Digital BW, The Print

Justin,

This is the first clog I've heard of with MIS's VM inkset.  I've had 2
persistent clogs with my 1160 -- one due to another company's inks and one
after my kids managed to jam a handful of paper into the printer sideways
(which is probably why my 1160 later had a "carriage error" that put it in
the inkjet hospital).

With both of my persistent clogs, the MIS flushing fluid cleaned them out.
I think everyone ought to have these carts of the shelf for these types of
clogs.  With both of mine, there were specific jets that were clogged.  So,
I identified which color that was and "painted" an 8x10 image with that
color.  I then printed that image with plain paper until it came out of the
printer evenly soggy.  This way I didn't waste the cleaning fluid in the
other positions.

Be sure to have some MIS "rivets" to plug the cleaning cart exits so you can
use them more than once.

By the way, I got some of the cleaning fluid on my hands, and it immediately
cleaned off some ink that I'd been unable to wash off even with Boraxo.  The
fluid seems to be a super solvent for ink.

I'm also wondering whether we ought to be using this cleaning fluid every so
often as a preventative.  There are apparently little screens in the heads
that can get partially blocked and change the relative densities of the
inks.  This might be a contributing factor in some of the Piezo ink
problems.  The occasional use of the cleaning fluid just might clear these
screens.

Paul
http://www.PaulRoark.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: smithj72 [mailto:smithj72@...]
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 7:46 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Help please! bad nozzle checks

         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