Digital BW, The Print

I just tried filling carts for the first time... but I'm not so sure
it was a success. I filled the carts with syringes as directed and
left them alone overnight (about 18 hours, actually). The black cart
looks fine, but in the color cart, there are visible air pockets
(almost 1 cm in diameter) near the exit ports of the yellow and
magenta tank. I'm using the MIS UT-FS inkset in virgin empty
(sponge-type, not spongeless) carts for an Epson 1160.

I called MIS tech support, and they suggested I try using the syringe
to remove ink and see if it was foamy -- then to replace the foamy ink
with fresh ink and start over. But the ink wasn't foamy. For some
reason I wasn't getting the air pocket when I tried extracting ink.

So -- any suggestions? Can I start printing, despite the air pockets?
Should I add more ink? Do I need to start over?

Any help would be most gratefully appreciated.

Peter

Why don't you try the spongeless type? They are available for the 1160
too.

Igor

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Aronson"
<groups@e...> wrote:

> I just tried filling carts for the first time... but I'm not so sure
> it was a success. I filled the carts with syringes as directed and
> left them alone overnight (about 18 hours, actually). The black cart
> looks fine, but in the color cart, there are visible air pockets
> (almost 1 cm in diameter) near the exit ports of the yellow and
> magenta tank. I'm using the MIS UT-FS inkset in virgin empty
> (sponge-type, not spongeless) carts for an Epson 1160.
> 
> I called MIS tech support, and they suggested I try using the syringe
> to remove ink and see if it was foamy -- then to replace the foamy ink
> with fresh ink and start over. But the ink wasn't foamy. For some
> reason I wasn't getting the air pocket when I tried extracting ink.
> 
> So -- any suggestions? Can I start printing, despite the air pockets?
> Should I add more ink? Do I need to start over?
> 
> Any help would be most gratefully appreciated.
> 
> Peter

Well, maybe I will next time, but I already have these carts. Hoping
to make them work.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Igor Wesdorp"
<iwesdorp@c...> wrote:

> 
> Why don't you try the spongeless type? They are available for the 1160
> too.
> 
> Igor

Not sure how you can solve your problem, but how did you fill the 
carts in the first place. Before my 1160 gave up I filled empty 
virgin carts using the vacuum method. I always used empty virgin 
carts because I didn't want to have the problems with foamy ink. 
Vacuum filling works really well. Never failed. Hope you solve your 
problem.

Peter.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Aronson" 
<groups@e...> wrote:
> I just tried filling carts for the first time... but I'm not so sure
> it was a success. I filled the carts with syringes as directed and
> left them alone overnight (about 18 hours, actually). The black cart
> looks fine, but in the color cart, there are visible air pockets
> (almost 1 cm in diameter) near the exit ports of the yellow and
> magenta tank. I'm using the MIS UT-FS inkset in virgin empty
> (sponge-type, not spongeless) carts for an Epson 1160.
> 
> I called MIS tech support, and they suggested I try using the 
syringe
> to remove ink and see if it was foamy -- then to replace the foamy 
ink
> with fresh ink and start over. But the ink wasn't foamy. For some
> reason I wasn't getting the air pocket when I tried extracting ink.
> 
> So -- any suggestions? Can I start printing, despite the air 
pockets?

> Should I add more ink? Do I need to start over?
> 
> Any help would be most gratefully appreciated.
> 
> Peter

Vacuum filling? Not familiar with that method, but sounds intriguing.
I just followed the instructions MIS sent with the carts --
bottom-filling using syringes and bottom-fill adapters, injecting half
while holding the cart at a 45-degree angle and half while holding it
level.

Something tells me I shouldn't put these carts into my printer...

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "bwbonkers"
<PeterDLevis@a...> wrote:

> Not sure how you can solve your problem, but how did you fill the 
> carts in the first place. Before my 1160 gave up I filled empty 
> virgin carts using the vacuum method. I always used empty virgin 
> carts because I didn't want to have the problems with foamy ink. 
> Vacuum filling works really well. Never failed. Hope you solve your 
> problem.
> 
> Peter