Digital BW, The Print

Thanks, Peter. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that this printer 
works for a few more months.

I posted a message a few days ago about a printing problem (see below). The 
problem hasn't recurred. However, I now have no ink flow at all in the Eboni 
CIS tube. There's still an inch or so of ink in the bottle. Is this an 
indication that I somehow lost the vacuum? If so, can it be restored the 
same way I established the vacuum when the cart was new and empty? If there 
is some other problem that this might indicate, what might that be?

Thanks...

Tom Keesling
Intelligent Design

>Your problem sounds very much like the one I have had.  People are
>saying it is a fried circuit board.  The telling symptom is supposed
>to be the lines extending beyond the image area.  My problem began
>several months ago and was intermittent.  I could make it go away by
>running several prints.  Now it is happening all the time to the
>whole print.  I didn't have the leaking ink, so I don't know about
>that.  I would ride the printer to the end of the line, but prepare
>for the worst.
>Peter

-- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas Keesling"
<inteldes@a...> wrote:
> I've read the recent discussion about 1280s printing horizontal
lines. I
> noted the suggestions that it's a repair that may be more costly
than
> replacement.
>
> I'm not entirely sure I've got the same problem, but would like to
get
> feedback.
>
> My 1280 printer is about four years old and has seen moderate use.
I'm using
> UT2 inks and the original continuous feed system with carts that I
got from
> MIS with the UT2 inks. The printer had been virtually trouble-free.
>
> Yesterday, on one occasion, the printer began printing horizontal
black
> lines along with the print. These lines were spaced about 1/32"
apart ran
> off the left edge (as viewed in the printer while printing) of the
paper. I
> turned the printer off and back on and made a couple of prints
without any
> problems.
>
> Today, with my first print, as the image started to print, the
printer laid
> down a solid black horizontal line about \ufffd" below the top edge of
the print.
> This line is about 1/16" wide and began appearing at the same time
as the
> top edge of the image was printing. As the image continued printing
without
> apparent problems, the printer began laying down thin horizontal
black lines
> below the initial black line and continued until I stopped the
print. These
> lines were spaced about 1/32" apart. The image was continuing to
print
> normally under these black lines as far as I could tell. I turned
the
> printer off and back on and tried again. This time, instead of the
black
> lines, the printer was leaking black ink at the left edge of the
print with
> each (I think) pass. There was enough ink leaking that it dripped
from the
> head halfway back across to the right edge of the paper on many
passes.
>
> I stopped the print and did a nozzle check and only four of the
black
> nozzles fired. A cleaning fixed that. Then I printed a 21-step
grayscale
> file and it looks great. I printed a couple of purge patterns and
they look
> fine, too. I printed these using cool, neutral and sepia curves and
all look
> fine.
>
> Now, I notice there's little ink in the tubing from the Eboni
bottle. I'm
> not sure what, if anything this would have to do with the problem I
had, but
> the carts all appear to be full and the bottles all have at least
an inch of
> ink in them.
>
> I've now made four 5 x 7 prints without problems of any kind.
>
> Did I just have a hiccup that's corrected itself or does it sound
to you
> experts like I've got a problem that needs to be addressed? For
now, I seem
> to be back in business.
>
> Tom Keesling
> Intelligent Design





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Message: 25
   Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 05:49:36 -0000
   From: "zonepeter" <zonepeter@...>
Subject: Wine with the Artists


I will be one of the featured artists at a "wine with the artists"
this Saturday, Feb 19th from 2:00-5:00 (or so) at my gallery.
It will be at "Artist of the Valley" gallery, located in St Helena,
California.  The gallery is in the St Helena Premiumm Outlet stores,
about 3 miles north of town on Rt 29.  I have a selection of digital
carbon prints as well as some of my silver prints.  It would be a
pleasure to meet any members of this list. Wine is provided local
Napa Valley Wineries.
Hope to see you there.
Thanks
Peter





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