Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for the reply Ken.  

I just checked again this morning and of course the clogs are still
there.  Ran a cleaning and nozzle check and it was down to one or two
jets clogged.  Ran  another cleaning but this time it was 90% clogged.
 I guess I'll pull them, draw some ink out and make sure the plugs are
sealed.  What a frustrating wasted of time.  If I can't make it happen
I'll ask MIS to take the whole lot back.

Tom

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "kenstrain2000"
<kenstrain2000@y...> wrote:
> Tom,
> my experience is with a 1270 with spongeless - should be close enough
> to make useful comment.  This has not been trouble free, though not as
>  bad as your trouble.  
> 
> Given your inks are the same as you had before, and there is nothing
> really to block in a spongeless cartridge (mine came with pull tabs
> that must be removed, of course), I can't think of anything except air
> leaks or air locks. 
> 
> After one refill I definitely had air leaks at the plugs, this led to
> ink leaks (mixed good and bad nozzle checks and blobs of ink).  That
> does not sound exactly what you have, but I wonder what a very small
> leak would do.  I think the plugs need redesigned (there was no
> damage visible but certainly there was a leak - tape fixed it).
> 
> The purpose of priming is to remove an airlock, with the black
> cartridge and the outer "colours" it was quite easy to see when
> sufficient ink was pulled out to remove the air bubble(s) around the
> poppet valve and exit port.  This was not easy for the 3 inner inks on
> the "colour" cartridge (no way to see in properly). 
> In the end I just pulled a bit more than sufficed for the others (from


> uncertain memory about 1 to 1.5 ml - sounds like more than you pulled).
> 
> To be on the safe side pull a bit more.  If you really fill to the max
> there is plenty of ink beyond the limit set by the chip. I only primed
> on the first fill as the ink remained continuous above and around the
> valve.  
> 
> Ken