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Re: Horizontal lines in print

2010-04-13 by pr_roark

mike-theprint@... wrote:

> I've been using UT14 in my 1400 printer ... have a problem.
> 
> ... a purge pattern on a ... Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Luster. >... light magenta: ... started out nice and smooth, and then 
> after a quarter inch of printing, developed some horizonal 
> banding, which has persisted
> in every print since, despited repeated head cleanings.
 
> http://waspfactory.org/~mike/pics/lines-in-purge.jpg  ...

> The squiggly white line there concerns me a bit: ...

Do you have a dog?  That looks like the Retriever hair that wrecks havoc on my printers (though usually not a clog).  Try some bias tape soaked in Windex pulled back and forth under the head.  Also, try to wipe off the wiper blade.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

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