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Re: 3800 Nozzle Checks

2011-06-20 by richardeskin

Just a thought -- could it be due to settling?  Have you tried removing and gently shaking the cartridges?

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard Smallfield <rich_s@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I've got a strange phenomenon happening with my 3800.
> 
> Due to illness, my printer's had little use this year - but every 
> couple of weeks I do nozzle checks. I'm getting no gaps in the test 
> pattern, but the LM consistently has grey tinting in party of it - 
> requiring about ten nozzle checks with automatic cleaning cycles to clear.
> 
> If anyone has thoughts about how to avoid this problem, I'd be most 
> interested as I'm wasting a lot of ink with the checks/cleaning cycles.
> 
> Thanks,
> Richard
> 
> 
> ----
> Richard Smallfield Photography
> http://richardsmallfield.com
>

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