Digital BW, The Print

well, with both piezo and Fs, after a glossy paper session I always have
clogs - with piezo it could go on for days. It is better with the lever in
the + position but it still happens. With matte papers it just doesn't
happen like that.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Morrison" <rmorrison@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Brightcube semi matte


> This eventually happens with all pigment inks systems regardless of paper
> choice.  I'd be very careful about inferring that printing on a particular
> paper killed a printer.  Regular maintenance is a necessary part of quad
> printing...but printers have a limited life span...my guess is that many
of
> us are printing on borrowed time.  I recently had three printers go down
in
> one week.  That said, the person that I know that does regular (at least
> monthly) maintenance has a 1160 that has been printing quads (with Cone
> inks) through a CIS non-stop for 1.5 years...a lot of prints.
>
> Robert
>
> On 7/12/02 9:03 AM, "Julian Thomas" <julianthomas@...> wrote:
>
> > Using pig inks there can be a build up on the nozzles that hardens - if
you
> > don't clean every batch the heads dye. 240euros for a new head and
cleaning
> > all the windex floating around the inside!
> >
> > Julian
>
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