Digital BW, The Print

Hello all,

My first bottles of my CFS filled with FS-N are about 2/3 empty.  I
thought I remember reading on this list that one should not go much
below 1/3 of ink left before adding more.  New 4 oz. bottles of ink
just arrived from inkjetgoodies today.  Since I've never done this I
want to make sure I do it right.  Do I just unscrew the caps on the
bottles and simply pour more ink in?  Any need to shake or mix the
bottles, either the old ones or new ones first?  Perhaps it is as
simple as it sounds but if someone could re-assure me or add any hint
or two of something I might be forgetting I'd appreciate it.

Thanks.

Best regards,
 Richard

Richard:

>Do I just unscrew the caps on the
> bottles and simply pour more ink in?  

This is what I do.

>Any need to shake or mix the
> bottles, either the old ones or new ones first?  

The new bottles have been well mixed in the shipping process.  I 
lightly swirl the bottle rack once a week to keep the current inks 
stirred up.  Don't know if it helps or not, but it makes me feel 
better.

Jeff Randall

Richard, did just that Sunday. All I did was unscrew the cap on the 
new bottle, clamped off the tubing for the ink I was replacing, 
nscrewed that cap and with a small funnel poured it in. A slight 
swish and unclamped the tubing and started printing

Vinny

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Richard Sintchak" 
<richard@c...> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> My first bottles of my CFS filled with FS-N are about 2/3 empty.  I
> thought I remember reading on this list that one should not go much
> below 1/3 of ink left before adding more.  New 4 oz. bottles of ink
> just arrived from inkjetgoodies today.  Since I've never done this I
> want to make sure I do it right.  Do I just unscrew the caps on the
> bottles and simply pour more ink in?  Any need to shake or mix the
> bottles, either the old ones or new ones first?  Perhaps it is as
> simple as it sounds but if someone could re-assure me or add any 
hint

> or two of something I might be forgetting I'd appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Best regards,
>  Richard

Richard,

I added MIS FSN to Piezo Sundance and regretted it in terms of clogs 
that persisted, the expense of wasted paper and poor use of scarce 
time.  I should have pinched (I use small jubilee clips - don't know 
what they are called in the US but they hold sheets of paper tight 
together)the breather and supply tubes, emptied and cleaned out the 
bottles.  With the new ink in place I would have removed the tubimg 
from the cart and then the supply clip and squeezed the new ink to 
fill the tube.  Reclip and push the tube back on the cart.  You need 
someting to catch the ink you expel.  Watch out for the carpet! <g>

In the end I did this, but only to the black because that was where 
my clogs were worse.

The microbanding (about 8 lines per millimetre) I had suffered for 
months continued.  This last weekend I had my first enjoyable day 
printing since I bought into Piezo.  But this was because I tried the 
Woolf workflow - no microbanding.  I still get one or two clogs after 
printing in the coloured bottles although I don't see the effects on 
the print.  When this happens I clean once and they're gone.  I guess 
in time the grey Piezo inks will dance outa the bottles. 

I am now happier but, of course, this might not work for you.

Colin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Richard Sintchak" 
<richard@c...> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> My first bottles of my CFS filled with FS-N are about 2/3 empty.  I
> thought I remember reading on this list that one should not go much
> below 1/3 of ink left before adding more.  New 4 oz. bottles of ink
> just arrived from inkjetgoodies today.  Since I've never done this I
> want to make sure I do it right.  Do I just unscrew the caps on the
> bottles and simply pour more ink in?  Any need to shake or mix the
> bottles, either the old ones or new ones first?  Perhaps it is as
> simple as it sounds but if someone could re-assure me or add any 
hint

> or two of something I might be forgetting I'd appreciate it.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Best regards,
>  Richard