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Advice please
- Thread starter glenpen
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rayf6604
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I presume not working means no ink is flowing. Has the cartridge been punctured to allow the ink out? If so give it a good shake and see if any ink splashes out. Try using the ink converter instead if you've got bottled ink 
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Penpal
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So far Rays suggestion makes sense.
Peter
Peter
bluntchisel
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Ray has given sound advice, as usual. If these checks don't cure the problem then have a look to ensure that the cartridge piercers are in place. Of course they should be, but maybe there was a cock-up at the factory and a batch has gone out with a defect in them. Most likely fault will be that the inks in the cartridges have dried, and Ray has covered that.
Bob.
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wm460
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Ink dried up in cartridge?
chas_41_uk
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What Ray says just about sums it up 
I have had the same issue with a few fountain pens, I am not a great believer in shaking or splashing and being in a hurry to get them working.
Pressing hard on the nib is another one I have heard to get ink flowing.I just leave them standing on a bit of paper for a few hours, it soon starts working f its own accord.
Of the pens I have shifted given the same advise and nobody has come back complaining.
I never ink them up before getting rid, let the punter do that for themselves, that way they know they have a new pen with all the problems it may bring.
Pressing hard on the nib is another one I have heard to get ink flowing.I just leave them standing on a bit of paper for a few hours, it soon starts working f its own accord.
Of the pens I have shifted given the same advise and nobody has come back complaining.
I never ink them up before getting rid, let the punter do that for themselves, that way they know they have a new pen with all the problems it may bring.
Penpal
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Making and selling fountains requires much thought before embarking IMHO another ball game one needing an arsenal of equipment to back them up.That is to give a working product.
Peter.
Peter.