Digital BW, The Print

Jerry-

Hearing that it sat for 9 months, I would offer one more suggestion 
that saved a old old "new" printer for me.

Put a couple of cleaning carts in and run a purge file every day or 
so and at the same time, re-soak the pad where the heads rest.

I did this for about 2 1/2 weeks and then tried some ink again (I 
used OEM ink since a lot of people think it has something in it that 
is a clog buster). 

This sounds like a lot to do, but it just takes a couple of minutes 
every day.

Good luck.

Tom O'Connell

TomOC@...
www.thomasoconnell.com



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson 
<jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> Hi Paul, 
> 
> No, it doesn't print a clean purge pattern.
> 
> Around the 75 percent black position, the pattern looks mottled, or
> speckly, sort of like the texture you'd get by dragging a drybrush
> loaded with black lightly over the 75 percent black strip.  I just
> printed an entire sheet of 13x19 paper using 75 percent black for 
the
> whole sheet.  In places, it still bands, and has that mottle 
effect. 
> When printing a gradient from black to white, if you stand back 
about 6
> feet, all you can see is black, middle gray and very light 
gray/white.
> Only 3 different colors. there's a fairly sharp delineation between 
the
> 3 tones, and from 6 feet, it almost looks like a sharp line. 
Something
> is very wrong with this printer. (Printing from RGB with your cool 
curve.)
> 
> I think I'll get another 1280 and get a profile for it on Eclipse 
satine
> paper using epson inks. 
> 
> Even the black patch isn't all that black from my 1160 now. It sat
> unused for over 9 months, so I suppose that's what did it in.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Paul Roark wrote:
> > 
> > Jerry,
> > 
> > Does your 1160 print clean purge patterns?  My 1160, just before 
totally
> > biting the dust, would give a good nozzle check but could not 
sustain the
> > performance long enough to give a solid purge pattern after about 
1/4 inch
> > of printing.
> > 
> > The total cost of my 1160 repair -- new heads -- was $188.
> > 
> > Paul
> > http://www.PaulRoark.com
> > 
> > __________________________________________________
> >   -----Original Message-----
> >   From: Jerry Olson [mailto:jerryolson@r...]
> >   Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 6:12 PM
> >   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...
> >   Subject: [Digital BW] Am giving up on my 1160...
> > 
> >   I just did everything ever mentioned on the list about cleaning 
the 1160
> >   printer. Everything. Amazingly, nozzle checks and head 
alignment are
> >   perfect. I still have corduroy type banding in and around the 
75 percent
> >   black position,  almost looks like a dry brush dragged across 
the paper
> >   in perfect 1/8 inch bands, and cannot get rid of it. I suppose 
it is
> >   about time to give it up and order another 1280.  I've squirted 
pure
> >   ammonia through the heads, and did all the other tricks 
mentioned on the
> >   list and in the archives. I usually never have had trouble with 
quad
> >   inks on a 1160 printer.
> > 
> >   Out of curiosity, has anyone ever printed on Eclipse satine 
paper, 1280
> >   printer, and Epson's BLACK ink only?  Is there still 
metamerism? Can you
> >   use 2880 with mat paper if you set the media setting for glossy?
> > 
> >   Thanks,
> > 
> >   Jerry
> > 
> >   frankg_photo wrote:
> >   >
> >   > MIS cfs quad system:
> >   > I havent used my 1160 in quite a while and I suspect that is 
the
> >   > reason for the 'black' ink clog.
> >   > I placed a few drops of Windex on the parking pad and let it 
sit for
> >   > a number of hours.
> >   > I have tried the properties>utility cleaning cycles and the 
hardware
> >   > (printer button) cleaning cycle to no avail - and also to let 
it
> >   > stand for hours.
> >   > I have also printed the MIS 4 col purge and the MIS black 
purge
> >   > patterns.
> >   > Now I'm thinking to try the t-shirt with windex under the 
head trick -
> >   > anyone care to go over this with me ?
> >   > thanks
> >   > Frank
> >   >
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