Digital BW, The Print

If you are getting perfect nozzle checks and the print head alignment
patterns are not showing banding, then running more cleaning cycles
isn't going to help. If you are still not getting perfect nozzle
checks, then you have some choices:
- wait it out. Sometimes just waiting a day or two will allow air  
  bubbles to dissipate and the ink to flow correctly. Seems like 
  enough time has already passed and your situation has not improved.
- Some folks recommend putting cleaning fluid on the landing pad and
  waiting a day or two. My experience is that most blockages are
  due to air bubbles, and this won't solve that problem, though
  the wait might help ...
- take more drastic action and force cleaning fluid through the 
  print head. I have had good results doing this, but I can't 
  recommend it to anyone else as it can easily destroy your print 
  head.

Re timestamps: I heard that there was a problem on the mail servers
that caused delays and messages to be delivered late and out of sequence.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "paulmwhiting"
<paulmwhiting@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Philip, very helpful. I think I was too much a slave to that
> ink monitor. I did begin to suspect it might not be all that accurate.
> 
> Also, before hearing back from you, I (cautiously) tried out that SSC
> utility--- and eventually got a definitive red light for new cart
> needed, the cart moved over, I re-filled the spongeless cart, and
> everything's back to normal. But next time I'll learn from your
> helpful comments how to safely work around some of those issues.
> 
> Still getting a little banding, my orignal subject in this thread :).
> That's all that's left. Guess I'll try some more nozzle check and
> cleaning cycles. Is it true it's harmful to do more than three of
> those cycles, then a print, then three more cycles, then letting the
> printer rest - otherwise damaging the printer?
> 
> Appreciate all your help,
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Paul
> 
> PS Do you know if the time stamps on messages in these messages are
> sometimes a bit off? They don't always seem to jibe somehow.
> 
> In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Philip Schwartz"
> <Philip.Schwartz@> wrote:
> >
> > Paul:
> > I'd say keep pressing the ink button until the print head moves to the
> > correct position. If it still doesn't, I'd try powering off the
> > printer, disconnecting the power cord for a several seconds,
> > reconnecting, power up, and try again.
> > Don't expect the ink monitor to be too accurate. I try to refill and
> > reset the chip when I still have a few milliliters left in the
> > cartridge. Another trick: if the head is not parked, I think you will
> > be able to manually move the head if you unplug the printer (*don't*
> > use the power button to power off).
> > 
> > Re alignment: I see onscreen prompts that tell me I can skip some
> > tests that only pertain to high-speed printing.
> >
>