Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "hp9180profile" 
<owens@...> wrote:
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Johnny Eades" 
> <jeades1@> wrote:
> >
> > Recently my LM cart in my R2400 printer started skipping, so I 
> decided 
> > to go with refilling the original Epson carts using MIS procedure 
> which 
> > uses the Epson cart's fill hole on the bottom and the exit hole 
> also. 
> > Inserting a syringe into the fill hole which has been opened and 
> fitted 
> > with a filling device and inserting another syringe into the exit 
> hole 
> > to catch the overflow ink and foam I proceeded to complete the 
> > operation successfully. Placing the refilled cart into the 
printer 
> and 
> > running a couple of test patterns, I saw the LM was still not 
> firing, 
> > at which point I put the old cart back into the printer. That 
cart 
> is 
> > the MIS replacement carts that are clear and I could see that it 
> was 
> > full also. I downloaded a LM purge image and ran it through the 
> printer 
> > several times with no success. No ink is coming out of that 
> particular 
> > nozzle. I had this happen with an old Epson 1280, which led me to 
> the 
> > R2400. Has anyone had this problem and successfully solved it. 
> Please 
> > respond.
> > 
> > Johnny Eades
> >
> 
> I have found that to get refilled OEM carts or non-OEM carts 
flowing 
> requires a cleaning cycle. I have found no other way round it. 
> 
> Some say that it helps to draw a little of the ink out of the exit 
> hole to get it flowing but I have never found this helps.
> 
> regards
> 
> Alistair
>
I have gone through cleaning cycles and purge prints more than 3 
times and after letting the printer sit overnight there is still no 
ink coming from that cartridge at all. I still haven't tried the 
syring and tubing on the printhead input nozzle trick with 1:9 
ammonia water mixture yet. That is next.

Johnny Eades