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[Digital BW] Re: C86 EZ Tiny Black Dots - Further Troubleshooting

2005-08-27 by dfaprinting

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Medkeff 
<medkeff@g...> wrote:
> 
> No, I've not tried the Epson chip in the MIS cart. I'll put this on 
my 
> list of things to do, but I'll hunt for the PDF you mentioned first.
> 
> I'm not knowledgeable about inkjet technology. Is the ink being fed 
by 
> gravity and/or capillary action into the jet, or is there a pump? 
There 
> is a large vent on the top of the MIS carts, which is not present 
on the 
> OEM carts. Could its presence somehow be allowing excessive amounts 
of 
> ink into the jet, thus resulting in dots on the paper when the jet 
> clears itself?
> 
> 


The ink is ideally a gravity feed, but the action of the piezo does 
cause a vaccuum to be produced, I tyhink that PDF may be on the Epson 
Japan site.

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