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Re: air vs clog was Nozzle patterns

2003-11-22 by jim hayes

Disclaimer: I never owned an 3000. I looked at a lot of 1160 and 1280
patterns and came to a hunch about the time I was pretty much all on
an 1280. But I never proved it conclusively...

If a clog: the same line segment(s) in a given nozzle check will
repeat. Example...2nd row, 3rd column segment in magenta  skips in two
or more consecutive nozzle checks.

If air in head: line segment(s) will vary in "skipped" position.
Example... during first nozzle check 2nd row, 3rd column magenta
skips, next time without doing cleaning cycle, 1st row, 7th column
skips instead in magenta.

Jim Hayes   



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Randall"
<jrandall@c...> wrote:
> Don't think so -- in both cases no ink comes out.
> 
> Jeff Randall
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "wilfredm71047" 
> <wilfredm@b...> wrote:
> > Does anyone know if it is possible to tell a clogged nozzle from 
> air 
> > in the lines on a Epson 3000 by looking at the pattern generated 
> from 
> > the nozzle test.

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