Pilot 78G Cartridge, Which Way In?

[Lamyrada]

So, i received my first 78g with a box of carts. One side of the cart is wider than the other. Which way should i insert it in?

 

I don't think it should matter, but i see some kind of curved protrusion or lip inside the section that i think is there to puch the cart. As a matter of fact, due to that, the cart inserts somewhat tilted and i don't dare to push it too hard because i don't know which way it should go in. The thinnest end looks like eevry other cart i have seen, so i suppose it should enter that part first. But why is is so wide in the other end? Will the wider end match the lip inside?

Such a small detail has stopped me from using it until i get an answer.

What a newbie!

Edited September 15, 2014 by Lamyrada

[usk15]

the wider side in the section :

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nXCeWVGCw9M/UG3r_5mQOoI/AAAAAAAABtQ/_KgjP3FuIrQ/s1600/PN-Fermo-Blue-5.jpg

[KBeezie]

There's a sort of 'stick' or curve that sticks out of the section of the pen. When you press the wide opened end in (ie: the one shown with the most whiteness above), that stick pushes aside the plastic disc inside allowing the ink to flow past. There is no hole or such to be punctured, just the disc turned when inserted into the pen.

 

One of the main reasons I like Pilot C/C setup is because the ink channel is so wide the only real bottleneck is the feed itself, not the cartridge.

Edited September 15, 2014 by KBeezie

[Icywolfe]

The only problem to the Pilot c/c system is the air bubble that can format if you ink too fast and the air bubble stops the ink flow. Platinum doesn't have the issue but their nipple is a bit smaller. Both have the bottleneck of the feed.

[kidde]

The Goulet's photo shows a Pilot cartridge. What you describe sounds like a LAMY cart. Pilot carts are proprietary, unless it is something like the MR which uses international.

Top to bottom:

LAMY

Pilot

Platinum

Sheaffer

International short

 

There are others, Parker and Sailor for instance, that I don't have any of (so far).

 

Paul

[Icywolfe]

unless it is something like the MR which uses international.

 

Not all MRs use STD carts though.

 

Also it seems like they are describing a Pilot Cart. go put a Pilot cart the wrong way in. It was title to the opposite side of that pusher thingy.