Digital BW, The Print

Hi Duane,

I didn't realize you had already suggested the idea of a Cart-Less CIS
and after reading your previous post, apparently all I did was
reinvent your wheel with a couple slight differences, (have the
dampers outside the printer and the adjustable structure to hold the
chips). I guess great minds think alike ;P

Anyway, I was wondering if you have any idea as to what size tubing
would be needed to pull this off. And, if different sizes are needed,
how would I go about splicing the tubes. I have an old bulk ink system
for the 1280 that I've never used and that I'd like to play with,
either with the 1280 or an R200 I have. But, I've never worked with
any of the large format dampers and don't have any experience with
using tubing on the printhead inlets. Any tips/suggestions/knowledge
would be greatly appreciated.

Best Regards,

Eric Ashworth



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "dlruckus"
<dlruckus@...> wrote:
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
> <paul.roark@> wrote:
> 
> > But lots of people use these devices regularly without much worry
> about ink
> > level.  It think some work here might make the units work better
> than >they do already, however.
> >  
> > Paul
> >
>  That was the reason for suggesting IV bags. However, one can simply
> use rinsed out 3000/7000/9000 carts reloaded with whatever ink you
> choose. The tubing then has a damper on one end and a needle for the
> cart on the other. Solves all of the air and ink height problems. Set
> the carts beside the machine with tape or a big rubber band around
> them and you're in business.
>  Why work hard to invent something different when the system the wide
> formats use works just fine and can be duplicated easily.
>  Also, no one can sue you for using Epson parts you own in any way you
> see fit privately. They can't patent tubing,needles and glue or go
> after the sale of chip reset devices either.
>  Another method could use the filters you talked about some time ago
> inline with the tubing and add a 'T' stub to the tubing near the head
> inlet to give an empty chamber for damping. That would do away with
> expensive dampers as well.
> 
> Regards
> Duane
>