Digital BW, The Print

Use ROR or windex and put some on the pad that the head parks on - move the
head to the left first. Let it sit overnight.

Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "smithj72" <smithj72@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:45 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Help please! bad nozzle checks


> Hello,
>          I am using a 1280, a cis from nomorecarts.com, and Paul's
> VM HEX inks and curves, 99% of the time I use the neutral curve.
> Everything was working fine for months until a few days ago I
> noticed horizontal stripes in my prints.  I think this is banding, but
> I am not sure if this is the proper term for what I am seeing.
> Anyway, I ran an alignment check and found that I needed to
> make some adjustments.  I then ran a nozzle check and found
> that I needed to have the heads cleaned, which I did, several
> times, but no improvement.  What I am seeing is that of the six
> groups of diagonal lines, "#5", or 5th from the left is always
> incomplete in the same way.  I have run the head cleaning cycle
> many times both through the software and manually with the
> button on the front of the printer.  I have also waited overnight a
> couple of times as it says to do in the printer user manual.  The
> quality of my prints has improved since I first noticed the
> problem, and I figure that is the result of the re-alignment, but
> there is still some very faint horizontal lines in my prints.  Has
> this happened to anybody else?  Is there a remedy?  I would
> graetly appreciate any input any of you might have on this matter.
> Thanks in advance,
> Justin Smith
>
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