Digital BW, The Print

I've used spongeless carts in both a 1270 and a 1280 for over a year 
or so.  Some time ago the 1280 loaded with color inks seems to have 
spilled it's guts (ink) out through the bottom and pooled.  The 1270 
is doing the same to my B&W inks but the ink hasn't pooled underneath 
the printer.  I wasn't sure what was up so I went to new carts, fresh 
loaded and primed yet the printer is still dropping it's ink.

There's nothing obviously wrong without having taken the printer 
apart, i.e. using a flashlight looking under the rest area for the 
print head.

Clues? 

Thanks,
Cleavis

your waste pads could be saturated. On my r220, i drain the ink outside the 
printer.
PO


>From: "Cleavis" <lyonscox@...>
>Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [Digital BW] Help...Spongless carts draining?
>Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:04:46 -0000
>
>I've used spongeless carts in both a 1270 and a 1280 for over a year
>or so.  Some time ago the 1280 loaded with color inks seems to have
>spilled it's guts (ink) out through the bottom and pooled.  The 1270
>is doing the same to my B&W inks but the ink hasn't pooled underneath
>the printer.  I wasn't sure what was up so I went to new carts, fresh
>loaded and primed yet the printer is still dropping it's ink.
>
>There's nothing obviously wrong without having taken the printer
>apart, i.e. using a flashlight looking under the rest area for the
>print head.
>
>Clues?
>
>Thanks,
>Cleavis
>

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My current question is (based on evolution below) if someone has the 
handy info, MIS chip resetter, SK168, what is the positive/negative 
relationship for batteries 1,2 and 3?  I wasn't get a response from 
it and thought the batteries were dead, so replaced without making 
sufficient note of the orientation!

Still working on this a bit.

I didn't see a specific reference on MIS's site for "newer" top-hat 
style of plugs...I'd like that as a convenience.  I'm suspicious that 
the plugs are not the primary problem as I replaced them with a new 
set along with the new cartridge during the first attempt to fix.  
Also that I would understand it if one ink were drainging faster than 
others but it's both carts/all inks in my 1280.  Probably running too 
many cleaning cycles.  

With that in mind I opened the printer up to clean up the waste pads 
to the best of my ability.



Thanks again folks.

Cleavis