No, I know. you have dripping from excess ink. You need to do a thorough cleaning of the heads, the printer inside, and the print head bottoms. Jerry frankg_photo wrote: > Jerry, > the heads aren't blocked though. The nozzle test prints fine. > I will email you a few jpegs if I may > Frank > > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Jerry Olson > <jerryolson@r...> wrote: > >>wipe out your printer with a damp paper towel, it's caused from > > blobs of > >>ink in the printer. You may have to do the windex paper towel > > trick, > >>send the printheads to the left side of the printer, unplug the > > printer, > >>and put a 1x12 inch paper towel (fold it over and over on itself) > > in the > >>trough and drag the print heads over it. This plus wiping out the >>printer, plus a couple head cleanings should do the trick. >> >>Jerry >> >>frankg_photo wrote: >> >>>I've been printing an image in the centre of a sheet, which has a >>>wide white paper border around it, on 13x19 paper. >>> >>>Down one side, in the blank white border, not in the image area, >> > the > >>>side at the end of the printheads travel, it seems to be dropping >> > a > >>>trail of ink blots, not in a perfectly straight line, but sort of >>>like a row of drunk ants. Each drop is about the size of a large- >> > ish > >>>pin head >>> >>>What on earth is this and how can I remedy it ? >>> >>>I could scan and post or email the problem if my description isnt >>>clear ? >>> >>>MIS sepia>neutral inks and an 1160 >>> >>>thanks >>>Frank >>> >>> >>>Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, >> > Polls and other resources as they are often being updated. The page > is at: > >>>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint >>> >>>If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you >> > wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by > visiting this same page. > >>>Please follow these basic guidelines: >>>- Include your full name with your message. >>>- Include the address of your website, if you have one. >>>- As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier >> > messages to keep them short. > >>>- As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject >> > header. > >>>- Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or >> > &amp;quot;flames.&amp;quot; > >>>- Complete your Yahoo profile. >>>- Before posting a question, search the message archives and the >> > various resources on the homepage. > >>> >>> >>>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to >> > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, Polls and other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint > > If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same page. > > Please follow these basic guidelines: > - Include your full name with your message. > - Include the address of your website, if you have one. > - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep them short. > - As the topic of a thread changes remember to change the subject header. > - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or &amp;quot;flames.&amp;quot; > - Complete your Yahoo profile. > - Before posting a question, search the message archives and the various resources on the homepage. > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >
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Re: [Digital BW] trail of ink blots ??
2002-10-04 by Jerry Olson
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