Digital BW, The Print

Thank you for this warning. I just received 3 cartridges of BO from 
MIS to try out on the C86 when the printer arrives, and immediately 
noticed that the filled cartridges looked pretty small, though I 
hadn't seen the true C86 Epson cartridges yet as the printer has not 
arrived. 

On a different subject (please forgive me for interupting the thread )
that just dawned on me, how do B&W prints turn out if you use BO with 
just the supplied pigment  Epson black cartridge? How much different 
are these than BO with MIS Eboni? I was thinking of trying this 
initially to see how the printer works before voiding the warranty 
with MIS inks.

Thank you.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Marsolais" 
<bob@m...> wrote:
> Apparently the volume of ink that can be held in the MIS refillable 
> carts for the C84 and c86 is less than the Epson-brand cartridge.  
I 
> say this because two times today I have had puddling of ink on the 
> media start in the middle of a print job.  Each time the color ink 
> that was puddling was from a cartridge that was clearly empty 
> (these are clear carts) but had an status monitor ink level 
> between one half and one quarter full.  Since I was monitoring the 
> printing while in progress, I caught the puddling just as it 
> started.  Not enough ink was on the media to explain the 
discrepancy 
> between actual and indicated ink levels.
> 
> I have also noticed on previous occasions that the filling chamber 
> was almost empty when the status monitor indicated between one half 
> and one third more ink remaining.  When filling, I have followed 
> MIS's instructions concerning ink volume (12-13 ml for color).
> 
> Because of this, I would suggest to all users that they check the 
ink 
> remaining in these carts when the status monitor indicates half 
> empty.  Apparently, when the ink level goes below the level of 
> the "gate" between the two sides of the cart, that breaks the 
vacuum 
> between the two sides allowing excessive ink flow.
> 
> Also, this may explain some of the "leaking carts in C84/C86's" 
we've 
> seen on this forum.