Digital BW, The Print

Paul-

Is the flushing fluid the same as the "cleaning cartridges"? 

Aren't all the brands of cleaning carts basically the same? 

Tom O'Connell


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
> 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@y...]
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 7:46 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...
> 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