Digital BW, The Print

>
>I don't know...maybe my 20%RH/3 week off experience that killed a
>printhead with MIS VM just made me gunshy and I have been
>overcompensating ever since. That was with a CIS.  That post from the
>guy in Utah who left his printer off for 2 1/2 weeks has me doubting
>reality too. Yet there has to be some correlation- both MIS and Cone
>have noticed one. MIS states so in their CFS directions so it could be
>related to that. And I have been doing nozzle checks and cleaning as
>nessecary twice a day since January and do note problems below 35%RH.
>I can't say that it is a hard spec, as it sometimes still worked well
>in the low 30's, but in general more cleanings were needed. As I
>posted before 40%RH or above seems best. And six months of these
>observations were with carts- removing CFS/CIS from the variables.
>
>The few days that I missed the 12 hour cycle (i.e. I waited 24 hours
>between printer turn ons) I tended to have a tougher time clearing the
>nozzles.
>
>Or perhaps as you suggested once there is individual variation in
>performance of printers- and I just have a marginal one.
>
>I remain very puzzled by this. I don't want to give out humidity/temp
>specs if they only apply to me, that would be false information. I can
>say that in my climate there clearly start to be problems using a CFS
>over carts after about 6-10 weeks because there is a manyfold increase
>in  frequency of clogging problems, although they can still be cleared
>with three cleanings max or at worst, drops on the parking pad trick.
>And this in the most humid part of the year to just a little drier. I
>used a humidifier only toward the end of the period to keep above
>about 38%RH. And I now get increased mottling on Eclipse of 100%k. I
>have Epson carts back in now and they work like a charm of course as
>far as no clogs go.
>
>Sometime next week I'll have some new non CFS VM carts filled and
>installed to see if the mottling disapears.
>Jim H. 


Jim,

I seem to remember you having posted that you live in Colorado. I'm 
in Evergreen at 8500' and am running a 1280 with a No More Carts CIS 
and MIS VM inks. Aside from a clog when I first installed the CIS, 
I've had no problems, and the printer routinely sits for 2 week 
periods. Do you think altitude comes into play. At what elevation are 
you?


Kevin




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