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Re: How d'you know WHEN to refill spongeless carts?

2005-08-29 by Johnny Eades

Helio Igor,
It looks like no answer is coming from anyone else. The way I keep 
up with the amount of ink left in the carts is with the SSC utility. 
It give the levels on each chamber both visually and by head useage.

Your friend in photography,

Johnny



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Igor Wesdorp" 
<iwesdorp@c...> wrote:
> Hello everyone.
> 
> Having just installed MIS spongeless carts on my 1160, I would 
like to
> know how you can tell when to refill.
> 
> I got some good tips from Johnny Eades, but still I don't know
> what is the best and most reliable way:
> 
> 1. Keep an account of how many 8 x 10 sheets I print. Tedious and 
not
> reasonable for me beacause I make a lot of small test prints in
> variable sizes.
> 
> 2. Waiting for the "out of ink lights" to start flashing.
> Does it work here?
> 
> 3. Take the carts out every now and then and judge the ink level
> visually. Can be done, I guess, but can easily be forgotten. And:
> every time you take the carts out you let air in, and the printer 
will
> spill ink on a cleaning cycle.
> 
> 4. The SSC Service Utility will let you see the ink levels 
onscreen.
> Does that work?
> 
> What is the best option?
> Hope anyone can shed a light on this matter. Thanks.
> 
> Igor

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