Digital BW, The Print

Hi Group,

I'm using the MIS CFS cart system with my Epson 1160. I've had this 
setup for a short while sort I'm relatively new to this setup. Last 
week the Eposn print driver gave a warning message that I had run out 
of ink for the color ink carts. I had to "replace" the carts to make 
the printer happy. Is this normal for continous inking systems?

The folks at MIS said that the printer counts drops of ink used and 
will report an empty cartridge after some count has been exceeded. 
Should I "replace" the carts when the ink level indicators appear low 
in the driver interface dialog to preempt this problem?

Thanks,

Don Bryant

If I understand you correctly, you're getting a message telling you 
that you're running out of ink when in fact you still have plenty of 
ink in your CFS bottles. What you need to do is lightly push down 
the "sponges" that sit at the front of the carts on your system. This 
will signal to the printer that you have "reloaded" it with full 
carts. I think MIS discusses this somewhere in their directions for 
CFS setup. BTW, a few months agoI confronted the same situation and 
someone on this list helped me out.

Chris Hargens
.--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "donbga" <donbryant@w...> 
wrote:
> Hi Group,
> 
> I'm using the MIS CFS cart system with my Epson 1160. I've had this 
> setup for a short while sort I'm relatively new to this setup. Last 
> week the Eposn print driver gave a warning message that I had run 
out 
> of ink for the color ink carts. I had to "replace" the carts to 
make 
> the printer happy. Is this normal for continous inking systems?
> 
> The folks at MIS said that the printer counts drops of ink used and 
> will report an empty cartridge after some count has been exceeded. 
> Should I "replace" the carts when the ink level indicators appear 
low 

> in the driver interface dialog to preempt this problem?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Don Bryant

Thanks!

> Unless you are worried about the printer doing something strange, 
> just wait until it reports out of ink, then remove and replace both 
> blocks holding the switches down. As the printer runs through a 
> priming/cleaning cycle for both cartridges when one is replaced, 
this 
> cuts down on ink waste.

Don Bryant

Unless you are worried about the printer doing something strange, 
just wait until it reports out of ink, then remove and replace both 
blocks holding the switches down. As the printer runs through a 
priming/cleaning cycle for both cartridges when one is replaced, this 
cuts down on ink waste.

Tim

> The folks at MIS said that the printer counts drops of ink used and
> will report an empty cartridge after some count has been exceeded.
> Should I "replace" the carts when the ink level indicators appear low
> in the driver interface dialog to preempt this problem?

-- 
Tim Spragens

http://www.borderless-photos.de
http://www.borderless-photos.com

In a CIS system, you should never "replace" a cartridge, just reset the
CIS by lifting the little sponge blocks and resetting them back down, if
you have an older printer, and if you have the 1280, you should never
have to do a thing, it is all automatic. The chip always reads that the
cartridge is full.

OOps, I see you have the MIS CIS system, not the nomorecarts/Niagara
system. The above only applys to the Nomorecarts/Niagara system.

Jerry




donbga wrote:

> 
> Hi Group,
> 
> I'm using the MIS CFS cart system with my Epson 1160. I've had this
> setup for a short while sort I'm relatively new to this setup. Last
> week the Eposn print driver gave a warning message that I had run out
> of ink for the color ink carts. I had to "replace" the carts to make
> the printer happy. Is this normal for continous inking systems?
> 
> The folks at MIS said that the printer counts drops of ink used and
> will report an empty cartridge after some count has been exceeded.
> Should I "replace" the carts when the ink level indicators appear low
> in the driver interface dialog to preempt this problem?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Don Bryant
> 
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Jerry,

> In a CIS system, you should never "replace" a cartridge, just reset 
the
> CIS by lifting the little sponge blocks and resetting them back 
down, if
> you have an older printer, 

Yes that is what I did, I'm sorry I didn't make that clear. 

Thanks,

Don Bryant

One word of warning about lifting and reinserting the sponge on 
your MIS CFS carts.  I wiggled the cart while trying to move a 
sponge and lost vacuum in my system.  I had to replace the 
cartridge and tubing before I got everything working again.  Not a 
pretty process.  Frank

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "donbga" 
<donbryant@w...> wrote:
> Jerry,
> 
> > In a CIS system, you should never "replace" a cartridge, just 
reset 

> the
> > CIS by lifting the little sponge blocks and resetting them back 
> down, if
> > you have an older printer, 
> 
> Yes that is what I did, I'm sorry I didn't make that clear. 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Don Bryant