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[Digital BW] Re: Refillable cartridges problem (from MIS)

2005-04-07 by jeffleeg8

Hi:

Just order the ones without the sponge. Just found out about them 
myself. I only got 3 to 4 refills out of the others.

Regards,

Jeff
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "interrogtr" 
<interrogtr@a...> wrote:
> 
> My carts do have spongy (white in color) material on the side that 
> feeds ink to the print heads. Maybe I'm going to find myself 
> approaching the 5-6X useful life that you've experienced. I've 
> probably refilled about 3 or 4 times so far.  Certainly affects 
the 
> economy of using this system.
> 
> Does anyone sell carts without sponges?  Are sponges necessary?  
> Anyone know about this issue?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Elizabeth
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, <aderca@s...> 
> wrote:
> > Don't know if the cartridges you are using have a sponge,
> > but if they do, there is a limit to the number of times you
> > can refill a cartridge- "foam" starts building up to the point
> > where even trying to prime the cart by drawing 1cc with a
> > syringe won't clear the air bubbles inside.
> > I had been using a set for Canon and had to chuck them
> > after about 5-6 times.
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Andrei

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