Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Peter.  I usually do a nozzle check before printing as 
well.  They normally print fine so I just assume that the nozzles 
are fine.  I'll try printing the purge file though.  Funny thing is that 
the print heads are brand new.  I just had them replaced.  
Hmmm.....  

Andy



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Peter VG" <pvg@y...> 
wrote:
> Hi Andy,
> 
> I occassionally see the same banding with my epson 1200 
using MIS VM 
> inks. What i found was that checking the heads using the 
epson 
> software does not always work, eg. nozzel check looks good 
but 
> actually you have a clogged head.  I now print part of the purge 
> files avaliable on the MIS site to see if my heads are clean.  I 
use 
> about 1/4 of the purge file and rotate it 90 degrees.  If one 
nozzle 
> is clogged you will see it and which color it is happening with.  
> Then you just running cleaning cycles until it goes away.  I find 
> that i have to do this every few days if i am doing a lot of 
> printing.  When you get a perfectly smooth purge print then you 
know 
> your ready to stick in a piece of expensive paper.
> 
> Peter
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "akivisuals" 
> <akivisuals@y...> wrote:
> > Hello again.  I've got an issue with my printers (1520 using 
Piezo 
> > original inks and 1160 using CIS with MIS FS-N inks) both 
> > printing some horizontal lines.  They're spaced around a half 
> > millimeter apart.  I have a jpeg of the problem that I scanned 
but 
> > don't know how to post it to this site for people to look at to 
> help 
> > me diagnose my problem.  I have the same problems on my 
> > 1160, which I just had the printhead replaced on by an 
> > authorized Epson service center.  The files are being output 
at 
> > 300dpi using the Piezo driver.  Any ideas would be greatly 
> > appreciated.  Thanks!
> > 
> > Andy
> > 
> > Oh, I can email the pics to those interested in looking.