
the cart before trying it?

I always do this and almost always get a good nozzle check the first 
time around.

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Danny Twang 
<dannyt@f...> wrote:
> 
> Hi Scott,
> 
> I made the hole as big as on the other cartridges and plugged it 
with 
> the rubber plug after filling.
> Yea, I guess the sponge would filter out any debris, didn't think 
about 
> it.....
> 
> The printer is up and running now, after the first print was full 
of 
> banding (didn't have patience to wait for 2 hours:-)
>   I did one head cleaning and now they are great.
> 
> danny
> >
> >
> > Danny,  I want to add that the fill hole has to be big enough for 
the
> > air to flow out as you push the ink into the cart. The vent holes
> > aren't enough.
> >
> > If the fill hole is too small, ink will be pushed out of the fill
> > hole as you are filling the cart.
> >
> > As far as pieces ngetting into the cart, well that's why the 
sponge
> > is in there.
> >
> > That's why I don't like the idea of a spongless cart.
> > If anything gets into the ink, it will probably clog the jets.
> >
> > When Epson fills their carts, I'm sure they're in a "cleanroom" or
> > the equipment is sealed off some way to prevent contamination.
> >
> > Scott 
> >