Digital BW, The Print

Pete, Helene, Todd

I would be happy to post any photos or drawings of this set up as 
well as written instructions. Sounds like a good idea. Of course this 
will not help those of us with the newer chipped cartridges but who 
knows?

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., grdglass@a... wrote:
> 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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