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Re: Piezo ink

2001-11-19 by grdglass@aol.com

Pete,

Do you have pictures that you could post somewhere or send to Martin for the 
files section?  I'm having trouble visualizing the two modifications you 
mentioned.

Helene


> I had the DDS syndrom which is when your prints lose density in the 3/4 
> tones. That is the ink which is mostly affected by the cart rising. But 
> Manny suggested a fix earlier which was to bypass the CIS cartridges 
> completely and run the tubing directly onto the ink stems. That was an 
> instant cure and I am still using that after about 3 months and have no 
> plans to return to the CIS system.
> 
> I actually am running another Piezo system on a 1200 printer and 
> started it off by drilling holes in the bottle tops, running tubing I 
> bought at a hobby shop which is secured in the middle of my printer 
> with a loose tie-strap attached with foam tape. The trick is to raise 
> the printer about 2 inches higher than the bottles to make up for the 
> 




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