Digital BW, The Print

I ordered 2 sets of prefilled 2400 carts from the efillink internet 
site - They did not work well at all.  I had ink drops of numerous 
colors for most of the time I had them installed.  I followed the 
directions provided, even corresponded with Ronnie. Out of one set of 
carts, I got a total of one 11x14 and two 8x10s without ink blobs on 
them. I probably printed well over 50 purge patterns (all with ink 
blobs) trying to clear the problem. Then I noted that 4 carts were 
completely empty while others like Light Magenta (that I usually use 
most of) still had about 40-50% of the ink remaining. Much ink in the 
printer also; in fact most probably in the printer - I tried to soak 
up as much as I could with absorbant paper - thought maybe the leaks 
would eventually stop, as advertised. 
I liked the ink color; didn't like the carts.  Won't use the 2nd set 
of carts and the company apparently won't stand behind them.

dan

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DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "ferdinand_paris" 
<ferdinand_paris@...> wrote:
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "guy_staley"
> <guy_staley@> wrote:
> > Actually, they do sell empty carts. If you follow the link I gave
> > and scroll down to the bottom, you will see the empty carts(as 
per 
> > my follow-up post).
> 
> That's what I initially thought too.  The picture is of empty
> cartridges, but the text says "Try our easyrefill cartridge
> **prefilled** with our Archival Pigment Inks."  This would partly
> explain the price difference.
> 
> > Also, these same carts are for sale(from the same
> > vendor) on Ebay for half the price of their website(i.e. - $25.00 
> > for a set of 7 cartridges).
> 
> efillink claim not to sell empties any more (people couldn't fill 
them
> properly), so I'm not sure it's the same supplier.  There was an e-
bay
> seller I found, but who only sold 8 carts for R2400, i.e. you didn't
> get both blacks, whereas efillink do supply 9.  I thus conclude that
> it wasn't efillink in a different guise.  Have you got a link for 
this
> e-bay site that you think is efillink's alter-ego?
> 
> > What does it mean to "drop a bit of ink when first used"?
> 
> The idea is to print a series of purge pattern pages.  If all goes
> well, you will get a few drops of ink on the first few pages but 
them
> it stops.  The issue is that the air intake passage below the vent
> hole in the cart is supposed to be free of air in order to maintain
> the negative pressure to keep the ink in the cart, but the prefilled
> carts don't ship that way.  Ether it drains on the first few pages, 
or
> you find a way to drain it before you start to use the cart.  To 
find
> out how, talk to ...
> 
> > Also, who is "Ronnie"?
> 
> Owner of efillink.  He provides live help via Skype.
> 
> > I think I may go ahead and order a few sets while they're still
> > available. At circa $3.50 per cart, it's worth the gamble to keep 
my
> > 2200 running quad-tone inks for the foreseeable future.
> 
> For the 2200, I bought some carts from
> http://www.mandev.co.uk/acatalog/Epson_2100_Empty_Carts.html, which
> don't seem to have the initial leak problem.
> 
> F_P
>