Digital BW, The Print

I would check the spring on the output port.  I had one cart flood all over
the table because when I drew out some ink with the bottom fill adaptor it
did not spring back properly.  Not sure if it's a fix but worth checking.
No air should be coming in through that port - only through the small hole
at the top of that chamber (under the silver strip when shipped).

--- Steve Kale <stevekale@b...> wrote:
> I would check the spring on the output port. ...[snip]...
> No air should be coming in through that port - only through 
> the small hole at the top of that chamber (under the silver 
> strip when shipped).

I wonder if that is the problem. When I squeeze near 
the output port, I can see bubbles form inside--but no ink
leaks out. This does not happen on all the ez-fill carts 
I have, but it does happen on more than one, so I've thought
it was normal.

I'm going to call MIS today and ask if they've seen this 
before.

-david

I have small bubbles in each of my carts - I think you will get some forming
as you remove and put back the carts.  The question is how many.  I tip the
cart up and squeeze so that most of the bubbles roll into the filling
chamber.

> From: David Wroblewski <dawroblewski@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:35:50 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Is my cart defective?
> 
> 
> 
> --- Steve Kale <stevekale@b...> wrote:
>> I would check the spring on the output port. ...[snip]...
>> No air should be coming in through that port - only through
>> the small hole at the top of that chamber (under the silver
>> strip when shipped).
> 
> I wonder if that is the problem. When I squeeze near
> the output port, I can see bubbles form inside--but no ink
> leaks out. This does not happen on all the ez-fill carts
> I have, but it does happen on more than one, so I've thought
> it was normal.
> 
> I'm going to call MIS today and ask if they've seen this
> before.
> 
> -david
>

> I wonder if that is the problem. When I squeeze near 
> the output port, I can see bubbles form inside--but no ink
> leaks out. This does not happen on all the ez-fill carts 
> I have, but it does happen on more than one, so I've thought
> it was normal.
> 
> I'm going to call MIS today and ask if they've seen this 
> before.

Following up on my own post here... I talked to MIS tech 
support (Rob) yesterday--two things to report:

(1) He suggested a possible cause might be that ink
dried in the sponge part of the cart, forming a blockage
that goofed up the flow of ink in the cart. He also
said that letting carts sit half-full in the printer
for a couple of weeks without printing daily purge 
patterns could lead to this. I've never heard anyone 
suggest this here, though, and it hasn't been a problem
for me in the past. I thought the daily purge pattern 
was only for CIS setups... I'm confused.

(2) He had no thoughts on the air bubbles forming
in the cart when I squeezed the sides (gently) near the
output port. Personally, that looks REALLY fishy to me.
Can anyone confirm that this is either definitely normal 
or bad? There's no ink leaking out, which would of course
mean there was definitely a problem. He said they would 
try to duplicate this but hasn't called back. I'm trying 
to figure out whether to scrap these carts and order 
new ones.

Again, advice and opinions needed. I hate to just toss
carts if they aren't the issue, but I can't think of 
what else to do.

David