--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Matt Haber"
<matt@...> wrote:
>
> Jerry--
>
> I have also switched to the K4 inks and spongeless carts. My
> experience is that i often need to run several cleaning cycles
after
> filling. The LM seems to be the worst culprit (FWIW, it was also LM
> that would never clear in a prior 1280). However, once it has
> "taken," I've not had any clogs to speak of. I suspect that the 30
> minutes or so that it takes to fill and reset the carts may allow
some
> ink to dry on the heads (I usually do all at the carts at once), so
I
> may experiment by putting an OEM cart in place while i fill the MIS
> carts.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
Matt, your experience is very interesting as I find that LM has been
the offender for me as well (though, oddly, in the auto clean/test
cycle LM printed perfectly and LC was the problem...then it flipped
back to LM being spotty as the test progressed...glad I'm buying this
in bulk :-))
I do them one at a time so not sure about the drying out hypothesis.
I'll try Paul's suggestion of repriming the carts (tonight I'm just
going to refill and reset all of them).
A question: if the little rubber stopper for the fill hole does not
form a perfect seal, what would the effect be on printing? too much
ink flowing?
thanks
Jerry