Digital BW, The Print

Hello,
I currently have not one, but two 1200s that I can't get a proper nozzle check from ... one of them's gone off to be serviced and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the other one - but it's been over a week with no joy, having tried all the tricks short of pulling out the head and soaking it (which I suspect I lack the intelligence to do!).

My questions are this:
1. Is inkflow more likely to be a problem on printers with a smaller droplet size? If that's the case, I would imagine the 1160 could be more reliable than my 1200s.
2. Is inkflow generally less problematic with a CIS than from refilling carts? I imagine that all the pulling out and putting in carts with the refills might add to my problems, as inkflow has to be continually restarted.

thanks,
Richard
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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard 
Smallfield <r.smallfield@p...> wrote:

> My questions are this:
> 1. Is inkflow more likely to be a problem on printers with a 
smaller droplet size? If that's the case, I would imagine the 1160 
could be more reliable than my 1200s.
> 2. Is inkflow generally less problematic with a CIS than from 
refilling carts? 

Richard,
I've been using an Epson 1160 with a CIS since about four years and 
still get perfect nozzle checks 9 times out of 10. And I use the 
printer one or two days a week.

I've used three different inksets so far (Original Piezo inkset, MIS-
FSN and now using MIS-UT) and made sure to replace the cartridges 
with new ones each time. I still use the original tubing from 
Nomorecarts and I replace the ink bottles somewhere at the 3/4" to 
5/8" level. These bottles sit on the same plane as the printer.

While I now get the bulk ink from MIS I still buy my blank cartridges 
from Inkjetmall. And it could be that the tubing from NomoreCarts 
(now going on 4 years) was of better quality than what MIS was 
selling at that time.

If I were to get an endless clog, I would make sure the cartridge 
were seated properly and next I would replace them.

HTH,
Andre