Digital BW, The Print

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From: Sylvain <sylvain@grainsdefolie.net>
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, July 6, 2010 2:52:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 1400 - yet more problems

  
Wow. Your printer is werd. I've got a 1400 too, with Eboni and UT14 inks (Eb1400 kit from Paul Roark) and everything is perfect. I only had to make the alignment while installing the printer (brand new).

Hope this helps...

S.

Le mar 06/07/10 09:42, mike-theprint@... a écrit:
> Hello folks,
> 
> I'm using an Epson 1400 with MIS UT14, and I've been having some
> quality
problems. I'm starting to wonder if something is wrong with the
> printer,
because the head alignment and nozzle check sheets have some
> artifacts,
and so I thought I'd ask other 1400 owners if they also get them. I've
> seen these artifacts in sheets from two 1400s, so I assumed they were
> normal; but both were refubished units, so... Yeah.
> 
> I've taken some pictures of the nozzle check and print head alignment
> prints and put them up here:
> 
> 
> http://waspfactory.org/~mike/1400/
> If you take a look at printheadalignment.jpg you'll see a couple of
> things: The first is all of the squares have a horizontal white line a
> few lines up from the bottom, a problem I've had with every alignment
> sheet I've ever printed. The second is new: squares in the second and
> especially third line are smeared, which should be clearly visible in
> alignmentdetail.jpg. That showed up after using dry bias tape
> (probably
a mistake).
> 
> The other problem is visible in the nozzlecheck.jpg; if you look at
> the
bottom-right segment of the leftmost check pattern (what would be
> black
with color ink), you'll see that it has a slight gap - it doesn't
> touch
the segment to its left, but is insted a bit too far down. Again, this
> has always happened.
> 
> Do other Epson 1400 owners get these in their nozzle checks and
> alignment sheets?
> 
> In my prints, I'm seeing faint lines parallel to the motion of the
> head,
more noticable in darker midtones, but present in all the channels if
> I
print a purging pattern. It looks very much like what I'd expect from
> a
clogged nozzle, but the nozzle checks show no actual holes, and
> multiple
cleanings and many, many alignments sheets haven't helped. Nor has
> bias
tape soaked with Windex (in addition to the dry stuff).
> 
> The moral of the story is probably going to be "buying a refurb was a
> false economy, nitwit" because boy howdy have I wasted a lot of time
> on
this thing. It's frustrating because I can tell that if I can get it
> working reliably I can get some really great prints out of it (or at
> least the limiting factors will be my skill and talent rather than the
> device).
> 
> Thanks for reading my novella of a post :)
> 
> -- 
> | Mike Acar | | mike at waspfactory dot org
> |
> 
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