Digital BW, The Print

> " I believe Epson instructs the customer to gently shake the desktop cart
> before installing. "
>
> Yes and at least the Epson R1900 carts, actually have a loose ball bearing
> inside them to aid agitation when shaking.

I don't think you need to shake carts in a small Epson - the constant 
whizzing backwards and forwards while printing does it for you, and the 
ballbearing is there to improve this even more.

bob F.