Digital BW, The Print

I doubt if the INKS cause the banding broblem. I've been using MIS and
Generations since they came out and see no unusual signs of banding and
certainly no signs of unusual clogging. I think banding is a printer
problem, and some printers are much more prone to it than others.

Jerry



janevro wrote:
> 
> --- 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 \ufffd but not quite.
> 
> Jan Becket
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