Digital BW, The Print

For what it's worth I find the MIS magenta UC equivalent inks to be really
bad - both M and LM.  I get continual bad clogs even with the new carts.
The other inks are not nearly as bad.


> From: Andrei Aderca <aderca@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 09:02:21 -0500
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] 1280 w Pigmnet clogs, was:  Epson 2200 & switching
> inks
> 
> 
> Bob
> 
> Your experience matches mine to a large extent, this is one of the
> reasons why I upgraded
> to a 2200. I used a 1280 with CIS for about 6 months and found the
> clogging to get
> worse, especially on the black nozzle. Tried every method in the book
> with Windex,
> also unplugging the CIS and using dye carts to try getting a clean
> nozzle check is also
> a pain- so I guess that from this point of view, using the EZ fill carts
> at least makes it
> less painful when you have a stubborn clog. I am not sure either that
> the issue is in the
> cart design, my 1280 is now retired, I acquired the printhead
> installation software but
> I'm still considering whether it is worth putting in a new printhead,
> given that I would not
> use it for anything else except pigment.
> The old printhead had build-up on the black nozzle, or spigot, don't
> know exactly how
> to call that part, but it's a little plastic piece which is cone shaped,
> with minute holes in it.
> I could not remove it with Windex and really did not want to consider
> anything else more
> drastic.
> I also have a C84 and it seems more robust in terms of clogging,  must
> be the printhead
> design for Durabrite inks.
> Just a silly remark but could be that the spongeless EZ carts keep the
> spigots in the head
> "whetted" to a better extent than the conventional design.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Andrei
> 
>