Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Iverson" <wiverson@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 6:40 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Piezo Inks


> I think there may be a dirty little story here to go with the "blues"
> (on the seleniums) and the fading blacks, both of which I've
> experienced.

Bill,

You mention you experienced the fading black problem. Can you fill us in?

>  Using the prefilled carts for the 1280, with both the
> PT Selenium and the PT Warm Neutrals (which I reluctantly got when
> the Selenium cartridges proved hopeless), I've found that the very
> light yellow print lines in a nozzle check become even lighter after
> a few days (despite regular nozzle checks and at least a full pix
> print at least every day), and the stepwedge goes from showing a
> nice, linear progression of tone from 0 to 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 to
> almost just plain no ink being laid dowm from 0 to 20, and then a
> relatively normal wedge from 25 up.


This is unusual as my two 1280's tend to band in the lower tones 50-75%.
Sounds like a clogging yellow cartridge to me. Try it with Epson carts and
if everything is okay ask IJM for a replacement color cart.

>
> Something is going on with the light ink in the "yellow" position, at
> least for me.
>
> Anyone else finding this?

I can only say that once you have decided on an ink, get a CIS. Way less
trouble.

Martin Wesley