I just read a recommendation from one of the refill ink and cart suppliers. They commented that one thing worth considering was to have a back up cart for each color their waiting so that instead of refilling the exact cart that has just reported low ink to the printer, you just pull that one out and insert the one you have ready to go. I kinda' like the idea. You would not even be considering filling carts in the printer under those circumstances yet would not worry about air getting to the print head for any length of time either.
Then you refill the one you pulled at your leisure, put it in your stock and wait for that position to report needing a refill again.
That actually sounded like a pretty good idea to me. Sure you would have to purchase two empty carts per color but that is not bad. Not sure you would not want a way to deal with a defective or damaged cart anyway. You would then be committed to filling outside of the printer which is frankly an idea I like. I guess the way these things are designed, once you have achieved prime for the cart, as long as you don't let it fall to completely empty you can store it and it will remain primed. Is that everybody's understanding? That is one thing that has so far been something of a surprise to me. Every time I go to a web site and view the products available there, the refill carts look different. I would not have thought there are so many different refill cart designs out there. They all appear to be damper carts. Some have a separate hole in the bottom with a door that you lift during the priming process. Others have a nozzle that you attach to your syringe. I think those have you prime by inserting that nozzle right through the ink valve at the bottom of the cart instead of having a separate hole there for that purpose. Some have little doors over the filler holes that are actually attached to the cart so you just open them instead of pulling off a cap. I am just staggered by the number of different refillable damper carts out there just for my printer. You would think the ink suppliers would have one or two guys to go to to get their carts and that would be it. Clearly these are coming from different places more often than they are different quality levels of carts coming from the same places.
I am wondering if anybody is already using this process of having filled color carts ready to go as opposed to filling as they report low ink. I would like to try to do it this way. One thing that does bother me about the epson carts (mine is an artisan 837) is that there is no holder or foot or platform made to support the cart outside of the printer. I would love to be able to put the carts onto something that would hold the cart up in its normal orientation without being in the printer.
Do you think if one were doing this it would make sense to wrap a filled cart in a sheet of cellophane in order to help keep air from getting to the ink an keep ink from leaking anywhere. Maybe cello and then a ziplock bag? What do you guys think?
Then you refill the one you pulled at your leisure, put it in your stock and wait for that position to report needing a refill again.
That actually sounded like a pretty good idea to me. Sure you would have to purchase two empty carts per color but that is not bad. Not sure you would not want a way to deal with a defective or damaged cart anyway. You would then be committed to filling outside of the printer which is frankly an idea I like. I guess the way these things are designed, once you have achieved prime for the cart, as long as you don't let it fall to completely empty you can store it and it will remain primed. Is that everybody's understanding? That is one thing that has so far been something of a surprise to me. Every time I go to a web site and view the products available there, the refill carts look different. I would not have thought there are so many different refill cart designs out there. They all appear to be damper carts. Some have a separate hole in the bottom with a door that you lift during the priming process. Others have a nozzle that you attach to your syringe. I think those have you prime by inserting that nozzle right through the ink valve at the bottom of the cart instead of having a separate hole there for that purpose. Some have little doors over the filler holes that are actually attached to the cart so you just open them instead of pulling off a cap. I am just staggered by the number of different refillable damper carts out there just for my printer. You would think the ink suppliers would have one or two guys to go to to get their carts and that would be it. Clearly these are coming from different places more often than they are different quality levels of carts coming from the same places.
I am wondering if anybody is already using this process of having filled color carts ready to go as opposed to filling as they report low ink. I would like to try to do it this way. One thing that does bother me about the epson carts (mine is an artisan 837) is that there is no holder or foot or platform made to support the cart outside of the printer. I would love to be able to put the carts onto something that would hold the cart up in its normal orientation without being in the printer.
Do you think if one were doing this it would make sense to wrap a filled cart in a sheet of cellophane in order to help keep air from getting to the ink an keep ink from leaking anywhere. Maybe cello and then a ziplock bag? What do you guys think?
