Digital BW, The Print

Quick follow up.  I e-mailed tech support at MIS and this was their 
reply:


This problem can be caused by a slightly over filled cartridge. It 
does not pose a problem and can usually be cleared by running three 
cleaning cycles. You may repeat the process if necessary and you may 
also print our purgeblack page to prevent the system from trying to 
spray extra ink. 
 
It wiill clear up by the time you have finished these steps. 
 
You down load our purge files at this link....
http://www.inksupply.info/?_a=downloads



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jturner4210626" 
<JTurner421@a...> wrote:
> 
> That's exactly what I get.  
> 
> It's not a scanner problem as two if the images came form a digital 
> SLR. My guess is that the carts are not 100% compatible.  I just 
put 
> my color catridges back in and the problem disappeared.  When I 
> reinstalled the MIS carts the lines reappeared.  I am going to 
> contact the company and request a new set.
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "B. Campbell" 
> <bellis60@v...> wrote:
> > > I recently installed the UT2 inks for my Epson 1280.  After 
about 
> 5-7
> > > prints, I started getting thin black lines on the prints.  
> Sometimes
> > > it's one long line, other times it's several thin lines in a
> > > grouping.  Has anyone experienced this type of problem before 
and 
> if
> > > so, what did you do to resolve it?
> > 
> > I have the same printer and inks and the same problem. In my case 
> there are
> > two types of lines. One is a single distinct  line that looks 
like 
> someone
> > used a ruler and a #2 pencil and drew a straight line from the 
top 
> to the
> > bottom of the image. This line is most obvious in areas like 
skies 
> but it's
> > always there and always in the same place on the image.  The 
other 
> type of
> > line isn't as distinct, isn't of uniform width or intensity, and 
> tends to
> > appear in groups.
> > 
> > I haven't found a fix for the first kind and I suspect it's a 
> mechanical
> > problem with my scanner (you don't say whether you use a flatbed 
> scanner or
> > not, if you do and if the lines appear on your monitor screen as 
> well as the
> > print then it may just be a matter of keeping the scanner clean, 
> even small
> > amounts of dust can create lines in the image). The second type 
of 
> line or
> > groups of lines has been fixed by properly aligning the heads (I 
> put the
> > paper on a light box and use an 8X loupe).
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Bob Michaels" <bob@b...>
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 9:03 AM
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Epson 1280 Thin Black Lines on Printout
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Do your lines look like they could be smears or one nozzle that 
> fires
> > continously? If it looks like one nozzle firing, do they extend
> > outside the print area on one side? In either case it probably has
> > nothing to do with the ink but I'd try putting color dye carts 
back 
> in
> > to be sure.
> > 
> > If it's a smear, you need to clean the bottom of the heads with a
> > windex soaked paper towel.
> > 
> > If it's a nozzle firing, you're really out of luck as it's an
> > electrical connection problem between the printer and the heads 
and 
> is
> > unrepairable. I had this and got Epson to do a warranty 
replacement.
> > This problem was discussed quite a bit recently over on the Epson
> > priter Yahoo group.
> > 
> > Bob Michaels
> > 
> > --- In 
> DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jturner4210626"
> > <JTurner421@a...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I recently installed the UT2 inks for my Epson 1280.  After 
about 
> 5-7
> > > prints, I started getting thin black lines on the prints.  
> Sometimes
> > > it's one long line, other times it's several thin lines in a
> > > grouping.  Has anyone experienced this type of problem before 
and 
> if
> > > so, what did you do to resolve it?
> > >
> > > --Joel Turner
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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