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Re: [Digital BW] Re: CIS carts - can they be emptied & cleaned ?

2002-01-26 by James E. Martz

At 09:11 PM 1/25/2002 +0000, you wrote:
> >One can suck up most of the ink by pulling it back up the tube
> >with a
> > syringe - what about the rest ?
> >
> > Is it more viable to just mix it with the new ink and "print it out"
> > until exhausted ?
> >
> > And can the tubing be flushed and reattached to the cart ?
>
>Mis should send you new carts if it was their mistake! There
>really is no way to clean the carts as the sponge in each
>chamber holds lots of ink. I recently changed the my
>Generation's 3 yellow to Generation's 4 yellow. I took about 60
>sheets of an 8x10 purge image to get the old yellow out and then
>I'm not sure if I got it all.
>
>Don't waste your time - Mis should supply new carts for you.

If they weren't MIS carts to start with, it might be an interesting time.


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James E. Martz
Milan, OH
jemartz@...
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