Digital BW, The Print

I took a look at the refilling procedure in the files section and it 
sure seems time consuming (three hours), messy and, perhaps, not 
worth it.  I guess if you want to use certain inks, though, it's the 
only way.  How many folks fill their own carts?

Tom Husband

I for one; Initially because it's much cheaper, but continued doing 
it when I decied to come up with my own inkset. Also, I need to 
switch from color pigs to color dye to B&W. It's not a three hour 
proccess, though it is a nuisance. I vacuum-drain my empties when I 
don't feel like doing anything more productive, beats watching your 
printer head whip to-and-fro. Fill a couple ahead of time & let them 
settle a day or two; if you do it right you ALMOST forget what a 
pain it is before you have to do it again!

Steve K
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Husband 
<thusband@s...>" <thusband@s...> wrote:
> I took a look at the refilling procedure in the files section and 
it 
> sure seems time consuming (three hours), messy and, perhaps, not 
> worth it.  I guess if you want to use certain inks, though, it's 
the 

> only way.  How many folks fill their own carts?
> 
> Tom Husband

Tom,

I refill virgin cartidges (from MIS) all the time.  It takes me about
30 minutes to fill a T009 cart.  I have refilled the black T007, but
find the hassle of extracting residual foam not worth the trouble.  I
use the vacuum technique.

Hope this helps.

Shilesh

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Husband
<thusband@s...>" <thusband@s...> wrote:

> I took a look at the refilling procedure in the files section and it 
> sure seems time consuming (three hours), messy and, perhaps, not 
> worth it.  I guess if you want to use certain inks, though, it's the 
> only way.  How many folks fill their own carts?
> 
> Tom Husband

Thanks Steve and Shilesh,  I'll give it another look.  It might be 
worth it until I settle on an ink and a CIS.

Tom

I'm refilling my 1280 carts with UT ink.  I have two sets of carts 
but am not sure if I should keep refilling the same cart until the 
foam prevents another filling or rotate between the two sets.  If I 
rotate should I seal up the top and bottom of the filled cart with 
tape to keep it from drying out until I'm ready to use it?  If I use 
the same cart how long can I keep the carts out of the printer before 
the chamber and nozzles dry out?  How do you folks handle this?

Thanks, again, for your help.

Tom