Digital BW, The Print

i bought some ut carts too, but now i'm scared to put
them in. actually i plan on it anyway in a day or two,
so i file my clog/nonclog report midweek.
right on
john e

--- jsinger986 <jsphotos@...> wrote:
> 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
> 
> 


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