Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "SteveZ" <blizzie12@y...> wrote:
> I recently started using UT7 ink carts for my 2200 and was 
> experiencing a lot of banding and other problems. When I called MIS 
> tech support, the first thing they told me was to make sure to remove 
> ALL of the silver tape on the top of the cart (which I hadn't done) so 
> that the small ventilation holes are clear. Now that I have done so, 
> the results are much better and the banding is less frequent, but I 
> still must run the nozzle check once or twice before I make a print to 
> make sure there are no gaps in the test pattern segments. I find if 
> there are gaps, I get get the banding.
> Hope this helps.
> 

thanks steve... i have the ape off and a perfect nozzle check except for that small anomaly 
which i think may be a tiny problem with the head.  by the way, i'm not sure why running a 
nozzle check gets you better prints??  isn't it a diagnostic procedure rather than a fix?

ed