Digital BW, The Print

Printed the MIS Purge file - still had dots. Printed same file on
Premier ArtHot Press - still dotted, though dots were in different
places, i.e. what appear to be random locations. 

I'm puzzled. But hesitant to start messing with the printhead and not
dissatisfied enough to stop using the system, just kind of annoyed
with it.   

Is anyone else experiencing this phenomenon?  

Marty 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mepreuss"
<mepreuss@y...> wrote:
> 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