Digital BW, The Print

Thanks for the reply.  No, I am not filling my own cartridges.  All 
my ink has been in cartridges filled by either Epson (color) or MIS 
(previously VM, now Ultratone).

--Peter 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mike Sommers 
<mike@s...> wrote:
> Are you refilling your own cartridges? or just buying pre-filled 
ones?
> 
> I just started refilling my own UT-2 cartridges in my 1280 and have 
had 
> a tough time getting clean nozzle checks. I'm convinced that it's 
an 
> air/foam issue though, not clogging (I get clean nozzle checks when 
I 
> put in an Epson OEM color cartridge).
> 
> I'm going to wait a couple more days for the ink in the cartridge 
to 
> "settle down" before trying to refill again.
> 
> m
> 
> Peter A. Klein wrote:
> 
> > I have an Epson 1280.  I recently switched from the MIS VM inks to
> > the Ultratone inks.  Since then, I've had terrible clogging
> > problems.  The yellow position (lightest gray) is the worst--it 
clogs
> > so that on the nozzle check, the last 1/3 of the bottom line
> > of "yellow" does not show.   This has been a periodic issue with 
this
> > printer since I went B&W.
> >
> > The last couple of weeks, ALL the color nozzles have been 
erratic. 
> > Last week all but the yellow cleared with a couple of cleaning
> > cycles, and I could print with almost invisible banding.
> >
> > This week the color nozzles wouldn't clear until I put the Epson
> > color inks back in the printer.  At which point all but the yellow
> > cleared immediately.  I'm going to just print color for a while 
and
> > see what happens.
> >
> > I print mostly on weekends, but I try to turn the printer on and 
off
> > midweek.  Any thoughts?  I've already tried the Windex/Fantasik
> > tricks.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --Peter
> >
> >
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