Digital BW, The Print

Richard,

I have a 1200 and am still using the MIS-VM inks.  While I am 
obviously a sample of one, I have come to the conclusion that clogs 
are not randomly distributed.  My best guess is that there are some 
carts that are problematic in one way or another and that they tend 
to clog.  Another possiblility is weather, although I live in Philly 
and cannot tell you that clogs are more frequent under any specific 
conditions.

I find that there are times when I can go for months with infrequent 
use -- less than once a week -- and all it takes is one or two 
cleaning cycles and all is well.  At other times, I have had clogs 
from hell, but reinstalling the Epson carts, clearing the heads, and 
then putting in a fresh MIS cart seems to do it.  So I suspect that 
clogs are often cart specific and while I have had good luck with 
MIS, their quality control is not perfect.

Again, a very limited sample.  However, I would have to say that even 
with infrequent usage, clogs tend to be the exception rather than the 
run by a large margin.  

To the powers that be:  I am NOT trying to tempt fate!!

Steve

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard 
Smallfield <r.smallfield@p...> wrote:
> Hi,
> has anyone written an article on what *not* to do if you want your 
MIS experience to be stress-free?
> 
> My experience is one of total exasperation and now that I have an 
HP 7660 (price of inks aside) I am amazed at its reliability. 
> 
> But I still want my 1200 for big prints.
> 
> I know about not doing repeated cleaning cycles, but apart from 
that, if anyone has written a post on ten things not to do, I'd love 
to read it - because for so many people to be getting good use out of 
MIS inks, I must be doing something wrong.
> 
> thanks,
> Richard
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