Digital BW, The Print

Eb6 dilute inks seldom clog as such.  It's usually air in the system.  See
if the gaps are always in the same place (probably clog) or change from
test to test (air/foam).  Doing too much "cleaning" will actually make
things worse.

One of the things that often works is to just let the system sit overnight.
 The foam should rise in the carts, with the ink going down to the outlet.

Of course, if the cart is defective and allowing air to get in around the
seal at the outlet.  Nothing may work.

I'm not a fan of auto-reset.  The chip information and actual ink level
seem to get out of sync. However, the 1400 carts I have from MIS have
worked fine.  They may, of course, have gone to a new supplier.

Needless to say, be sure the tap or plug that blocks the air inlets have
been removed.

Let me know how it goes.

Paul



On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 9:03 AM, jcphoto52 <jacques.caron@....ca>wrote:

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>
> Hi all,
> My days of printing BO are shrinking like crazy!
>
> I bought a new 1430 from Epson, two weeks ago and an EB6 kit from MIS. I
> kept the original inks and installed the MIS inks.
>
> Made some tests to see how I could print BO. I followed a lot of advices
> from the group and decided to order some Red River paper. In the meantime,
> I printed on Epson Velvet Fine Art for my tests. I was quite pleased with
> the results.
>
> Receiving my new paper, I followed one member's procedure, print a head
> pattern first; though luck, two "colors" are blocked. Start a cleaning
> session, and still, clogged. After three passes, ink level was too low so I
> refilled all the cartridges always following carefully MIS "How-to".
>
> Now I'm playing a toaster round with the printer; it's saying that this is
> not an original cartridge , so plug, unplug (went trough all of them!) and
> now, still a bit clogged, I see that it took a lot of ink and I will have
> to refill again!
>
> Is it supposed to work like this? I can see now that MIS's chips are not
> up-to-par with Epson and these "auto-resetting" chips are not working very
> well.
>
> From someone with a lot of darkened fingers! I would love to go with all
> the tests needed to be a proficient B&W printer but I'm a bit fed-up with
> this "ink system".
> Sorry if it's a bit long.
>
> Thanks
>
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