Digital BW, The Print

About two months ago I removed my MIS CFS system filled with VM-Sepia from
my 1160 to do some experiments with FS-Sepia. I stoppered the holes and
stored the whole system level in a cool place.

This past weekend I wanted to print some VM-S photos and out came the stored
system. After three head cleanings everything was fine. I printed two photos
when I noticed that something was wrong. Banding! A cleaning and a nozzle
check showed problems, even after repeated cleanings. I then went through
everything that has ever been discussed on this list but it just got worse
until at last - nothing at all. I had spare cartridges and took out the
problem CFS to do the necessary.

I never used my Epson cartridges after I bought the 1160 - so I had a set.
After two cleanings perfect checks and perfect MIS purge prints.

I cut the pipes from the offending cartridges to transfer to the new ones. I
thought I would just blow out the ink from the different chambers back into
the respective bottles but just a few drops came out of every chamber. So I
was printing with air.

I then reconnected the pipes to the offending cartridges and primed them by
sucking ink into the cartridges from their outlets. I sucked about 10 cc
more through the chambers from when it started coming out. The black foamed
quite a lot and I sucked slowly till I got clear ink. I let the whole lot
stand for a few hours and switched the inks. Three cleanings and nearly
right. A few more hours waiting and two more cleanings and now perfect.

Sorry for the long post.

Reinier