Digital BW, The Print

Paul, et al: I wonder if the much less warm results I got with my 
R220 UT R2W compared with my C86 with the Warm carts was because one 
or more the R2 Warm carts were mismarked?  I had asked that question 
about 2 weeks ago... Should I check back with MIS?

Michael Vendrell


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> wrote:
>
> 
> 
> > ... received my warm tone inks last week ...
> > and the print came out dead neutral. 
> 
> It appears MIS has some incorrectly marked R2 Warm carts out 
there.  The R2
> warm should be pure carbon.
> 
> > Placed the cart back in and have the standing red light again.
> 
> Sometimes it's the contact between the chip and printer.  Last 
night I had
> to put a few 1/8" square pieces of tape below the chip to raise it 
up a bit.
> That cured the problem.
> 
> > Is this a constant problem with these carts? 
> 
> A certain percentage of the carts appear to be a few paper 
thicknesses too
> short, and a certain percentage of chips are bad.  So, you should 
have some
> extra chips and save those off old carts for spares.  
> 
> MIS told me they just bought a chip tester, but I'm not sure what 
percentage
> of the incoming chips they are testing.  These problems are a 
nuisance for
> them and us.  Hopefully they'll find some workable and affordable 
solutions.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>