Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Jimbo.
I can see that I'm not out of the woods yet. I live in the New York, but
we've already had the steam heat up .... it dries out everything very fast.
I have 2 5gal buckets of water in my 9x12' work room, with old towels
wicking the moisture out from mid Nov - March (our heating season). So, I
did have that going backwards thing happen. The magenta rectangle looked
fine for a while and then crapped out. Other colors followed suit.

The power clean seems to have worked, but now I have a weird ... what looks
like solarization thing going on... but I've been playing a lot with split
toning & need to get back to the drawing board.

On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 8:21 PM, jimbo <mrjimbo@...> wrote:

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>
> Lew,
> Just got in from working outside with the horses..
> Anyway, the 4xxx series printers do not have pressurized carts.. So they
> can
> be a bit temperamental getting back on track.. At this time of year the
> humidity is down etc so they plug up easier.. So if your doing a nozzle
> check and this results in doing a few regular cleaning and then on your
> next
> nozzle check it seems to be going backwards ...well what's going on is the
> ink reservoirs aren't full in the head.. The best thing to do when you see
> that is stop.. and be patient.. I put a moistened paper towel (using
> simple
> green) under the head to keep the inks from drying out.. It's kind of a
> PIA
> process with this series printer but it works.. Power cleaning will
> usually
> get you there also but in my personal experience at the cost of a few
> hundred bucks in ink and a waste cart. So I do the patience method.. It
> has
> never taken me more then 2 days (yup worst case) to get it going but it's
> never failed not once. I'm in a really humidity impaired area so at times
> it's a zoo keeping the Epson's going.. One thing that has been mentioned
> here previously and I'll do it again is to put a silver ware tray that is
> maybe 2 1/2 wide x 2 high x 15 long..( your favorite kitchen store) .fit
> it
> with a sponge and soak that with water and put that in your printer when
> it's not in use. It honestly makes a difference.. no kidding.. Power
> cleanings are actually more effective on the 7xxx/9xxx series as they have
> pressurized carts .. for the little guys (4xxx) diligence and patience
> seem
> to be the best..
>
> jimbo
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lew Schwartz" <lew1716@...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 5:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 4880 Nozzles Still CLogged
>
> > Ok, I'll give it a shot. The 1st Head Cleaning reported the maint tank at
> > 18%, now, 4 cycles later it's "nearly full."
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 7:03 PM, George Pappas
> > <george@...>wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Lew,
> >>
> >> Power cleaning is the way to go..3x will totally flush out your lines
> and
>
> >> print heads. If you have the remote panel software, do it from your
> >> computer. Make sure that you have enough ink and capacity in your
> >> maintenance tank.
> >>
> >> Best Regards,
> >>
> >> George
> >>
> >>
> >> On Nov 11, 2012, at 6:45 PM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716@...> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I've left my 4880 idle for too long and now I repeatedly have this
> >> message.
> >> > I've done Auto Nozzle Check and Head Cleaning 5x now. I ->GUESS<- a
> >> > Power
> >> > cleaning is the next step, but I've never done one and would
> appreciate
> >> > some input from the list.
> >> > Thanks!
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-Lew Schwartz


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