Digital BW, The Print

Just picked up an Epson 1400 and a set of UT-14 carts to mess around with.
First I installed the six Epson color carts to make sure everything worked ok with the
printer, which it did. So I popped in the UT-14 carts...and not a spec of ink came out of 
them.
After many cleaning cycles and prints of purge files, a trace amount of ink appeared.
Switched back to the Epson color carts and everything worked great again. Switched
back to the UT-14 carts and nothing.
Anyone have any problems with these prefilled carts for a 1400? 
Or am I missing something simple, like I need to remove one of the rubber plugs on the
cart?
Stumped.

Jim Rohan

If there is a vent hole it needs to be uncovered (bigger hole is for
putting ink in, smaller one is for venting).  If you post a picture of
the cart it might be easier to help you.

Roger

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jimrohan2002"
<jimrohan@...> wrote:
>
> Just picked up an Epson 1400 and a set of UT-14 carts to mess around
with.
> First I installed the six Epson color carts to make sure everything
worked ok with the
> printer, which it did. So I popped in the UT-14 carts...and not a
spec of ink came out of 
> them.
> After many cleaning cycles and prints of purge files, a trace amount
of ink appeared.
> Switched back to the Epson color carts and everything worked great
again. Switched
> back to the UT-14 carts and nothing.
> Anyone have any problems with these prefilled carts for a 1400? 
> Or am I missing something simple, like I need to remove one of the
rubber plugs on the

> cart?
> Stumped.
> 
> Jim Rohan
>

Remove the black plug closest to the bottom of the cart, that is the air
vent.
I made the same blunder when I first got mind.

On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:22 AM, jimrohan2002 <jimrohan@...> wrote:

>   Just picked up an Epson 1400 and a set of UT-14 carts to mess around
> with.
> First I installed the six Epson color carts to make sure everything worked
> ok with the
> printer, which it did. So I popped in the UT-14 carts...and not a spec of
> ink came out of
> them.
> After many cleaning cycles and prints of purge files, a trace amount of ink
> appeared.
> Switched back to the Epson color carts and everything worked great again.
> Switched
> back to the UT-14 carts and nothing.
> Anyone have any problems with these prefilled carts for a 1400?
> Or am I missing something simple, like I need to remove one of the rubber
> plugs on the
> cart?
> Stumped.
>
> Jim Rohan
>
>  
>


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Of course, the air vent plug! Duh.
On my carts, these are multicolored plugs that correspond to the ink color.
I assume that if I want to refill these carts I would need to re-insert these plugs for that?
Thanks for the help.

Jim Rohan


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tingxi Tan" <ttxtan@...> wrote:

>
> Remove the black plug closest to the bottom of the cart, that is the air
> vent.
> I made the same blunder when I first got mind.
> 
> On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:22 AM, jimrohan2002 <jimrohan@...> wrote:
> 
> >   Just picked up an Epson 1400 and a set of UT-14 carts to mess around
> > with.
> > First I installed the six Epson color carts to make sure everything worked
> > ok with the
> > printer, which it did. So I popped in the UT-14 carts...and not a spec of
> > ink came out of
> > them.
> > After many cleaning cycles and prints of purge files, a trace amount of ink
> > appeared.
> > Switched back to the Epson color carts and everything worked great again.
> > Switched
> > back to the UT-14 carts and nothing.
> > Anyone have any problems with these prefilled carts for a 1400?
> > Or am I missing something simple, like I need to remove one of the rubber
> > plugs on the
> > cart?
> > Stumped.
> >
> > Jim Rohan
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>