> From: "macgroup-digest" <owner-macgroup-digest at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > Reply-To: <macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 17:15:01 -0500 > To: <macgroup-digest at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > Subject: macgroup-digest V1 #419 - Found word(s) internet list lowest inkjet > cartridge cartridges in the Text body. > > > macgroup-digest Tuesday, February 10 2004 Volume 01 : Number 419 > > > > > Re: MacGroup: Epson Inkjet Yellow M.I.A. > Re: MacGroup: Epson Inkjet Yellow M.I.A. > _ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 17:49:56 -0500 > From: David Dudine <ddudine at psci.net> > Subject: Re: MacGroup: Epson Inkjet Yellow M.I.A. > > Thanks, Nelson, for the suggestions. > > After poking around on the internet, I did order a solvent, not the one that > you found, from fixyourownprinter.com. They claim it is the same one that > Epson uses. Who knows? > > I did wonder if the yellow could be empty, even though the graphic display > indicates that all colors are at about half full. I assume that I will have > to take out the present cartridge to introduce the solvent with a syringe, > so I will use a dipstick to try to check the three ink levels. Boy, that > would be the easy answer if the yellow is empty. > > There was a lively exchange on this forum about the source of the > information in those graphic ink level displays, and I seem to remember that > it is only loosely associated with the actual physical reality inside the > cartridge. > > David Dudine > > > > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 01:53:58 -0500 > From: Nelson Helm <helmkyny at clockwinders.net> > Subject: Re: MacGroup: Epson Inkjet Yellow M.I.A. > > David Dudine <ddudine at psci.net> wrote: > > My Epson printer _always_ shows the colors equally full. > I infer that either it reports > a mean level for 3 colors > or one color as representative of all > or the lowest color. > > My cartridges contain sponges. You cannot dipstick them. If the > cartridge is translucent, you may be able to see the ink saturating > the sponge more or less, if not a miniscus. > > My internet ink merchant, > rwal at re-inks.com > http://www.re-inks.com/ > whom I much like, > recommends using a syringe to fill the cartridges thru the vents in the top, > (you may need to poke around a little to find a hole (or > force the issue) > and if the hole was previously covered with tape, > re-cover it with tape when you're thru) > not thru the hole in the bottom > as recommended in paragraf 5 below. > > > Another supplier supplied these instructions both supplemented and > truncated by me: > > 1. He says "Refilling your cartridge is a clean and simple job, > but..." I say, find a table in the basement, cover it with last > Sunday's newspaper or a layer of wax paper, aluminum foil, or other > impermeable layer, or preferably both. > Change into paint clothes. > Put a box of Kleenex and a wastebasket nearby. > > 2. If the ink cartridge has dried out, soften the sponge with > alcohol. I infer 91% would be marginally better than 70%, but who > knows. > > If the cartridge takes 5cc ink [i.e. colord ink], > put in 1cc alcohol. > > If the cartridge takes 10-15cc ink [i.e. blak ink], > put in 2-3cc alcohol. > > > 3. Let the cartridge stand 15 minutes while the alcohol permeates and > softens the sponge. > > 4. Get a friend to hold the ink bottle while you use both hands to > fill the syringe. Filling the syringe takes both hands, and you > really, really, really do not want to knock over the ink bottle. > > 5. This paragraph conflicts with advice from my current supplier: > turn cartridge bottom up. Hold the syringe (without needle) tightly > against a seal and slowly (i.e. over 10-15 seconds) inject ink. If > ink starts to seep out air vents in the [originally] top [but now > bottom] of the cartridge, stop injecting. (If you can, use the > syringe to suck some ink back). > I have had cartridges with blocked air vents, which, after I > pressured ink in, surprised me by squirting ink out the top when I > removed the syringe. See paragraf 1. > > 6. Wipe the hole on the [original] bottom [now top] of the cartridge > to make it _completely_dry_. [emfasis original]. > > You can buy replacement seals, but usually do not need them. I don't > know how to tell whether they're good. When a cartridge stops working > right, I try changing the seal (blak) / all the seals (colord). Seals > are not all the same size. Changing the seal on only one of three > colors may cause problems. > > 7. He says "Tape over hole to seal it." Celofane tapes don't seal > very well, but the seal is to prevent ink from evaporating, not for > more esoteric reasons, so tape probably is better than no tape. > > I store the cartridges in plastic to slow the evaporating. > > > The sponges hold varying amounts, depending upon > e.g. how hard you squeeze the cartridge > (don't squeeze the recently filld cartridge while holding it > over your lap) > (see paragrafs 2 & 3 above). > > I have tried filling (per paragraf 5 above) until ink drips out the bottom. > This has both caused the cartridge > to leak ink later, > and to accept significantly more ink later, > both with the same filling of the same cartridge, > leading me to suspect that sponges sometimes have temporarily > impervious volumes > (see paragrafs 2 & 3 above). > > > I recently switched to filling thru the top with a needle (see above), > and so far, (1 cartridge-filling) have had no problems. > > Altho the ink may be alcohol-soluble, neither soap & water nor > alcohol gets it off your hands. A 50% Clorox solution removes the > skin, I mean the stain, but... If you use Clorox, wash it thoroly > from your hands. > > - -- > Nelsn Helm > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > "Right" is all wrong, but "rong" is all ryt. > Reform how we spel. > > visit: http://www.spellingsociety.org/ > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. > > ------------------------------ > > End of macgroup-digest V1 #419 > ****************************** > > > > The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be February 24. > For more information about the LCS, go to <http://www.kymac.org>. > This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. >
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