Digital BW, The Print

I finally cleared the clogs in my 1200 last night using month old 
Epson carts which I had sealed with scotch tape and saran wrap.  It 
took a while -- five or six cleaning cycles with the Epson carts (I 
ran a pruge print after the first three) and five or six more with 
the new MIS VM carts -- but it seems to have worked.  I am not sure 
of the "shelf life" of resealed Epson carts, but it is nice to know 
that they can be used more than once to unclog the printer.  I am 
going to try to print a nozzle check once a day when I can and see if 
that helps.  The MIS carts I had to discard were only four weeks old.

The strange thing is that the first six or eight months I printed 
with the 1200 and MIS VM inks I did not have a clogging problem even 
when I left the printer for over a week.  Clogs appeared during the 
summer in Philly.  I like the results with the VM inks and the Roark 
curves and would really like to find a way to stick with them.  But 
not if I have to spend this much time on clogs regularly.

Steve



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "A. Huntley" 
<Alan.Huntley@c...> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> In my experience with UT inks in my 1160 I actually had the most 
clogging
> issues with the grays cartridge. The Eboni black never seemed to be 
an
> issue. But, as you say I think it's a humidity issue and, maybe, 
related to
> the manufacturing disparities within each unit.
> 
> Alan Huntley
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Roark" <paul.roark@v...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 7:13 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Clogging (was 1280 vs 2200 question)
> 
> 
> >
> > >Is it possible to use the 1280, with the UT inks, on a regular 
but not
> > >high-volume basis, and not have these horror-stories about 
clogging?
> >
> > These inks do not necessarily clog.  Perhaps its a humidity 
issue, but I
> > can't really say I've been able to see any specific pattern to the
> problems.
> >
> > Question -- Is the clogging mostly with the Eboni black?
> >
> > If so, would it be worth using Epson UltraChrome Matte black 
instead?  If
> > that ink is purchased in 10K carts, it's not that expensive.  If 
there is
> a
> > market for such, I suspect MIS would do the re-packaging.
> >
> > Paul