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Re: [Digital BW] Re: The Case of the Clogged Nozzles - Reply to Clayton and Paul

2005-07-01 by Steve Kale

My comments apply to the refillable carts (purchased empty).  I have
purchased 23 of them and have had problems with almost all (no chip
problems).  They are particularly prone to issues if you swap them out - say
swapping from a B&W setup to colour.


> From: Clayton Jones <cj@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:31:09 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: The Case of the Clogged Nozzles - Reply to Clayton
> and Paul
> 
> Ukko,
> 
>> BTW, a Matte Black cartridge for Epson 2100 costs here $ 22. A MIS
>> Ebony Black cartridge costs about $ 24, shipping, import duty and
>> sales tax included.
> 
> With the new easy top fill carts these is no reason to buy prefilled
> ones any more.  I get the inks in 4oz bottles and refill the carts.
> After the initial investment the ink is about $2 or so per refil.
> Maybe there's a problem with those carts.  The top fill ones are
> different and I have almost no problems with them.  I've used 20 or
> more in my experiments over the past months and have had one bad cart
> and
> one bad chip, best I can remember.
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

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