Re: Pools of blood, sweat & tears (was Success w/Archiva & Wizi)

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At 01:46 AM 1/16/00 -0800, Ben Haskell wrote:

>Report as to whether you have ink pools at the base of the ink inlet
>nipple, and then I'll know that the replacement plugs haven't really
>been "fixed" as John Mills claimed in a post a month ago, and I'll then
>repost my replacement plug fixes. Such a report may require that you
>quickly remove the cartridge (failure to be quick may result in pools by
>itself), so see if a cleaning cycle or blotting paper solves the problem
first.
>
>If it is a leaky replacement plug, I'll be a bit upset.


The problem is partly of my own making.  I remember
some posts from a while ago complaining about the
costs of these silicone plugs for the exit ports.

I noticed that I could cover a once-used set of these
with good tape, and still pull a good vacuum on the
cartridge.  So I decided to reuse them.  This is 
probably frowned-upon by WeInk, but who cares?

Doing that, you have a dilemma when it comes time
to plug the cartridge in the printer.  Leave the
tape on, or peel it off first?

If you choose the first option, the inlet nipples
have to pierce the tape.  I was only a bit 
concerned that a) they would do so cleanly, and
b) do so without screwing up the inlet nipples 
somehow.  If you choose the 2nd option, you 
may lose some ink, and that nice air-free zone
you worked so hard to create in the bottom of
the cartridge.

So.. I plugged the cart in first, with the tape
still in place.  An hour later, like a fool, I
changed my mind.  Removed the cart, removed the
tape, re-inserted the cart.

This is when I started noticing the black ink on
the nozzle checks.  The ink was pretty deep inside
the cartridge holder, around the inlet nozzle --
at least 1/16" deep, maybe more.

I wouldn't say the WeInk plugs are defective, but
it seems that they're only good for a single
use.  Perhaps I made a stupid decision pulling off
the tape...  (I was worried that, even after an 
overnight wait, I'd still be out of business.)


rafe b.
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