Digital BW, The Print

A little extra air in the system never hurts - in fact it often helps. Get
some latex gloves if you want to protect your fingers from ink, & slowly
work the tube off the cart. You may want to wrap a towell around your hand &
cart to catch potential ink spray when it disengages.

I'd re-attach the tube(s) empty if you do succeed in cleaning it. The little
bit of air in the tube won't hurt & you will have the added benefit of
seeing if the system is working by watching the ink advance through the
tube.

Personally, I don't think this effort is worth it, & would just replace the
cart, tube & ink (Eboni).

The Eboni is the best pigment black MIS ever sold. I use it with my FSN
Piezo & Perpetual Color setups.
-BK


----- Original Message ----- 

From: "frankg_photo" <fh.gross@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 8:59 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: how to clear ink tubes ? Was 1160 black blocked


> to pass a wire through a tube i'd have to remove or cut it off at the
> cfs cart - how do you get it back on ? By dipping the end in hot
> water to soften it ?
> Any precautions to take or issues with air in the lines/carts?
>
> ========================================================
> > Brfore spending extra money you could try removing the
> > tubing and carefully passing a a long piece of metal
> > wire down the tube to dislodge the blockage. This has
> > worked for me in the past with no reoccuring problems.
> > Jim Vircoe
> > www.zipworld.com.au/~nueart/index.htm
> >
> >  --- frankg_photo <fh.gross@s...> wrote:
> > ---------------------------------

If you cut the tube right off at the cart nipple first it will have 
much lower hoop stiffness and comes right off with no effort (or 
spatter).

IF someone is willing to state that the eboni will work just as well 
with new Roark UT curves on a 1160 I'd switch next time...

,mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Barry Kelsall" 
<bktimes@h...> wrote:
> A little extra air in the system never hurts - in fact it often 
helps. Get
> some latex gloves if you want to protect your fingers from ink, & 
slowly
> work the tube off the cart. You may want to wrap a towell around 
your hand &
> cart to catch potential ink spray when it disengages.
> 
> I'd re-attach the tube(s) empty if you do succeed in cleaning it. 
The little
> bit of air in the tube won't hurt & you will have the added benefit 
of
> seeing if the system is working by watching the ink advance through 
the
> tube.
> 
> Personally, I don't think this effort is worth it, & would just 
replace the
> cart, tube & ink (Eboni).
> 
> The Eboni is the best pigment black MIS ever sold. I use it with my 
FSN
> Piezo & Perpetual Color setups.
> -BK