Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., shashinka@a... wrote:
> Jan Becket wrote:
> 
> 
> As a last resort I retrieved the printer and was switching from 
> 
> Cone to MIS inks, hoping that the Cone inks were bad.  No 
such 
> 
> luck.  Now that the printer works again, sort of, I see that MIS 
inks 
> 
> also cause identical banding.
> 
> 
> I spoke with the Epson guy over the phone and he wasn't 
aware 
> 
> of the buttons to push to get rid of the flashes, by the way.  He 
did 
> 
> flush the heads and lines really well, though, and the flush 
> 
> image I printed was totally clear.  I can't imagine there is a
clog, 
> 
> although at this point I am hoping for one.  
> 
> 
> Jan Becket
> 
>  >>
> 
> Hi Jan:
> 
> I assume you did this, but did you run the alignment utility and 
how did it 
> look after foing a few head cleanings?  Also, the head height 
might need 
> adjusting, but I'm not sure to which height since I don't have a 
3000.
> 
> -Andy Darlow

Thanks for the suggestions, Andy.  I did run the alighment utility 
and curiously, the heads are aligned.  Also, the head cleaning 
utility printed a perfect test pattern. (The banding occurs mostly at 
1440 dpi.)  Head height doesn't seem to make much difference.  

The Epson repair place had the printer for about a month and 
flushed out the system of course.  When I got the printer back a 
few days ago and discovered the same black banding with the 
Cone ink set, I flushed twice with the cleaning carts and put in 
the MIS FS ink set, without any effect. 

I've resigned myself to a new black print head, which is only 
$240, not the $334 I was first quoted.  It's *almost* enough to 
send me back to the darkroom — but not quite.

Jan Becket