Digital BW, The Print

Are you guys sure of that?  I have the refillable cartridges for the 21/2200
and they have foam in the side that feeds the print head.  NO problems and I
have loaded the cartridges quite a number of times.  Also, if there are air
bubbles developing it is not the fault of the foam but rather the poppet
valve when taking the cartridge out.  I find any air bubbles can be removed
by turning the cartridge up and giving it a squeeze.  I do not need to
"prime" the cartridges every time I refill them - only once on first load.


> From: jeffleeg8 <jeff120749@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 22:44:01 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Refillable cartridges problem (from MIS)
> 
> 
> 
> 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