Digital BW, The Print

Hi there,

I recently bought a C86, partly on the strength of the B&WP article,
but also the on-balance positive reviews that I've read here and
elsewhere; I thought that for the price it certainly was worth a shot.
 I also have the MIS EZN inks installed with both the photo and eboni
blacks (not at the same time, obviously) using the new cartridges
which are a breeze to fill.

Since setting up the MIS system, I've encountered a couple of very
obvious banding issues, mainly in the K position, that I thought would
be due to clogging.  Admittedly, this would have been worrisome seeing
that my printer is only a couple of weeks old!  Anyway, each time the
problem was taken care of by simply taking out the offending 'colour'
and using the bottom fill adapter to withdraw a ml or 2 of ink from
the cartridge- after that everything was copacetic.  Make sure you get
that adapter, I think at least some problems that have been attributed
to clogging might have been easily remedied using it.

Best of luck,
Jens


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jhncates"
<jwcat@e...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello, I am new to B&W printing and this group. I have been lurking
> for a few days, deciding which way to go.
> 
>  Due to an article in January's issue of Black and White
Photography,
> and an article on The Luminous Landscape website, I decided the
Epson
> C86 with the EZ inks were the way to go. I ordered the printer and
> inks today.
> 
>  My problem is after doing a search of this newsgroup, I see some
> people are having clogging problems. The MIS site says that this
will
> not be a problem because the particles are smaller than the head
> openings. At the same time, when reading the problem solving section
> of the website, they go through procedures for cleaning clogged
> heads. 
> 
> Is this problem a common occurance? 
> 
> I almost bought the Piezotone? system, until the problem seemed
> widespread. At least the monetary involvment is not as great this
way.
> I plan on using this until I can get no better results, then get a
> 2200 and start again.