Digital BW, The Print

Hi Wayne,

Everytime you run the cleaning cycle, you need to wait for at least 
10 minutes for the foam to settle. Don't do anything after the 
cleaning cycle and wait for 15 mins, then do a nozzle print to see if 
it is alright. 

Another thing that will cause the problem is the capping station(the 
sponge where the print head rests when it is not printing). Everytime 
you run a cleaning cycle, ink starts to puddle up in the capping 
station. It will give you the problem of getting a good nozzle check. 
It can be cleaned by using a paper towel to soak up the ink in the 
capping station and then put a small piece of paper towel on the 
capping station and move the print head to the capping station for a 
minute or so. After 3 cleaning cycles and you can't get a good nozzle 
check, try this. You will see the difference. 

However, if you really like the Septone, I suggest you to get a 
Niagara CIS system for the Septone ink. It works really fine on my 
2200 without any nozzle problem so far. The pressure inside the 
Septone cartridge is different and causes a lot of problem and the 
ink runs out fast!!! I used to use the Septone cartridges and it's a 
pain. I received some recommendations from other Septone users and 
decided to buy the CIS system. It's a little expensive but it works 
great.

Good luck

Jim

-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Wayne Firth" 
<wfirth@s...> wrote:
> I recently purchased Septone from BW Guys to use in an Epson 2200.
> After three days effort I still cannot get anything close to
> acceptable nozzle tests. I contacted BW Guys and they immediately 
sent
> me a stock email with instructions for a standard windex type
> cleaning. This didn't work. Apparently, the ink is thinner than the
> Epson ink and the cleaning cycles create foam. There is no way to
> prevent the cleaning cycles. The printer insists on cleaning either
> when it is plugged in or when it prints a nozzle test.
> 
> Has anyone else encountered this problem? Does anyone have any
> suggestions. BW Guys doesn't seem to provide much support for their
> product. It is just about impossible to get any information about 
this
> system.
> 
> Please no lectures about getting Imageprint. I have Imageprint but
> since I got a new computer Imageprint refuses to print and that is 
why
> I am trying something else.
> 
> Wayne Firth