Digital BW, The Print

I live in fear that this will happen to me as well.

One possibility is this:

1) Using a set of drill bits, find one that fits the hole as  
perfectly as possible. (Use the "butt" or non-cutting end so you  
don't damage the hole itself.)

2) Put the drill bit into a drill and drill fairly shallow holes into  
a piece of plastic such a nylon (or any relatively hard material that  
is difficult to glue). Make the holes 1/4" - /1/2".

3) When you have drilled each hole to the proper depth, gently rock  
the drill a tiny bit to the side in each hole, rotating this tipped  
position around the hole while continuing to run the drill. This will  
give you a slightly cone shaped hole, with the top a bit bigger than  
the bottom. (You now see where I'm going.)

4) Clean out the holes really well and spray them with a *very*  
little bit of silicone lubricant or light oil. The point of this is  
to make them very "unsticky" without changing their dimensions very  
much.

5) Now fill all the hole with some kind of silicone adhesive, or the  
kind of stuff that automotive stores sell for molding your own  
silicone gaskets.

6) Let the silicone cure, and then gently extract your home-made  
plugs.  With good luck, they will fit the holes perfectly.  With my  
luck you will have to try again with a slightly smaller bit.

Anyway, silicone is great stuff for do-it-yourself flexible things,  
and at the least automotive type should not have any trouble with the  
ink chemistry.

Myron Gochnauer
BA, MA, PhD, LLB, LLM, Keeper of the Dogs
goch@...


> Message: 12
>    Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:12:18 -0000
>    From: "welchmatt" <welchmatt@...>
> Subject: Caps for C86 refillables from MIS
>
> I've somehow misplaced the little rubber caps that came with my
> refillables, and have had to resort to things like duct tape or hot
> glue, neither of which seem to get a complete seal.  I'm tired of
> perfectly good prints having ink leaked all over them.
>
> Anyone know where I can pick up some caps that will fit these carts?
> MIS says that can't get them seperately, and don't know when  
> they'll be
> able to.  So I'm looking for another option.