Digital BW, The Print

When I first got involved with inkjet printers I heard that Epson shipped
the new dye printers with a preservative in the heads that was best removed
with the OEM Epson dyes.  I have no idea if this is true.


Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 


> -----Original Message-----
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben
> Rosengart
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 1:41 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] 1280/UT2: heat/humidity?
> 
> On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 01:40:08PM -0700, Paul Roark wrote:
> >
> > If there has ever been dye in the printer, rinse the parking pads off.
> > Eboni doesn't like dye.  My first old 1280 had lots of clogs until I
> > thoroughly rinsed the parking pad.
> 
> Thanks.  I bought it new and never so much as unsealed the Epson
> cartridges.  Is there any chance that Epson ran dye through it for
> quality control or burn-in or anything like that?
> 
> BTW, the problem is with PKN as well as Eboni.  And it's weird -- last
> night I was getting great BO prints, but this morning I couldn't.
> 
> Should I try to clean the nozzles?  I have both "cleaning solution"
> and "nozzle fluid" on order from MIS, but I'm not quite sure what I'm
> supposed to do when they get here.  :-)  I think I also may have made
> a mistake in not buying a cleaning cartridge too ...
> 
> --
>  Ben Rosengart                                          ben@...
>        "Young people should be seen and not heard, because they're
>         good-looking but not too bright.  We're pretty bright now,
>         but we're ugly." -- Grace Slick on the '60s youth movement
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