Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., BMercerTX@a... wrote:
> Jim Hayes,
> Many thanks for your help.

Sure- this stuff is painful, so I help when I have the knowledge, or 
think I have the knowledge<g>.

  All this week I have been soaking the 
1160 print 
> head and nothing was happening.

If you actually mean you detached the print head from the carriage as 
is a posted procedure on the MIS site (and I disagree with doing), you 
might want to have an Epson repair center (ie one with the special 
alignment software they won't sell me) do the two or three alignments 
to insure smooth printing. Some people get away without it, some seem 
to have problems.

If you mean putting a paper towel under printhead- that helps if the 
symptom is blobbing on the paper. Not really clogged nozzles as much.


  Today I was able to take off the 
CIS and put 
> in Epson inks. On the second cleaning, I had good nozzle checks.

Good you're lucky- the clogging happened mainly in the CIS and not the 
head then. Toss the CIS- and the ink if you can bear the $$ loss.
  
I've 
> printed some color images and they look fine with no banding.

You may find the Piezo driver is more demanding- but check it out. 
Sounds promising so far- but again, if you removed the printhead 
you'll need to watch for problems.
 
Because of some 
> things going on in my life, I don't want to put another CIS on the 
machine 
> because it could sit idle for 3 or 4 months at a time. And that 
seems to be 
> what caused the problem to begin with.  I am very hopeful that when 
I put in 
> the piezo carts (new version) that I will not have banding problems 
or bad 
> nozzle checks.
> 
> So I will order some Piezo carts.

Probably be okay.


I haven't tried the inks but I assume you can do your own filling if 
you want into MIS virgin carts . Just going by $$ numbers on 
inkjetmall and MIS site, if you fill your own, the cart set will cost 
about $53 as opposed to $80 filled by Cone. You have to buy the $260 
set of bottles up front though. I have a detailed set of instructions 
on how to fill your own carts using vacuum fill MIS method somewhere 
buried in files section of this group, in pdf format now. Filling your 
own isn't for everyone.<g>


 I need to print 13  10x10 prints 
so I 
> assume that I will probably print 25 to 35 prints to get the 13.  
I'm 
> wondering if I need to order 2 sets.

I don't know. Sounds doable  with one but it depends on lots of 
things- maybe how many cleaning cycles is a biggie.
 

 
> 
> Oh, one more thing.  There was a black gummy circle around the black 
> position.  I used the fantastic and a paper towel to clean and wick 
up the 
> gum.

Yes this happens a lot, esp with the CIS. It rides up after awhile and 
it is best to gently push the carts back down every so often. Using 
regular carts this is not as much a problem but when switching out 
carts some ink can still pool around the nipple. Cleaning as you did 
is fine.
Jim H.
  
> 
> Billie---looking forward to some prints with the new Piezo inks.