Digital BW, The Print

Robert, I just reinstalled the Original Epson color inks.  Perfect
Nozzle checks. Now what?  It can't be the printer, so it must be the
cartridges or inks. 

I'm ready to give up. I'm sitting here with what appears to be a
perfectly loaded CIS system. No air in the tubes, the vacuum appears
perfect. I've sealed up the bottoms with electrical tape, which seems to
be holding for now...

Jerry





Robert Morrison wrote:
> 
> Yep...the chances of loosing all nozzles from an ink clog are very slim.
> Complete dropouts are almost always a loss of priming from air in the
> system.  You may just have to wait this one out.  I've waiting as much as 4
> days before with a CIS.  The key is to be patient and do nothing.  Don't
> even run a nozzle check for a couple of days.  The more fussing you do...the
> worse it will get.
> 
> Robert
> 
> On 3/18/03 10:10 AM, "Julian Thomas" <julianthomas@...> wrote:
> 
> > Jerry, this all sounds like air in the nozzles to me. Try priming the system
> > a couple of times ( as if the inkmonitor is telling you you are out of ink -
> > lifting the tabs on the cart slots on the 1160 for eg) and then doing a
> > couple of purge images
> >
> > Julian
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...>
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 6:46 PM
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Clogs from Hell and worse....
> >
> >
> >> To those of you following the worst clog ever,
> >>
> >> I put back the original epson ink cartridges. Now, there's no ink
> >> whatsoever coming out of any of the chambers.
> >> 6 blank nozzle checks.
> >>
> >> I'll squirt some ammonia through the nipples, and then go to dinner.
> >> Maybe I do indeed just have a really bad set of print heads!
> >>
> >> Maybe the eboni ink is NOT compatible with epson inks, but the other 5
> >> colors MIS VM, should be!!
> >>
> >> Jerry
> >>
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