Re: Ink Clots In bulk ink (was: Filling from the bottom)

[Ken Mantei <kmantei@csusb.edu>]

<x-flowed>>Ken Mantei wrote:
> >
> > I was surprised recently to discover, near the end of an 8 oz bottle
> > of refill ink from a vendor often mentioned here, a couple of little
> > "clots". It would not be fair to mention the vendor because I suspect
> > my syringe needle punched out a bit of sponge...
>
>Did it look like slimy water-mold or some other loose and gelatinous
>microbial colony, or did it look like well defined like sponge pieces. I
>once got an inkjet product that slowly developed such a growth; the
>vendor has addressed (and I believe...fixed) the problem.
>
>-- Ben Haskell

It blocked the syringe so I couldn't pull the plunger further. So I
shot it down the drain without looking carefully. In retrospect, I
think I was afraid I might discover something like you suggest,
which I think bodes more ill for me than sponge pieces. And I was in
a hurry. My info base is shaky but I thought mentioning the possibility
was worth a dozen lines. Before I microfiltered any ink I think I
would want to convince myself I wasn't creating debris with the
syringe tip that might undo that effort.   ---Ken

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