Digital BW, The Print

I'm using a MIS VM CIS on and 1160. I installed the system with no 
problems and having been getting the hang of printing. There is still 
a great deal of ink in the bottle -- almost full -- and the connect 
tubes seem to be full also. However, I'm getting a message from my 
printer software that I am running out of ink, but only the color 
inks. Is this a hardware problem -- in other words, could I be having 
problems getting ink to the cartridges? If so, how can I safely 
verify that this is the case? Or is this a software problem related 
to the CIS being misread by the printer? Any help would be greatly 
appreciated.

Chris Hargens

The CIS is not "misread" by the printer - your 1160  still thinks you are
using carts, & will continue to guess when it is time to change them, even
though you are not running out of ink. Read the section in your CIS manual
on resetting the switches - you raise & lower the sponges to fool the
printer into "thinking" you changed the carts.

Happy printing
-BK

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 5:10 PM
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> Subject: [Digital BW] CIS ink supply readout problem
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> I'm using a MIS VM CIS on and 1160. I installed the system with no
> problems and having been getting the hang of printing. There is still
> a great deal of ink in the bottle -- almost full -- and the connect
> tubes seem to be full also. However, I'm getting a message from my
> printer software that I am running out of ink, but only the color
> inks. Is this a hardware problem -- in other words, could I be having
> problems getting ink to the cartridges? If so, how can I safely
> verify that this is the case? Or is this a software problem related
> to the CIS being misread by the printer? Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Chris Hargens
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Happy Christmas, all.

Chris, your printer has no idea that you've got is on a CIS feed, it 
still thinks that it has carts, has counted up the number of droplets 
you've printed, and thinks you're about to run out of something. 
Press the cart change button, remove and replace the foam block or 
whatever that is towards the front of the printer from the cart to 
press down the switch, then put it back in.

I have seen it recommended to pull and replace both at the same time, 
because there is a cleaning cycle for every "replacement" of a cart. 
Doing both will minimise the number of cleanings and the wasted ink.

Tim Spragens

> I'm getting a message from my
> printer software that I am running out of ink, but only the color
> inks. --
Tim Spragens
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Thanks for the advice. It worked. After I adjusted the sponge insert, 
the printer software immediately told me the carts were full.

Chrs