Digital BW, The Print

Al,

The bottom of my Readme file on the C86 may be helpful to you.  Let me know
if any of those URLs is outdated.

I've been working on the R200 for a couple of days, filling, re-filling, and
swapping carts and chips very frequently.  The R200 carts are the same as
the C86 carts.

The good news is that I have had 100% good nozzle checks the first and every
time during this process.  I think one key has been the priming that is now
done with the stopper out and air inlet blocked with a finger.

The main glitch I've run into is that some of the carts do not register at
first.  The red light on the printer comes on.  I go to the Ink Status
Monitor in the driver to see which cart is the problem.  While wiggling the
cart a bit sometimes is all that is needed, the problem appears to be
marginal contact between the chip and the contacts.  I've been able to fix
this by simply putting a small piece of tape in the well of the cart's chip
holder before putting the chip in.  (I use a small piece of tape across the
top of the chip to hold it in but in a manner that I can swap chips easily.)


(The other more problematic glitch I've run into in making an EZ R200 inkset
[and not relevant to the C86] is that with smaller dots and higher speeds,
rheology differences and printer design differences are causing disconnects
between previous measures and performance, and what I see on the paper of
the R200.  I think the R200 is going to make a fine pigment printer, but I
think pigment and dye machines are starting to diverge more as frequencies
increase.)

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 




> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Al
> Young
> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 6:47 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Refilling C86 carts - MIS inks & hardware
> 
> Hi. I've been using EZN prefilled carts for a while now and am quite
> satisfied with their performance, if a bit on the expensive side.
> Accordingly, I'm weighing the feasibility of filling the carts myself with
> bulk ink (MIS EZN).
> 
> I'm wondering what the experience of others has been refilling carts for
> the
> C86.
> 
> As an aside, my sense is that refilling carts, even spongeless carts, can
> border on the problematic - I'm hoping my sense is a little too
> pessimistic
> via-a-vis actual experience with the C86.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Al Young
> 
> 
> 
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