Digital BW, The Print

Hello Alan,

I use an epson 1280 also, and when I get any banding; it appears to 
be air bubbles insted of a clogged nozzle. What I do to solve the 
problem is to tape over all the vent holes on the top of the 
cartridge and use a 60CC syringe to suck out all the ink and foam 
that has collected in the chamber. I reuse the ink and foam. The 
foam is just ink with air in it, which goes away and return to solid 
ink again. Then i refill the cartridge with ink and leave it sitting 
overnight. The next day everything works just fine. Try this one 
time and I think you will be surprised how quickly the banding goes 
away. If you try to print too soon, you may get pooling on the 
print; and you may still get pooling if you print at high speed 
anyway. 

Your friend in Photography,

Johnny Eades




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Alan 
Zimmerman" <azimmerman1@c...> wrote:
> I just started using MIS cartridge inks on Epson 1280. Printer had 
worked flawlessly with Epson dye based inks previously. Within one 
day, with the Mis Black cartridge I experienced banding on a 
grayscale file with Black only, (no gray or quad cartridge on 
line).. I then did 3 nozzle cleans and banding diminished but still 
visible with 15x loupe. next print same story. as of this second 
day,  and after 10 nozzle cleanings no relief. Any one have any 
suggestions?
> BTW, the same image file printed on Epson black only cartridge and 
Epson dye had much less visible banding under 15x loupe.?
> Would are COne system Piezzo inks less likely to clog----- 
>   From: Andrew Brilliant 
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 9:28 AM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] CIS Black CLOG on 1160 wont go away....
> 
> 
>   Ugh got a real bad clog   on my 1160. CIS   Black  ink.
>   Have tried all the usual solutions.    Both liquid and 
mechanical.   Cones 
>   tips and tried ammonia  and alcohol.   Also some     strange  
cleaning fluid 
>      from that company in Las Vegas.  Did not  work.
>   I hardly get any ink coming out of that nozzle, the numbers 
don't even 
>   print.
> 
>   I suppose I have to get it serviced.
> 
>   One last idea was to get an original Epson black cartridge and 
see if that 
>   ink will open up the nozzles. Does anyone  think that is a good 
idea  or are 
>   there some new ideas for cleaning .  I have not looked around 
for cleaning 
>   ideas since last summer.
> 
>   I need to start making some new B&W print quadtones.   By the 
way this clog 
>   is with MIS inks!!!
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   Check out www.brilliantpictures.com
> 
>   Andrew Brilliant
> 
> 
>   >
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