supposed to be opening Saturday !! Please help !!

[giftsne]

hi
im busy setting up a personalised gift shop...well i have 2 epson 1400's...i bought 2 ciss from coralgraph. Pigment ink in one for transfer printing onto dark and sub ink in the other for the subli tees and the gifts. I have briefly had both systems working but now the pigment ink 1400 is dumping blue ink all over the print..i mean a lot. Also the yellow has just stopped working. ive got rid of the bubbles that appeared overnight in the tube but still no print. I have exactly the same problem with the subink 1400. Dumping black ink all over and the yellow works one day then not the next.

Both 1400's are brand new...i put the supplied dyeink cart. in them both to see if it was the printer....but no they printed flawlessly.

Its defo the ciss systems , the ink or just me being a spanner and a complete noob.

Please could i ask for the help of the experts on this forum. Im desperate as im supposed to open Saturday and ive already delayed opening because of the problems im having.

EDIT
just read on another thread...i wonder if anyone could kindly provide me a link to a profile for the epson 1400...maybe this could be the problem...i dont know !!


thanks in advance

[Paul]

profile is not a problem in my opinion. please tell me one think. is you ciss on THIS SAME level as printer? or slightly rised?

[giftsne]

hi paul

ive got it level , but initially when it start dumping ink it was higher.....i realised that it needs to be level so ive leveled it and im still having the same problem

as i raise and lower the reservoir , i can see the ink going back and forth...if i have it level there are air bubbles emerging from the cart. towards the res.. ive tried to get it so its balanced but this means raising it slightly

[Paul]

this is NO NO! always on this same level. you need to get rid off the bobbles while ciss is on this same level. rising it up is not a solution as in this way you will flood your printer and loos valuable ink.

[giftsne]

so by "level" do you mean, the res standing on the same surface as the printer or do you mean the res slightly raised so its level with the cart. inside the printer??

[smitch6]

the ciss should sit on the same worktop as the printer

[Paul]

same level as printer.

[giftsne]

absolutely at my wits end here....i just cant seem to get the air out of the tubes..i suck it through with a seringe it all disappears...i put the bung back in and it creeps back up...ive made it far worse now as all the tubes have massive air in them

[smitch6]

did you prime the carts 1st?
there's a lot of air in there and can be a pain to get out

[bms]

If the Ciss is allowing air back in once you have filled the system them it sounds as though the ciss is leaking air. Have you contacted your supplier about this to get a replacement?