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Re: 1280/UT2 banding

2005-02-04 by Bob Michaels

Switching to dye ink is the recommendation of Bob Zeiss who is owner
of MIS. I asked about the possiblity of problems switching from Eboni
to dye K and back. He suggested cleaning the parking pad solves any
possible problems. His method has always worked for me. 

Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Pieris
Berreitter" <pieris@y...> wrote:
> 
> That was a total catastrophe when I tried it. People here are now
> advising against that procedure because the Eboni and OEM blacks don't
> like each other and form gunk on the head pads.
> 
> What I will do is check for banding in all the cartridges.
> 
> -Pieris
> digital darkroom blog: http://www.pmb.net/darkroom
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Hung"
> <mhkhung@y...> wrote:
> > 
> > It's quite likely the black cart.. Put an Epson 007 cart in,
> > clean/nozzle check, then print the 5-6 purge pages (you can just
> print
> > the black one if you are sure it's the black). You should see
> banding
> > first and then clear up. Put the MIS cart back in, clean/nozzle
> check
> > and do a few more purges.
> > 
> > Michael
> > 
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Pieris
> > Berreitter" <pieris@y...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > I've got a banding problem that showed up recently (after a nasty
> > > clog, actually). Looking back at an old step wedge it's evident
> that
> > > the problem is new.

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