Digital BW, The Print

> 
> I have the VM ink all set up and looking good.  However, when I turned on
> the
> printer (1280), the ink light was on.  So I went through all of the F-16
> procedure (as far as I can tell), but to no avail.
> 
> I have gotten successfully through step 3c in the F-16 instructions.  Step
> 3d fails, 1280 ink light still on.  Then I went to Note 1 on page 5.  Still
> no joy.  The ink light remains on.
> 
> And MIS is moving.
> 
> I would appreciate your help.
> 
> Glenn Thureson
> 
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> > no joy.  The ink light remains on.
> >
> > And MIS is moving.
> >
> > I would appreciate your help.
> >
> > Glenn Thureson

> 
> Jerry,
> 
> I can't push the color cart in as far as the black one -- when I try to push
> it down farther, it flexes the whole cart hold (and, I presume, the heads).
> I'm using the Modified Cartridge Clamps, and the color clamp is a doozy to
> close.  Should I have removed the felt pads?
> 
> Glenn
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 3:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] F-16 failure -- new CFS
> 
> > Are the cartridges down far enough to trip the little switch?  Try
> > pulling them up and reseating them. That's almost surely what the
> > problem is.
> >
> > Glenn Thureson wrote:
> > >
> > > I have the VM ink all set up and looking good.  However, when I turned
> on
> > > the
> > > printer (1280), the ink light was on.  So I went through all of the F-16
> > > procedure (as far as I can tell), but to no avail.
> > >
> > > I have gotten successfully through step 3c in the F-16 instructions.
> Step
> > > 3d fails, 1280 ink light still on.  Then I went to Note 1 on page 5.
> Still
> > > no joy.  The ink light remains on.
> > >
> > > And MIS is moving.
> > >
> > > I would appreciate your help.
> > >
> > > Glenn Thureson
> 
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> > close.  Should I have removed the felt pads?
> >
> > Glenn

> Sorry, I assumed CFS.  MIS offers clamps to replace the Epsons -- you know,
> the clamps that originally hold the OEM carts in place.  Superior
> arrangement, they claim, to supplement the felt pads.  I only mentioned them
> because they were my first clue that the color cartridge was not fully
> seated.
> 
> In that regard can I safely (not too messily) pull the cart out and try to
> reseat it?
> 
> Glenn
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 6:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] F-16 failure -- new CFS
> 
> 
> 
>>What is a modified cartridge clamp?  I'm using an inkjetgoodies CIS
> 
> system.
> 
>>There is nothing to hold the cartridges in except the felt pads, what
>>are you trying to close?
>>
>>Jerry
>>
>>
>>
>>Glenn Thureson wrote:
>>
>>>Jerry,
>>>
>>>I can't push the color cart in as far as the black one -- when I try to
>>
> push
> 
>>>it down farther, it flexes the whole cart hold (and, I presume, the
>>
> heads).
> 
>>>I'm using the Modified Cartridge Clamps, and the color clamp is a doozy
>>
> to
> 
>>>close.  Should I have removed the felt pads?
>>>
>>>Glenn
>>
> 
> 
> 
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From: "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] F-16 failure -- new CFS


> I didn't know there were such clamps.  Yes, you can pull them up and
> reseat them, as many times as you want. No
> problems should arise. you must hit that little switch in there so it
> recognizes the cartridges.
>
> Jerry

> > recognizes the cartridges.
> >
> > Jerry

From: "jim hayes" <jimhayes@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 10:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] F-16 failure -- new CFS


> This is the only post I saw on this so I don't know the thread. But 
> I'll just jump in and say that if you're using an f-16 you probably 
> have an 1270/1280/1290. AFAIK, only the 1160, 860, maybe 3000, etc has 
> a switch. The chipped printers sense the cart through the chip so you 
> don't have to push on a switch.
> 
> Watch out for blowing out chips (and therby sending f-16 into a tizzy) 
> if you pull up or push down on carts slightly- if printer is not 
> turned off and unplugged, there is a fair chance you can blow out the 
> MIS chips and you would then have to get free new ones from MIS and 
> install. In fact, this is what the cart clamps help alot in preventing 
> (red light errors when carts ride up). I don't know what problems you 
> were having but if you don't have the modified cart clamps, you should 
> get them- they work like a charm and are cheap, easy to install. $10 
> US for both.
> Jim H.
>