Digital BW, The Print

I never did try the printhead cleaning process, though I haven't
solved the problem.  I am a little skeptical about it being caused by
a dirty printhead because the system was brand new, I used only MIS
EZN carts, and I had run less than 50 sheets of EEM in it. 

I asked MIS about the problem, they suggested running a printhead
purge and exam the output for the dots. I'll probably try that this
evening, though at this point I'm not sure what it means if the dots
are gone.  The purge file can be found at
ttp://www.inksupply.com/cobratrouble.cfm (step 2) This is part of
their Continuous Flow System Troubleshooting steps. They also
suggested trying a different paper to see if that eliminates them. 

I'll let you know what I find out.  

Marty Preuss

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Leslie Otterbein
<lotterbein@t...> wrote:
> There is a man on the epson forum who give out a cleaning manual for 
> epson printers. You 
> 
> On Jul 25, 2005, at 7:36 PM, Jeff Medkeff wrote:
> 
> >
> >  This was on the list a couple weeks ago:

> >  mepreuss wrote:
> >
> >  > I recently tooled a brand new C86 with MIS EZ inks and have been 
> > very happy with the results.  However on close inspection of the
prints I see random black dots in any light area, including shaded and
non-shaded areas.


> >  Marty, did you ever try cleaning as described? Did that solve the
problem? (The random black dots are showing up in my prints, as well.)
Can anyone point me to a procedure for cleaning the underside of the
C86 print head with Windex (or etc)? The specific difficulty I'm
having is understanding how to reach the underside of the print head.
I'm a small-fingered man, but I can't come close to reaching it, and
it is non-obvious to me how to remove it. (I *am* a mechanical moron,
so  none of this is surprising.)

> >  I've gotten to the point where (excepting the black dots) I am really
> >  liking the output of this combination (C86-EZN) and I'm getting
> >  consistent, predictable results. I've made several prints now that I
> >  think are gorgeous, and I'm usually terribly nonplussed with my own
> >  results. I'm very impressed with this combination, and have to thank
> >  Paul Roark and his website again for turning me on to it.
> >
> >  Thanks for any assist,
> >
> >  --
> >  Jeff Medkeff
> >  Eagle River, Alaska