Hi Paul, No, this is a brand new printer and the only paper I've used is Epson Enhanced Matte. The only other peculiarity is that, when I had the MIS cartridge in it, I had the paper type set wrong and that caused deep white lines in the print. Not knowing why at first, I switched back to the Epson cartridge and then found out that the problem was the paper setting - it needed to be set to Matte. So that, along with a couple of cleanings, got me to where I am now. I am starting to wonder if I should look into returning the printer to where I bought it from - maybe I just got a lemon? Thanks! --Phil _____ From: Paul Roark [mailto:paul.roark@...] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 12:09 PM To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [Digital BW] Epson C86 and Faint streaking in the first 2-3 inches of print Phil, Is the nozzle check perfect? It is odd that it would do the same thing on a second print with a nozzle problem, however. So this is probably not what is going on. The first few inches may be not advancing properly with just the main feed rollers. Perhaps once the paper is also being pulled by the exit rollers the problem disappears. This might indicate that the main feed rollers are not doing the job for some reason. Has some troublesome paper been used lately, like Crane Museo? Paul www.PaulRoark.com ____________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Philip Glaser [mailto:glaserp@...] Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 5:21 AM To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Digital BW] Epson C86 and Faint streaking in the first 2-3 inches of print Hi, I am using Epson Enhanced Matte paper with my new Epson C86 printer. I began with the MIS Eboni Black ink but switched back to the Epson cartridge to narrow down the variables to get to the source of this problem: though most of the print looks ok, in the first few inches of the print there is some very light streaking - faint lines of lighter ink density. As one would imagine, these lines are visible only in areas of mid to darker tone in the print. I have tried cleaning the heads several times but the streaks remain. I also thought that because the problem was in the first few inches of the print, perhaps the printer needed to "warm up" and get the ink flowing, and so I tried making two prints in a row. That did not help. Any suggestions? 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RE: [Digital BW] Epson C86 and Faint streaking in the first 2-3 inches of print
2005-02-24 by Philip Glaser