Digital BW, The Print

Eric,

I may also have a spongeless 1280 cart that has a bad position -- LM in my
case.  I'm going to do further tests to see if it's the cart or printer.

I also had an apparent failure in a 2200 easy-refill cart.  The reservoir
ink appeared unable to re-fill the sponge.

So, these new carts may not be perfect.  So far, however, my failure rate
seems to be better than the alternatives.  Time and experience will tell us
more, I'm sure.  At this point, like with the chips, I think I'd recommend
having a few extra new ones sitting around to replace the failed unit.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 


> -----Original Message-----
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> e5bowman
> Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 9:52 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] 1280 Spongeless Help
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> 
> I received the new spongeless 1280 carts a few days ago; filled them
> up according to Paul's notes, plugged them into my printer.  Nozzle
> check was fine, prints (PK ink on Ilford Smooth) looked great.
> 
> Now I am having trouble with dropping nozzles.  I tried refilling and
> resetting the "color" cart - no real help.  I am particularly having
> trouble with the "magenta" position - the center one.  If I can manage
> to get the others working (pull the cart and purge the port with the
> shortened adapter), the magenta will get maybe one layer of lines on
> it's nozzle check, then nothing.
> 
> Is there something I could be missing here?  Is there some way I could
> have plugged the air vent (maybe overfilled or sloshed some ink into
> the channel which dried overnight) - could this cause the problem?  It
> seems strange that
> the one channel is giving so much trouble.
> 
> (Plugging the Epson cart back in results in instant, perfect nozzle
> checks, FWIW.)
> 
> Thanks for any help!
> Eric
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