Digital BW, The Print

I'll give it a few hours or until tomorrow.

I did a "shakedown" as well... are we the only two? Hmm, we're the only two 
complaining! :-)

Jeff

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "David Wroblewski" 
<dawroblewski@y...> wrote:
> One bit of advice I've received is that the MIS ink may be
> thinner than the UltraChome ink. It might be that the cleaning
> cycle (a) squirts more ink out, since it was designed for
> more viscous ink (b) actually introduces bubbles, which are the
> probable cause of the "clog". Just speculation.
> 
> The Linux escputil program reported that my carts were 4% lower
> after a single cleaning. I'm at 50% on all carts at this point.
> 
> I'm down to a couple of gaps in one head right now, and have
> resigned myself to waiting until tomorrow morning, under the 
> theory that whatever bubbles are in there need time to dissolve
> back into the ink.
> 
> My gaps, unlike yours, seem relatively constant. Especially if you
> just put the carts in, wait a few hours. It was 5-6 hours after
> I first installed them before I got a clean nozzle check. (I also
> did a "shakedown" on the carts as Epson recommends which could have
> made matters worse.)
> 
> I'm assuming these are one-time changeover problems, not something
> that occurs every time one puts a new cartridge in. That would be
> unacceptable, and no one is reporting that.
> 
> david
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jsinger986" 
> <jsphotos@t...> wrote:
> > I'm having the same clogging problem.  I just installed my MIS UT 
> inks on my 2200.  I 
> > was getting clogs in random nozzles.  I would print a pattern and 
> two nozzles would 
> > be clogged.  I'd then immediatly print the pattern again without a 
> cleaning and then a 
> > different two nozzles would be clogged.  Then I'd print again 
> without cleaning and 
> > another two, etc, etc.  I've done many cleanings (already went 
> through a quarter of 
> > every cartridge) and still have the problem.  At the moment I have 
> it down to one 
> > nozzle (yellow position).
> > 
> > 
> > Jeff
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "David 
> Wroblewski" 
> > <dawroblewski@y...> wrote:
> > > I'm not getting good nozzle checks on my 2200 with the 
> > > UltraTone carts on day three of my switch.
> > > 
> > > I got excellent nozzle checks yesterday, but this morning my 
> > > first check showed one pattern skipping, six good. After 3 
> > > cleanings/nozzle checks (one of them a double cleaning) I now 
> > > have three screwed up patterns. I seem to be making it worse.  
> > > 
> > > I've never had to deal with this before. Any advice? 
> > > 
> > > -david