Digital BW, The Print

Hello group,
Today I tried for the first time the clear cartridges and MIS UT2 
inks from 4oz bottles on my Epson 1290. Nothings works, I'm afraid. 
Now I have to find out what exactly went wrong. Once I put the filled 
cartriges into the printer I could not get good nozzle check (almost 
all nozzles blocked), and after the first printout on plain paper 
(just to see whathappens) I noticed that the cart leaves drops of ink 
at the left (farther form where the cart parks) border of A4 sheet I 
was printing, the sponge where the cart parks was also full of ink 
and when I removed the cartriges there was a small amount of ink 
inside the cart near the valves. So my first try at self refilling 
was a disaster. Now what could go wrong?
First of all, my cartridges didn't have rubber plugs in round holes 
at top where I was inserting needle with ink. When I filled all 
chambers and primed the cartridges I taped the holes so that no air 
could come in (at least I thought so).
I injected about 14cc of ink into black cartridge and 12cc into each 
color chamber. Was it too much ink so that it began to spill out as 
the cart was moving? Please help if anybody knows what's going on.

Regards

Tomek

When I ordered mine, they came with light translucent plugs in a 
separate small bag. The hole you put ink in with the syringe/needle 
must be plugged with those plugs or you will get ink dripping all 
over the place sooner or later. After plugging the holes, you must 
use a bottom adapter on another syringe and pull out just enough ink 
from each chamber too see in the tip of the syringe. This removes any 
air that is in the small chamber right at the outlet the printer 
pulls the ink from. After all this is done, you will simply need to 
perform a nozzle check and you should have perfect patterns if you 
had them before filling the cartridge. These are the most trouble-
free cartridges I have ever used, and the problem of foam buildup is 
eliminated.

Your friend in Photography,

Johnny



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "toniko74" 
<t.zakrzewski@k...> wrote:
> 
> Hello group,
> Today I tried for the first time the clear cartridges and MIS UT2 
> inks from 4oz bottles on my Epson 1290. Nothings works, I'm afraid. 
> Now I have to find out what exactly went wrong. Once I put the 
filled 
> cartriges into the printer I could not get good nozzle check 
(almost 
> all nozzles blocked), and after the first printout on plain paper 
> (just to see whathappens) I noticed that the cart leaves drops of 
ink 
> at the left (farther form where the cart parks) border of A4 sheet 
I 
> was printing, the sponge where the cart parks was also full of ink 
> and when I removed the cartriges there was a small amount of ink 
> inside the cart near the valves. So my first try at self refilling 
> was a disaster. Now what could go wrong?
> First of all, my cartridges didn't have rubber plugs in round holes 
> at top where I was inserting needle with ink. When I filled all 
> chambers and primed the cartridges I taped the holes so that no air 
> could come in (at least I thought so).
> I injected about 14cc of ink into black cartridge and 12cc into 
each 

> color chamber. Was it too much ink so that it began to spill out as 
> the cart was moving? Please help if anybody knows what's going on.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tomek

My experience is very positive, just like Johnny's. I think these are
the greatest thing since sliced bread. 

Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Johnny Eades"
<jeades1@s...> wrote:

> 
> When I ordered mine, they came with light translucent plugs in a 
> separate small bag. The hole you put ink in with the syringe/needle 
> must be plugged with those plugs or you will get ink dripping all 
> over the place sooner or later. After plugging the holes, you must 
> use a bottom adapter on another syringe and pull out just enough ink 
> from each chamber too see in the tip of the syringe. This removes any 
> air that is in the small chamber right at the outlet the printer 
> pulls the ink from. After all this is done, you will simply need to 
> perform a nozzle check and you should have perfect patterns if you 
> had them before filling the cartridge. These are the most trouble-
> free cartridges I have ever used, and the problem of foam buildup is 
> eliminated.
> 
> Your friend in Photography,
> 
> Johnny
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "toniko74" 
> <t.zakrzewski@k...> wrote:
> > 
> > Hello group,
> > Today I tried for the first time the clear cartridges and MIS UT2 
> > inks from 4oz bottles on my Epson 1290. Nothings works, I'm afraid. 
> > Now I have to find out what exactly went wrong. Once I put the 
> filled 
> > cartriges into the printer I could not get good nozzle check 
> (almost 
> > all nozzles blocked), and after the first printout on plain paper 
> > (just to see whathappens) I noticed that the cart leaves drops of 
> ink 
> > at the left (farther form where the cart parks) border of A4 sheet 
> I 
> > was printing, the sponge where the cart parks was also full of ink 
> > and when I removed the cartriges there was a small amount of ink 
> > inside the cart near the valves. So my first try at self refilling 
> > was a disaster. Now what could go wrong?
> > First of all, my cartridges didn't have rubber plugs in round holes 
> > at top where I was inserting needle with ink. When I filled all 
> > chambers and primed the cartridges I taped the holes so that no air 
> > could come in (at least I thought so).
> > I injected about 14cc of ink into black cartridge and 12cc into 
> each 
> > color chamber. Was it too much ink so that it began to spill out as 
> > the cart was moving? Please help if anybody knows what's going on.
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> > Tomek

In other words, did you follow the instructions for using them?

> From: Johnny Eades <jeades1@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>

> 
> When I ordered mine, they came with light translucent plugs in a
> separate small bag. The hole you put ink in with the syringe/needle
> must be plugged with those plugs or you will get ink dripping all
> over the place sooner or later. After plugging the holes, you must
> use a bottom adapter on another syringe and pull out just enough ink
> from each chamber too see in the tip of the syringe. This removes any
> air that is in the small chamber right at the outlet the printer
> pulls the ink from. After all this is done, you will simply need to
> perform a nozzle check and you should have perfect patterns if you
> had them before filling the cartridge. These are the most trouble-
> free cartridges I have ever used, and the problem of foam buildup is
> eliminated.
> 
> Your friend in Photography,
> 
> Johnny