Digital BW, The Print

Been lurking for several months and recently purchased an Epson C86 to
try my hand at B&W printing.  Have Canon i860 and i950 printers for
day-to-day use; been refilling the Canon carts for a couple of years.

Dye rather than pigment and no official refill hole in the carts.  A
#36 drill hole in the cart top tapped to accept a 6-32 Allen head set
screw defines the fill hole.  Since the set screw can be run in to be
flush with the cart surface, a bit of masking tape assures an
air-tight closure.

Do not have the spongeless carts in hand yet, but the MIS illustration
implies that a similar closure method can be employed.  I assume the
fill hole is too large for a 6-32 tap, but 10-32, 12-24, or larger
taps and setscrews may very well be appropriate.

The Canon carts have sponge between the "tank", if you will, and the
ink output port.  The sponge will block any junk entering the tank
during tapping.  Care must be taken when tapping an MIS cart to assure
that nothing falls into the tank,  (Have the nozzle of a vacuum
cleaner sucking near where the cart is being tapped.)

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "xylonic2000" 
<n984652@h...> wrote:
> Do not have the spongeless carts in hand yet, but the MIS 
illustration
> implies that a similar closure method can be employed.  I assume the
> fill hole is too large for a 6-32 tap, but 10-32, 12-24, or larger
> taps and setscrews may very well be appropriate.
> 


You can get nylon (or other) 10/32 threaded plugs from 
http://www.usplastic.com , or go with a nylon screw and get an "O" 
ring to help seal the edge. 10/32 is the smallest threaded plug or 
fitting, but they have 4/40 screws in nylon if you need something 
smaller. Just ignore the inserted religious material if you're not 
interested. As long as they don't try and force me to their belief, 
it's easy to ignore it. If they come to my house.... well that would 
be a completely different thing.

Also those fittings are made by the Eldon James Corp., so you might 
look them up to see about ordering directly, but you may need to buy 
by the hundred (or more) count, instead of a few at a time.

Hmmm.  That sounds like it has a high chance of getting particles in the
ink, and forever clogging the jets.  Epson processes and fills their carts
in a cleanroom, FWIW.

Best regards,
John Moody

-----Original Message-----
From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of Greg
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 8:35 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: MIS Spongeless Cart Plugs

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "xylonic2000"
<n984652@h...> wrote:
> Do not have the spongeless carts in hand yet, but the MIS
illustration
> implies that a similar closure method can be employed.  I assume the
> fill hole is too large for a 6-32 tap, but 10-32, 12-24, or larger
> taps and setscrews may very well be appropriate.
>


You can get nylon (or other) 10/32 threaded plugs from
http://www.usplastic.com , or go with a nylon screw and get an "O"
ring to help seal the edge. 10/32 is the smallest threaded plug or
fitting, but they have 4/40 screws in nylon if you need something
smaller. Just ignore the inserted religious material if you're not
interested. As long as they don't try and force me to their belief,
it's easy to ignore it. If they come to my house.... well that would
be a completely different thing.

Also those fittings are made by the Eldon James Corp., so you might
look them up to see about ordering directly, but you may need to buy
by the hundred (or more) count, instead of a few at a time.







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