Digital BW, The Print

morley4now wrote:

> Thank you everybody for your help.  After removing the tape over the
> vent holes I was able to get ink on paper, but with very disappointing
> results.
> 
> I have not been able to print a single purging test pattern without
> serious banding. The nozzle test utility confirms that some of the
> nozzles are clogged.  I have done at least 12 cleaning cycles and
> printed 6 test patterns, and NOW I AM ALMOST OUT OF INK. 

I had similar problems with my set of EZ inks on a brand new C86. The 
first printouts were great, then with the K cartridge ~3/4 empty, I was 
getting banding. So I started to run cleaning cycles, with very much the 
same problems you described.

After wasting a complete K cartridge, I removed the MIS cartridges, 
re-installed the original Epson C86 cartridges, ran one cleaning cycle 
and two purge4.tif printouts, and everything was OK. Then I re-installed 
the MIS cartridges, did another purge4 printout, and since then the C86 
is printing nicely.

So in a nutshell: try cleaning cycles with the original Epson cartridges.


> At this point I have not given MIS the opportunity to address my
> issues, so I can't comment on there customer support, hopefully it
> will be good.  

MIS support is very responsive, just open a ticket via email or web.
In my case they responded quickly, but only with the hint to remove the 
sealing tape. Which I did in the first place. (No instructions, but this 
seemed logical. ;-)

Hope this helps,
Martin