Digital BW, The Print

The purging patterns on the MIS web site are helpful,
they have one for 4 color printers (which would be suitable
for C84/86) and 6/7 color for more sofisticated units.
There is a pattern/sequence in the cleaning cycles
, short burst for the first, then long for the middle one
and another short burst for the third- this then repeats
itself, however it will not help or even make the clog worse
to keep cleaning ad nauseam. The neanderthal providing
tech support should not have advised you to keep using the 
cleaning cycles. If you have downloaded the purging pattern from
MIS (which you should use at least once a week, in order
to avoid any major clogs) the best procedure if you have a rebel
clog is to do a nozzle check, then cleaning, another nozzle check,
second cleaning, nozzle check, third cleaning, nozzle check then
print the MIS purge pattern and repeat procedure if you still see 
streaking in what should be solid blocks of black and grey.
If this does not work, MIS details a few procedures involving
Windex (see their troubleshooting guide).
Endless cleaning cycles will flood the dumping
sponge and create a big mess without solving the
initial problem. 

Regards

Andrei
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Seth 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 8:36 PM
  Subject: RE: [Digital BW] More C86 woes - New printer


  Epson had me do NINE cleanings in a row one time.   I got pretty livid.  She
  kept saying, "bear with me" but I was paying for the ink.

  Anyway, it worked.

  One thing I always do when I have to clean is go through the alignment setup
  also.  This can cause banding also.

  Seth



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