Digital BW, The Print

I run the nozzle cleaning cycle until there are no gaps in the test 
pattern segments. With UC ink carts, I never have to do that. With 
UT7 inks, I must do this often to get a decent print with no 
banding. It's possible you do have a problem with one of your heads, 
but I'm finding that these ink carts are very quirky.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "edrudolpho" 
<erudolph@p...> wrote:
> --- 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