Digital BW, The Print

Thank Richard, I will try


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "richard_h95050" 
<richardh@j...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "copal01" 
> <copal01@y...> wrote:
> > Thanks Steve, I have posted a new address to show the problem 
> > http://www.pbase.com/mcc01/head_dots
> 
> Hi Manuel,
> 
> Steve has given you some good advice for making sure that your 
heads 
> are clean and not obstructed. That could be the problem and is the 
> easier step to try first. You may also want to check the parking 
pad, 
> and put some windex on that and dab it with a paper towel to pull 
up 
> old excess ink. Then put some fresh windex on the pad and park your 
> freshly cleaned heads on it for a few hours or overnight. Go 
through 
> the 3 cleaning cycle described in many previous messages before 
doing 
> a new set of test prints.
> 
> If that doesn't correct the problem, you may find that you 
> have "foamy ink" in your cartridge, and since that foam doesn't 
flow 
> smoothly into the heads, it tends to cause randomized "spatter 
> patterns". It may be only in the eboni position, or could involve 
> multiple positions. You can probably tell by pulling your eboni 
cart 
> and replacing it with an Epson OEM black cart and doing an 
alignment 
> print to see if the problem persists. (make sure you pinch off the 
> line(s) near the bulk bottle if you pull the cart to preserve 
vacumn) 
> 
> There is very clear directions on the MIS site under CFS 
> Troubleshooting that tell you how to extract the foamy ink and 
> resolve that kind of issue, (including preserving vacumn or 
restoring 
> feed if you loose it --  so no sense repeating it here.
> 
> These are the two steps I used in resolving the same issue on my 
1280 
> running UT/Eboni inks. Everything works perfectly now.
> 
> Good luck -- it's definitely a job that calls for a bit of patience 
> and rubber gloves, but the results are definitely worth the 
effort ;>)
> 
> Richard
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steven 
> > Karafyllakis" <steve@s...> wrote:
> > > Hi Manuel,
> > > 
> > > This doesn't sound like an alignment problem; there's no reason 
> why 
> > > a different ink would cause alignment problems. I wasn't abe to 
> > > access your URL to check, but it sounds like dried ink crusted 
> > > around the nozzle openings. Try soaking a 2-3 layer thick strip 
> of 
> > > paper towel and running it under the head to wipe it clean. 
> You'll 
> > > have to manually release the head, for which I don't know the 
> > > specific procedure for that printer, maybe someone can help 
with 
> > > that?
> > > 
> > > Steve Karafyllakis
> > > 
> > > http://www.stevekphoto.com
> > > 
> > > > I made also head alignments and always get dot spread outside 
> of 
> > > the 
> > > > vertical lines and I don't know why. how I can correct that?
> > > > Any help will be apreciated
> > > > manuel
> > > > this is a link to see a scan of the head alignment
> > > > http://tinyurl.com/2c4d5