Digital BW, The Print

I had a similar instance of banding with the same printer and it 
turned out to be one of the chambers was not full of ink, but rather 
full of foam. I sucked as much of the ink and foam out and put it 
back into the proper bottle of ink and then I went to the kitchen 
sink and simply injected water till it ran out of the cartridge 
clear. Then I taped over the air vent holes with electrical tape and 
used a large syringe to suck out any remaining foam or water. After 
refilling the cartridge with ink; which this time was all ink in the 
cartridge and not any foam; and have been printing all day today. 
Possibly one of your cartridges has accumulated too much foam. I 
don't know if this is a problem with CIS setups or not, but just and 
idea.

Your friend in Photography,

Johnny Eades

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "coffinphoto" 
<yahoo@c...> wrote:
> I just installed a cis system using VM-S inks on an epson 1280 
> printer that had no previous appearent banding issues. I noticed 
on 
> some of my larger test sheets, using EAM, similar banding as 
> described below. Given that the system was installed the same day, 
> it doesn't seem like a flush would be the solution. There were no 
> lines earlier in the day with the standard epson inks. Steve, if 
you 
> do flush, I'd love to hear your results.
> Thanks.
> coffin 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Julian 
Thomas" 
> <julianthomas@t...> wrote:
> > Run a flush cart and reinstall Epson carts. Is the banding still 
> there? If
> > yes it is likely a printer issue - if not it could be that you 
> need new cis
> > carts. I've been forced to replace 4 cis carts after about 12 
> months each,
> > so it is worth investigating.
> > 
> > Julian
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "scrber" <stephen.bate@m...>
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 2:04 PM
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Epson banding and 'unhappy' scales
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi folks.  I have had no problems other than my teething VM-UT 
> clogs
> > > with my Epson 1290 and MIS VM inks.
> > > Now, after 14 months, my prints are looking dodgy.
> > > I have very tiny banding (in direction of print head)in the mid
> > > tones, which is also throwing my curves out.
> > > Obviously I have been through the usual nozzles check, all is 
> fine.
> > > Head aligment was WAY off and unstable.  Each time it was 
> different.
> > > i think this was due to the movement of the CFS cartridges in 
the
> > > holder.  I have packed some card in in addition to the felt 
> disks,
> > > things are now more solid and the head alignment more 
repeatable.
> > > I have tried this on more than one paper, it shows up worst on 
my
> > > imajet paper (glasssmooth, bright white matt - UK only I 
think), 
> but
> > > it does show up on EAM too - I think the dot gain is higher 
here 
> so
> > > it is not AS bad.
> > > The bands can also be seen DURING head alignment in the left 
> hand row
> > > of squares, but NOT in the RHS.  I have gone from extreme to 
> extreme
> > > on the alignment (I find it SO hard with the grey inks to know 
> what
> > > is aligned and what is not - any advice greatly appreciated) 
and 
> it
> > > does not get rid of the lines in the alignment squares.  Print 
> res
> > > doesn't seem to make any difference and Epson service have 
> confirmed
> > > that the cost of an 'out of warranty' service is almost as 
much 
> as a
> > > new printer!  I have not really used this too much, only for my
> > > personal portfolio work - not on a professional basis so I'm 
> loathe
> > > to bin it as a consumable, they should last longer than the 
> warranty
> > > period!
> > > Now I'm stumped and can't live with the lines now I know 
they're
> > > there.
> > > Any help guys?
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
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