oliser MS Soho, Manual

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1) ADDRESSING 29, 14, 26 TYPE CARTRIDGES
a) Buying an empty and seeing whether it is suitable for
recycling
· test contacts and only recycle cartridges with 1 or 2 jets mis-firing (Does your tester do this?), our MS-56E
tester perfectly offers this solution: http://www.oliser-tr.com/equipment/mstester56.htm
· Look with 20x or 30x eyeglass (do you have one?) to see if any scratches on the GOLD nozzle plate as go -
ing across any of the 49 ~ 51 jet holes (these quantity of jet-holes vary from cartridge to cartridge, based on
their OEM design) if so, the cartridge will misfire and cause a streak, as it will, because the jet-hole is im -
paired or made imperfect by the scratch which mis-forms the perfectly round shape into another shape.
· Slightly steam the head to clear path for the next test (you may use our MS-Steam / MS-Vapour:
http://www.oliser-tr.com/equipment/steam.htm
· You can also mildly steam the mazehole hole to clear possibilities of blockages as a safety net
· Have NO water or fluid in the cleaning / filling / evacuation stations on the machine (ECO) and inflate
and deflate the cartridge up to 10 times in the filling side. This may be performed by placing the said car -
tridge into the 29 type filling cradle and by lifting and depressing the red lever. This will test the integrity of
the bag (bladder) and the pneumatic integrity of the vessel; weeding out cartridge that have a) blown valves
on cartridge top b) or those that have cracks, that are usually present between the transparent base and
colour lid (this defect is normally not visible or noticeable with the naked eye)
If at this stage all of the above are seen to be in order, then “voila”, your cartridge will fill, test and sell as a
grade “A” cartridge
b) Cleaning and filling the cartridge
· Steam nozzle
· Steam mazehole
· Have hot water (100% pure, i.e. de-ionized water that is free of any other chemicals, you may attain
this with our MS-H20 purifier: http://www.oliser-tr.com/supplies/h2opurifier.htm) @ 50 ~ 60 degrees Celsius
in a bottle. We recommend that you purchase a thermometer or alternatively buy an oven thermometer, they
are cheap - to regulate your water temperature. NB: if the water temperature exceeds 60~70 degrees Cel -
sius, you may melt the internal bladder and render the cartridges worthless.
· Introduce pure water into the vessel using the cleaning station
· We recommend that you half to two-thirds fill the cartridge. If you totally fill the cartridge, there will
be no room left over for the next step;
· Shake the cartridge about to create a washing machine effect; effectively the hot water (pure water)
will breakdown hard pigment powder residue left in the cartridge into a dissolved format, much like sugar in
tea, so as to allow it to freely pass through the tiny jets as a pure liquid in the evacuation process
· Then evacuate the dirty water in the cartridge using the evacuation station
· If the cartridge does not look like the queen of England could eat off the inside, it is NOT ready to fill
!!!
· You may need to repeat the process of cleaning UP TO 7 times in order to get it clean. This is normally
excessive and normally applies to multi-filled cartridges where a great deal of sediment build-up has gathered.
· Failure to clean the cartridge 100% will result in pigment powder blocking the inside channel (plenum)
into the jet area and will impede ink-flow and the possibility of a good and continuous print
· When all of the above have been observed and are in order, and the bag’s integrity has been moni -
tored throughout the cleaning process (as bags do blow during cleaning periodically), you can go to fill -
ing............remember that when we speak of monitoring the bag, we mean during the cleaning process the
valve on the top of lid can blow, much like a car or bicycle tyre tube valve would. Also slight cracks between
the lid and transparent body of cartridge might appear (not that you can see them)
· The next step is to click the spotlessly clean empty cartridge into the filling cradle
· Start the fill