Digital BW, The Print

Since you're just wasting ink with all the cleanings, try this:

Load a piece of plain paper and print an 8x10" photo.

Chances are, half way through that print, the air bubbles will 
subside and the printer will be ready to print.

I do this often after re-filling one of the carts in my c86. I run a 
nozzle check, and if it needs a "cleaning", I'll just print an 8x10 
instead. It works almost everytime.

Let us know if this works for you.

Scott




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "lmpipes" 
<lpipes@c...> wrote:
>
> This is my first post to the group, so thank you in advance for 
your help. 
> 
> Recently I purchased the MIS EZN ink for use in a C86 printer. I 
popped the cartridges in 
> and tried printing, not realizing that there was a foil sticker 
that needed to be removed 
> over the ventilation hole (no instructions were sent with the 
cartridges!). After I got those 
> suckers off (which was quite an effort), my first print yielded 
terrible banding. 
> 
> The MIS tech support has suggested all these remedies, which I've 
tried to no avail:
> 
> 1) Making sure ventilation holes are uncovered (yep! Poked a paper 
clip wire into them to 
> make sure).
> 2) Leaving cartridges sit outside the printer for a day to 
eliminate any air bubbles.
> 2) Running a cleaning cycle (Did two for good measure, plus ran 
several nozzle checks. 
> Perhaps a small improvement, but still there is banding).
> 
> Before using the MIS cartridges, I used the Epson color cartridges 
and had no problem with 
> printing. 
> 
> I have noticed than the cyan prints fine, the black with very small 
banding, the yellow and 
> magenta with the worst banding.
> 
> Any suggestion? Thank you,
> 
> LPipes
>