Digital BW, The Print

Tom, sorry to hear about your similar problems. Have you spoken with
MIS tech support about your experience? I talked with Marc last week
and he's the one who suggested that I try to push the poppet valves up
into the cart.

When that worked (for 2½ prints), I quickly emailed him to let him
know. Friday evening I emailed him again to let him know that the
success was short-lived. This morning he responded by asking what inks
I'm using in the carts. I replied mid-day to remind him that they're
UT2 inks, but haven't heard any more from him. If I don't get a reply,
I'll call again.

Tom

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, toliwel@... wrote:
>
> Tom, I hope someone has a solution for this problem, as I have it too.
> 
> Same circumstances.  Had a 1280 for a year and it worked well with
UT2 inks.  
> Then I switched to the MIS spongeless carts, and it worked well for
a few 
> months.  Then the light magenta nozzles would clog.  Switch to Epson
Carts, and I 
> could get them working again.  Back to UT2 and the LM nozzles would
clog.  
> Eventually, I couldn't get them to work at all, so I bought a new
1280.  Worked 
> for a while, then the same problem with the LM nozzles.  Had Epson
replace it. 
>  After a week or so, the problem came back with the replacement!  Same 
> problem with 3 1280s!
> 
> Now I can consistently get all nozzels working with my tinted
cleaning fluid 
> (also in a MIS spongeless cart), but as soon as I put the UT2 in
spongeless 
> carts in, most of the LM nozzles disappear.
> 
> At first I thought the problem could be the spongeless carts are
flooding the 
> head circuit boards in the same area to short out the LM circuitry.
 I also 
> thought that my 2 year old bottle of UT2 LM might thickening up, but
I put some 
> new ink in to no avail.  I also suspect that it could be a
manufacturing 
> defect with the spongeless carts, like a leaking LM seal due to
misalignment of 
> the port, but this wouldn't explain why the spongeless cleaning cart
works 
> consistently.
> 
> I am now looking for some sponge carts to try to see if the
spongeless ones 
> are the problem.  Does anyone know where I can get them?
> 
> Bout ready to toss the 1280s and get something else.
> 
> Tom Wells
>