Digital BW, The Print

On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 07:18  PM, Doug Fisher wrote:

> Knock on wood, I have been using the VM Ultratones with the Photo  
> Black (for
> semigloss) via a CIS for the last week and have not experienced any
> "clogging" problems.  I did have to pull extra ink through the carts  
> the
> night I charged the CIS carts, but I feel that was just a function of  
> my
> cart charging abilities as opposed to anything with the ink.
>
> The system has been sitting for a few days, so tomorrow I will use it  
> a bit
> and see how it does after sitting for a while.
>
> Doug
>
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> Knock on wood, I have been using the VM Ultratones with the Photo Black (for
> semigloss) via a CIS for the last week and have not experienced any
> "clogging" problems.  I did have to pull extra ink through the carts the
> night I charged the CIS carts, but I feel that was just a function of my
> cart charging abilities as opposed to anything with the ink.
> 
> The system has been sitting for a few days, so tomorrow I will use it a bit
> and see how it does after sitting for a while.
> 
> Doug
> 
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> >>Doug, If I pulled, say 40 CCs of ink or so through the bottom of the CIS
> cartridges to get them filled with ink, would that work?<<
> 
> Sorry to hear your still having problems.  The short answer to your question
> is that I don't know.  At this point, it couldn't hurt.
> 
> Didn't I read that you just got these carts today?  If so and they aren't
> working, pull the ink through them, then insert them in the printer and let
> them sit until tomorrow afternoon before ever even using them.  That would
> be my suggestion.
> 
> >>If you fill the cartridges this way, there probably won't be a true vacuum
> in there, but the carts will certainly be saturated with ink.  Would you
> HAVE to have a vacuum?<<
> 
> It has worked for me.  "Priming" may be a better term than vacuum.  My
> theory was to get a bunch of ink in the cart so that when the print head
> tries to charge with the new ink, there is plenty of ink in there to "prime
> the pump."  If there isn't enough ink to fully saturate the sponge, I would
> think it would be hard to "prime" things.  I am sure there are people on
> this list who know the technical aspects better than I do, so I will let
> them jump in and set us straight.
> 
> Doug
> 
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