Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 11/24/2001 12:23:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
mwesley250@... writes:

<< a 1270 that always runs out of ink when the 
 printer software thinks it is half full. So far this does not seem to 
 have hurt anything.
 
 Perhaps some other people have some information on this they can 
 share. >>
I just had an episode I thought for sure was gonna kill my printer. I am 
running a CIS into my 1270, and just happened to take a look at my bottles 
quite by impulse. (I must point out that due to space constraints my printer 
and especially the CIS are not easy to view or access.) The light magenta was 
pumping air in its' tube. I mean a good 10 to 12 inches of no ink in the 
tube. I filled the bottles, set up a magenta square, set it up for about 10 
pages, hit print and prayed it would take the ink up. It did, but it must 
have been half an hour before the ink reached the cartridge. When all seemed 
well I set the unit up for some sepia printing. The first few prints were 
quite magenta, but the color went to its normal hue and all looks good for 
the moment. BTW, a nozzle test also printed fine. I dot know if it really 
ever passed air through the heads. Does yours pass air (so to speak:) when 
you let the carts go past the point when they are supposedly empty?
George J Kunze