External Ink Waste Container Increases Clogging?

0.45um and 0.1um

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Seems like what i expected, also it seems the largest syringe filter is 0.45

You said you used a .8 micron, but I can't find it on ebay.

Perhaps, forum member pharmacist can explain about filter types?

You'd have to get them from a scientific supply company like Fisher Scientific.
I sometimes had to pre filter through the 0.8 and finish up through the either the 0.45um
My boss was picky enough to ask me to go to a 0.2 or 0.1um

We had to pre filler all the culture media components and the final media before inoculating it.

Our research was about Mycoplasmas and the deceases they cause. They are the only bacterial family that does not have a cell wall. So due to their pleomorphic properties, they can force themselves through a pore size as small as 0.2um where regular normal bacteria with rigid cell walls can not.

Common mycoplasmas as well as fungal spores are one of the most common contaminators of bacterial and cell cultures, thus all the pre inoculation precautions.

Joe

Not to mention mycoplasma causing atypical pneumonia, AKA "walking" pneumonia.

Ah.... We actually discovered that particular species! We did the most complete study of atypical pneumonia except the pneumonia this particular strain caused usually ends up in death because not too many hospitals were able to ID the bug.
Though it is easily treated with Doxycycline.
Look up Mycloplasma Incognitus which is a sub strain of the more common mycoplasma fermentans.
It has been tied to the original reports of Gulf War Syndrome. All of this took place in my lab at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

But since none of this has nothing to do with the original title of the thread, maybe we should get back to the original subject. Just sayin!

Joe

Oh I was sick with mycoplasma myself. The diagnostic is simple blood test. But in my country you have to go to a private clinic and the diagnostic blood test is not cheap (it is cheaper to buy the drug).
If one family member has it, then all of them have to drink the antibiotic because the mycoplasma can be very well hidden in any of your family member and they can have no symptoms.

I would say Doxycycline causes teeth problems, and has very many side efects, like all tetracycline group. You should use a drug that is called SUMAMED 500, just 2 pills and the drug keeps working for a week! It has less side effects but is very strong, therefore a better option is to use 250 version of the drug. There are 2x more doses but the effect is the same.

You probably had M fermentans.
The incognitus strain was causing a very difficult to diagnose pneumonia no one could detect it or culture it. Thus the name incognitus!
Doxi is pretty bad indeed. But it worked and saved lives if administered early enough.
OK enough already!!!!LOL! I am going to have nightmerish flashbacks!

Mycoplasma pneumonia is the typical causative organism of atypical pneumonias in the USA particularly in those under 40 years. Treatment with Azythromycin, also known as Sumamed in parts of the world, is a firstline medication though I would never give just a one time dose despite the long half-life of the antibiotic. What is acceptable medical care in one country, the standard of care, may be different in another and often is.

Doxycycline is a fantastic antibiotic. It should not be used in those whose teeth are not mature - less than 8 years of age - or in pregnant women unless the risk of enamel damage is outweighed by specific benefit. As with any medication - ALL of which act to poison some process in the body to work - Doxy has side effects which are usually GI in origin for most. Also, you are at increased risk for sunburn.

One other thing about Doxycycline is unintended consequences, shortages of Doxy and other life saving meds are occurring now due to decreased production overall for a variety of reasons, most having to do with politicians and attorneys making production and distribution more expensive (let alone research and development of new meds). Manufacturing plants have decreased and shortages are occurring with regularity. Also, pricing can vary wildly for this once dirt cheap and still effective medication.

Mycloplasma incognitus looks to be a nasty little bugger what with its long dormancy, difficulty in detecting, and effects. Thank goodness it is not common in the US in the general population. Fantastic job figuring it out, toolman! On your birthday we should all pitch in and get you a bunsen burner and a test tube.

stratman said:

On your birthday we should all pitch in and get you a bunsen burner and a test tube.

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No need to stratman,
Joe has gone all modern now with electric, to do his own toast bread..

Well I have hunted a pixma 6600D in mint condition. I took it's printhead and put into my 6700D. Ran 2 cleaning cycles, everything is good. Nozzle check perfect.

I than leave the printer overnight, and when I print A6 photo I get this:

Seems like ink mixed when printhead was left idling. Since I printed perfect nozzle check after a week or so on 6600D with same printhead, the problem seems to be that 6700D has waste ink container fitted to it. So I think the ink does not drain fully or there is some sort of barometric pressure influence like the waste ink container pulling ink on it's own etc. But since my waste ink container has air way this should never happen !

My waste ink container is here
http://www.printerknowledge.com/thr...container-increases-clogging.8275/#post-64613
What do you think?

BTW - regarding the installation of waste ink tanks:
What about the level of the tank? Could you simply use any bottle and stick it with velcro at the side of the printer, which means that the tubing goes up before entering the tank:
http://www.inkrepublic.com/KnowledgeBase/images/1280-W14.jpg
Or may it be important to install a sort of tank which inlet is positioned as low as possible, like a printer potty for example?
I haven't heard of any objections against the simple first alternative yet, but...?