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Re: Banding at start and end of the print - Epson 1430 + Eboni inks
2015-09-23 by paulmwhiting@...
My nozzle checks are perfect... we can rule that out. I'm still on a pint of Eb v.1 that I bought in Dec. 2013, and its expiration date is this coming December - doesn't look like that would be the end of the run. I may use some after the expiration date. I'm going to mix up a fresh batch of C6 the next couple of days. My 125ml bottles are empty As for putting some of the inks in the Toner category, that's over my head! And there are two such categories, right? I think I'll pass on that option till I get to know QTR better! My black is ok now, don't know what turned the trick there.
Boy I wish we could do photos on this group... some folks use Dropbox. Anyway, I'm sorry but I can't find those transport rollers. I've looked in that area thoroughly with a bright flashlight but I can't see the transport rollers. I do see a row of very thin rollers, say 1 or 2 mm in diameter, across the whole width of that area, on the other side of the "well" from the pizza wheels.
As for exit rollers: When I look down below, into the exit area of the printer I can see a row of small rubber rollers, one under each pizza wheel. So when we say "both rollers" that would include the ones I can't find and and what's under the pizza wheel rollers? I've never cleaned those, never noticed them till now. Even though it's cramped quarters, I'm sure I can clean those. But how would you clean the pizza wheels?
I do know what you mean by the large original feed roller... I've found that one needs cleaning every so often when it doesn't grab the paper and lets the paper shoot right on through without printing. And if doesn't quite grab, yes, it does leave a big mark on light portions of the print.
The reason I'm zeroing in on cleaning the rollers is because apparently if I wasn't getting banding top and bottom when the printer was newer, so, all else being ok, the banding points toward the rollers. Right?
Thanks for putting up with all this... there ought to be a book with illustrations - how about "Epson printers for Dummies"?
Paul W.