Digital BW, The Print

Nick,
Sounds like you've had a bit of experience with the EZ carts and the 
C86.  I ordered a set of inks w/ 2 Eboni cartridges the other day and 
will be using those in an existing C84.  Your comments and those of 
others have been very informative for me and almost kept me away from 
getting these.  But, I, and I'm sure others, could benefit from a 
quick start of definite and absolutely needed things to do to get a 
new set of carts up an running on either a new or an existing C84/86.

If you and/or other veterans could help, then I'm certain the info 
would very well received.

Thanks,
Mike Brouphy
Imagination Studio
www.fauxtografix.com and www.imaginationstudio.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Nick H. Nugent" 
<nghin@p...> wrote:
> Hello Morley,
> 
> Your cartridges were pre-filled EZ Neutral b/w carts so they came to
> you with the vent holes sealed, and of course the fill holes 
plugged.
> Your initial attempt to use the carts with the vent holes still 
sealed
> was the main problem. After several cleaning cycles the print head
> chambers are now seriously blocked by air bubbles, or foam. And 
worse
> yet the cart outlets may also be filled with foam as well. The
> cleaning pump on these C series or new Epson printers are very
> powerful, it will pull air in around the rubber seal where the cart
> meets the printhead if the ink flow is blocked for some reason.
> 
> Some suggested you use the original Epson C86 carts to get back good
> nozzle checks, that's a great idea. The MIS purging carts will also
> work, maybe even better, to remove the trapped air pockets inside 
the
> head. The MIS purging carts are good at travelling into the head's
> tiny capillaries to break up foam.
> 
> Then if there is still ink in your EZ cart try this trick without
> using the bottom fill adapter: wrap your cart in a paper towel and
> place it in a plastic bag, tie the bag and cart with a rubber band,
> and give it several centrifugal spins with the cart outlet facing
> outward. You may not have enough ink to use the bottom fill adapter
> anyway. Then try again.
> 
> Good luck,
> --nick
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "morley4now"
> <morley4now@y...> wrote:
> > Thanks Scott. I just ran a nozzle test and it still shows 
problems. 
> > It has been over an hour since the last activity on the printer. 
The
> > carts that I have are new, not refills, so I don't have a 
> > bottom-fill adapter. I don't think there is enough ink left the 
> > cartridges if I did.
> > 
> > I don't think they were full before installing them.
> > 
> > Morley