Pens stop writing very quickly (1 Viewer)

[snail489]

Anyone else have this problem? And I mean VERY quickly - my pens stop working after like 3-4 pages, sometimes less. I've tried all different sorts of pens too (well, except fountain pens since those are expensive). Used all different brands and models of pens - Papermate Kilometrico, Papermate Inkjoy, BIC Round stick (these are the only ones that don't instantly die - they tend to write for at least a week), the Uni-Ball Jetstream SX-217 I ordered yesterday already stopped writing. God I hope all my pens don't instantly die during the English papers. Anyone able to help?

edit: I should clarify: the issue is not that the ink runs out, because whenever I open ANY of these pens I find a cartridge full of ink. Regardless, the pen stops writing even with all of the ink remaining.

 

[photastic]

2 Inkjoys lasted me for the entire HSC exam period and I write really hard. How hard do you write?

 

[InteGrand]

Anyone else have this problem? And I mean VERY quickly - my pens stop working after like 3-4 pages, sometimes less. I've tried all different sorts of pens too (well, except fountain pens since those are expensive). Used all different brands and models of pens - Papermate Kilometrico, Papermate Inkjoy, BIC Round stick (these are the only ones that don't instantly die - they tend to write for at least a week), the Uni-Ball Jetstream SX-217 I ordered yesterday already stopped writing. God I hope all my pens don't instantly die during the English papers. Anyone able to help?

Buy a LOT of pens to use during HSC period. Inkjoys are nice for writing with but they do run out fast, so need to have a supply of at least 20 of them I'd say, to be safe.

 

[snail489]

2 Inkjoys lasted me for the entire HSC exam period and I write really hard. How hard do you write?

I press down somewhat hard when I write, but even when I hold the pen lightly and write they still tend to stop writing.

Buy a LOT of pens to use during HSC period. Inkjoys are nice for writing with but they do run out fast, so need to have a supply of at least 20 of them I'd say, to be safe.

Should've clarified - the issue is NOT that the ink runs out. Every single one of these pens that stop writing - when I open them up I find a cartridge full of ink.

 

[dan964]

Anyone else have this problem? And I mean VERY quickly - my pens stop working after like 3-4 pages, sometimes less. I've tried all different sorts of pens too (well, except fountain pens since those are expensive). Used all different brands and models of pens - Papermate Kilometrico, Papermate Inkjoy, BIC Round stick (these are the only ones that don't instantly die - they tend to write for at least a week), the Uni-Ball Jetstream SX-217 I ordered yesterday already stopped writing. God I hope all my pens don't instantly die during the English papers. Anyone able to help?

edit: I should clarify: the issue is not that the ink runs out, because whenever I open ANY of these pens I find a cartridge full of ink. Regardless, the pen stops writing even with all of the ink remaining.

Get a clear plastic zip lock bag with a stack of different pens, if I dies you have plenty.

 

[photastic]

I press down somewhat hard when I write, but even when I hold the pen lightly and write they still tend to stop writing.



Should've clarified - the issue is NOT that the ink runs out. Every single one of these pens that stop writing - when I open them up I find a cartridge full of ink.

Tried testing them again, like scribbling left and right rigorously?

 

[snail489]

Get a clear plastic zip lock bag with a stack of different pens, if I dies you have plenty.

Yeah, that's what I had to do for my trials. I got so sick of the pens running out that I just brought with me an unused pack of 20 pens.

Tried testing them again, like scribbling left and right rigorously?

Yep. They write for like one sentence, then it rapidly fades out and stops writing. All of them behave like this. Maybe it's something to do with the way I write? I tend to hold my pen at a 45-degree angle to the page which I don't think is the usual way people write.

 

[photastic]

Yeah, that's what I had to do for my trials. I got so sick of the pens running out that I just brought with me an unused pack of 20 pens.



Yep. They write for like one sentence, then it rapidly fades out and stops writing. All of them behave like this. Maybe it's something to do with the way I write? I tend to hold my pen at a 45-degree angle to the page which I don't think is the usual way people write.

Because I remembered I had the same issue with Inkjoy but the Ink always clogged somewhere so the ink never passed through so I just cleaned where it was clogged and 45-degree angle isn't usual.

 

[astroman]

If your pen died, hold the nip in the flame of a lighter for about 2 secs, it should be like new.

 

[snail489]

If your pen died, hold the nip in the flame of a lighter for about 2 secs, it should be like new.

Tried that before, just tried it again. The pen writes for like a minute again, then it stops writing.

 

[astroman]

Tried that before, just tried it again. The pen writes for like a minute again, then it stops writing.

are u left handed by any chance?

 

[astroman]

http://www.wikihow.com/Restart-a-Dry-Ball-Point-Pen

 

[snail489]

are u left handed by any chance?

Right-handed, but I've been told that I hold my pen similarly to a left-hander before (I think in the sense that the right side of my hand "leans" against the paper when I write - like a left-hander but opposite I guess?)

http://www.wikihow.com/Restart-a-Dry-Ball-Point-Pen

Tried most of these methods too but the same shit happens . I'll try the ones I haven't attempted later.

 

[Chris_S]

Got a new pack of 10 pens for the exams I am now set!

 

[BLIT2014]

Well I find pens run out fairly quickly for me, despite containing enough ink!

 

[astroman]

Got a new pack of 10 pens for the exams I am now set!

which one's?

 

[Chris_S]

Papermate Kilometrico ELITE! lol. They write mighty smooth, are super light and cheap!