Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Edward Wiseman" 
<pahts@c...> wrote:
> Richard..
> I think you would be inviting a "disaster"..not that the re-filling 
itself is messy, but you do need to TWIST and TURN those rubber plugs 
to get a positive seal..(snip)...
> 
> ....BTW..I don't think I'd EVER go back to the CIS/CFS hassles..I 
think at least 3 of my printers died a pre-mature death from EXTRA 
cleaning cycles/purges/ Windex on paper towels in the "trough"...
> 

Hi Eddie,

I agree on both points! I really don't think the MIS supplied cart 
design is a good one with respect to those little rubber plugs, and I 
would never entertain wrestling with them inside my printer. There 
are definite options to that issue, so whether I fill carts in or out 
of the printer, I'm not inclined to spend much time on the plugs.

Like yourself, I have used quite a few CIS equipped printers over the 
years and "fought the good fight" with them. These days, most of my 
production printing is done on wide-format Epsons so I don't put 
enough paper and ink through my desktop machines to warrant the 
maintenance of keeping a CIS running smoothly.

I use 13" machines for certain tasks and sometimes intensively, and 
among them is working with different inksets. Individual carts are 
definitely the way to go, but when it comes to pulling carts and 
refilling them, I guess I'm looking for the happy medium between the 
convenience of "topping up the bottles" on a CIS and the much lower 
maintenance of carts. 

What, me lazy? Naw -- I just want the best of both worlds ;>)

Cheers!
Richard