Digital BW, The Print

Why don't you try the spongeless type? They are available for the 1160
too.

Igor

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Aronson"
<groups@e...> wrote:
> I just tried filling carts for the first time... but I'm not so sure
> it was a success. I filled the carts with syringes as directed and
> left them alone overnight (about 18 hours, actually). The black cart
> looks fine, but in the color cart, there are visible air pockets
> (almost 1 cm in diameter) near the exit ports of the yellow and
> magenta tank. I'm using the MIS UT-FS inkset in virgin empty
> (sponge-type, not spongeless) carts for an Epson 1160.
> 
> I called MIS tech support, and they suggested I try using the syringe
> to remove ink and see if it was foamy -- then to replace the foamy ink
> with fresh ink and start over. But the ink wasn't foamy. For some
> reason I wasn't getting the air pocket when I tried extracting ink.
> 
> So -- any suggestions? Can I start printing, despite the air pockets?
> Should I add more ink? Do I need to start over?
> 
> Any help would be most gratefully appreciated.
> 
> Peter