Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Kevin Masten <kmasten@i...> 
wrote:

> Jim,
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> I don't have AC. I've got a small humidifier unit, but only run it 
in 
> the winter and then in the bedroom and not my office.

Then if it's a small unit, it probably wouldn't affect another room 
much, whether it has a humistat on it or not.

 I've had the 
> CIS up and running for about a year and am just getting ready to 
> re-fill the bottles.

Ink and CIS one year old...wow, and I get problems with my CFS that 
show up as increased frequency of clogging and defintely visible 
(increase of) mottling of 100%k patch on Eclipse paper after ten weeks 
of use. 

> 
> I tend to keep the temps in the house cool; windows open in the 
> summer and mid to upper 60's in the winter.

We're probably about the same temp then...

 Inside RH probably 
tracks 
> with outside RH. Currently 43% -- I used to live in the Midwest and 
> DC, so I tend not to pay much attention to humidity now <g>.

Every time I cross the 100th meridian in Nebraska I start feeling like 
I'm in a steambath<g>. Apologies to you eastern folks<g>. So your 
humidity fluctuates like mine did before I added a humidifier to the 
room. So you might go from 20-60% depending on time of year and 
weather. And no problems even in winter, hhhmmmm.

> 
> I can't tell if there are any deposits in the K tubes. I did have 
one 
> clog when I set-up the CFS

wait...can you clarify that- above you state you have a CIS which 
would mean it is made by nomorecarts (called sometimes "Niagra"), but 
in this last sentence you call it a CFS- made by MIS. Which is it? 
Could be they use different tubing or carts...

When I think of it I DID have one 1160 that worked flawlessly with a 
CIS with piezo ink for about nine months until the ink went 
non-clogging but printing output bad. And with no humidifier. Another 
1160 with MIS VM on a CIS though went belly up after three weeks of 
non-use. So...one good, one bad 1160 with a CIS at low humidity. And 
the old piezo ink and MIS VM ink shared the same k ink, if Paul is 
still correct.
Printer variation?

The other possibility might be that since I run ink through every 12 
hours to keep it clear, that I pass more ink through the printhead 
than other occasional users and instead of helping it eventually adds 
to the clogging by the shear volume of passing ink particles. Thereby 
causing the problem I'm trying to prevent over the long term. I can't 
think of any other possibilities. 


 that took probably 50 cleaning cycles to 
> clear. It may have been the K position, but I don't remember for 
sure.

Wow, hopefully not 50 cycles in a row...
Anyway, thank you Kevin, your input is valuable to me as your 
"climate" is probably almost an exact duplicate of mine before I added 
the humidifier. I need to think about this somemore.
Jim H.

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