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Re: [Digital BW] Horrible banding with new 1280 and eboni ink

2003-03-19 by Eileen Chun

Jerry,

I got the entire set of Ultatones, and installed the Eboni ink.

Eileen

Jerry Olson wrote:
> 
> Eileen, did you get the entire set of ultratones, or just the eboni
> black? If you order the 4.3 version of MIS VM inks, are you getting ultratones?
> 
> Anyone know the difference between the two inks on the actual finished print?
> 
> I did let the printer set for 3 days, but the banding problem was worse
> than ever. I'm trying a new set of carts and inks now, and we'll see
> what happens. Reinstalling the OEM color inks took ALL the banding and
> clogs away.
> 
> Jerry
> 
> Eileen Chun wrote:
> >
> > Jerry,
> >
> > I have just installed the Black & White Ultra Tones in 1280 system last
> > night.  I did not use a CIS system for this, as I wanted to try the ink
> > in cartridges first.  I filled them last night, ran a test purge print,
> > and got banding on half of the six stripes.  I let the cartridges sit
> > overnight, and before I left for work tried it again.  I still got
> > banding, but now it is on all the stripes.  I am that concerned as this
> > was similar to the banding I was getting when I was running a CIS
> > (Niagara G4 ink) on the 1280 prior.  In the end, the ink settled when I
> > left it alone for about a week (as prior posts have indicated), ran a
> > couple of cleaning/nozzle checks, and everything was fine from that
> > point forwards with a few nozzle checks when I didn't use the printer
> > for awhile.
> >
> > Perhaps, I am jumping the gun with this inkset that it shows great
> > promise, but I am very hopeful that this new ink(at least for me) set
> > will work out well.
> >
> > Eileen
> >
> >
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