Digital BW, The Print

I use the 1280 with MIS FS inks, and find having to do nozzel 
cleaning every day rather frustrating. I am afraid it is not good for 
the printer head, not to mention pooling of ink that causes spurious 
appearance of ink at one corner of the traling edge of the paper. I 
tried raising the printer 1 inch on wood blocks, and placing a cookie 
tray loaded with a towel and water. No improvement! Now I have 
resorted to placing a highly absorbent kitchen towel moderately wet 
with water (not dripping) in the parinter carriage, to the left of 
the resting print head. I also keep the lid down, to the local 
humidity near the print head is high. This seems to have worked, and 
I have not had to do any cleaning cycles in the last 4 days (!).

I really hope this works long-term. Otherwise, I have been tempted to 
use the MediaStreet Enhanced Generation black, which apparently has 
significant dye content, and I surmise may be less prone to clogs. 
But then, I would have to redo my workflow completely, and I don't 
want to go there.

Shilesh Jani