Digital BW, The Print

Paul,

After checking my supply, I am not sure what is in there.  I ordered 
new inks from MIS a few weeks ago, but now realize that the black I 
put in was a few months old as I have both packages of the newer 
black on the shelf.  The new boxes are marked MIS QVM black.  As the 
older package was sealed, shelf life issues should not be a problem.  
I wonder if there is an issue with this particular item.  It took 
three cleaning cycles to clear it this morning.  Do you think it 
would be worth installing one of the newer carts on the chance that 
the one that is in there is defective?  It is unlikely that the one 
in the printer is the Eboni ink given its age.  

So, I seem to have jumped to a conclusion based on others' comments 
on the list that may not be justified.  The problem may have nothing 
to do with Eboni.  It is strange though as I (knock wood) have not 
had problems to this point.  

I do remember the smell of the older inks when I installed them.  
However I switched both black and the color carts at the same time, 
so hard to tell what I smelled.

As always, thanks for your help.

Steve


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> Does the new black ink have the "solvent" smell of the old VM/FS 
black?  If
> not, then it could be the new Eboni ink.  MIS is eager to get rid 
of the old
> VM/FS ink due to its co-solvent base that is often said to cause 
more
> clogging.
> 
> I've been using Eboni for some time now with no problems, but some 
have
> reported clogging issues.  Some of the problems have been due to 
faulty
> carts, others have related to the new ink's apparent sensitivity to
> pollution by residual dye ink.  I have not seen enough reports to 
know what
> other patterns of problems may exist.  I'm about to load another 
cart of
> Eboni now that is from a different/new batch of ink.  Hopefully 
there are
> not inconsistencies among ink batches.
> 
> Paul
> http://www.PaulRoark.com
> _________________________________
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Kobrin [mailto:skobrin@h...]
> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 7:59 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] New MIS black clogs
> 
> 
> I have been printing with a 1200 and the MIS VM inks since early
> October without a problem.  However, after putting in a new black
> cart (I use prefilled carts)I have consistent clogs in the black ink
> when I first turn on the printer.  Up to now, they disappear with a
> one or two cleaning cycles, but I concerned that the problem is 
going
> to get worse over time.  Furthermore, cleaning uses ink.
> 
> I recall some discussion of a new MIS black on the list which I did
> not follow as closely.  Is MIS using the new black in all of its
> inksets?  If so, this is a bummer.  Is anyone else running into this
> problem?  Again, the only change is a new cartridge.
> 
> Would switching to the Gen 4 (?) black slove the problem?  Any 
advice
> appreciated.  The only clog is in the black position -- the other
> nozzel tests are consistently perfect.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
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