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. - Please turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for instructions.