Digital BW, The Print

Yeas I'm interested too, particularly to the "tie-strap". Is this something
you attached to the lid, that holds the tubes up? If so what do you do when
you need to raise the lid?

Regarding the tubing, is it the same diameter stuff that the CIS uses
between the bottles and the cartridge? I presume you use, what are they
called, bleeder tubes, or relief tubes, in the ink bottles too?

Sounds like a great solution, which should solve some of my financial
problems as well. ;-)

Todd

> 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
>>