Digital BW, The Print

Have you tried this cleaning procedure?  Apparently there is a fair bit of
variability in the desktop printer heads.  I've been lucky that I've had 5
printers that worked well so far...but they haven't lasted for ever.  Its
possible that the intermittent nature of your problem might be humidity
related...you might want to get a gauge and track that.

Robert

On 5/28/02 10:01 AM, "Simon Lamb" <simon@...> wrote:

> I get microbanding on an 1160 that has only done about 100 prints.  One day I
> see microbands, the next it prints fine.  It is intermittent and I cannot find
> a solution other than try again another day, which isn't ideal.  I hope the
> heads are not about to die as it is a relatively new printer.
> 
> Simon
> Robert Morrison wrote:
> 
> The print head is on its way out...make sure you have its replacement ready.
> What epson would do is a 9:1 distilled water/clear household ammnoia flush
> with a tygon tube connected to the inkjet inlet.  Put a couple of ml through
> each jet...with gentle syringe pressure.
> 
> I just had two 1160's die this way in the last couple of weeks...these
> desktop machines are disposable printers...the flush didn't help...but
> perhaps they were already too far gone.  Both printers had done several
> thousand prints.
> 
> Robert
> 
> On 5/28/02 9:36 AM, "Julian Thomas" <julianthomas@...> wrote:
> 
>> OK, matte and gloss papers, output dpi of 526 (tried changing this) , great
>> head checks, and I'm getting visible microbanding ona number of files. Done
>> the windex trick. Any ideas - or is it one of those where i switch off and
>> wait?? I've had this before but changing the dpi (thanks Nij) helped
> 
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