Digital BW, The Print

Sounds like air in the line or that cart. Try another M cart.

Mark
http://www.stillrivereditions.com

On Jan 1, 2012, at 4:49 PM, Arthur Fink wrote:

> 
> I've heard of printer heads drying out when not used regularly, but 
> this is just the opposite.
> 
> I had been printing all day on my Epson 4000 (sorry -- with color 
> inks!), when all of the sudden I got a bad print, with banding, 
> etc.  It looked like a clogged print head, and, indeed, a nozzle 
> check confirmed as much.
> 
> Two regular cleanings did nothing, but then a third seemed to produce 
> a good nozzle check.  But ... the next print was bad again, and 
> another nozzle check looked just as bad as before.
> 
> So ... I ran Epson's "Power Clean" (which I'm told is power profit 
> for Epson).  Now the Magenta part of the nozzle check is completely 
> blank.  Ough!
> 
> Any ideas
> 
>   1.    What to do?  (And, of course, I've got a hang a show
>         on Tuesday, for which I've not none several of the prints)
> 
>   2.    Why the nozzle would clog up in such a way.
> 
> Thanks for any help!
> 
> 
> Arthur Fink