Cart Refilling strategies
2003-12-02 by Richard Smallfield
Hello again, I am having fantastic results with my 1200 and UT inks with Paul's VM curves. I'm only limited by my inadequate scanner - and Epson 1660. So, while I await the arrival of a Minolta 5400, I ponder the question of cart refilling. So I'll stop rambling and ask my question. It is this: When one of the UT inks in my colour cart runs out, do I just refill that colour chamber only and reinstall the cart with the other chambers half-used, or ... Do I drain the other chambers using the residual foam procedure (replacing the non-foamy ink in the original ink bottle for re-use) and start from scratch, refilling each compartment as I did with the virgin empty cart - and put a spare cart I will have pre filled with UT, in the printer so that it can be used the next day. I suppose my question boils down to, what do you do with the ink in the non-empty 1200 colour carts - keep them going until one of them runs out and then replace that chamber only, or drain the rest of thc chambers until you have a totally empty cart to refill. When you drain the half-empty carts, can that ink be reused? I'm sure this has been answered somewhere, but I haven't found it. thanks, Richad -- http://smallfield.vze.com http://photos.smallfield.vze.com ". . . Nirvana or lasting enlightenment or true spiritual growth can be acheived only through persistent excercise of real love" --M. Scott Peck, M.D, '.The Road Less Travelled'