Digital BW, The Print

Bill,

 

Very interesting.  my initial guess is a bad chip on one or more of the
carts. If a seal was bad you would probably have a flooding situation or
lack of ink but I can't see how either of those situations could cause
additional cleaning cycles. Something is telling the printer to initiate a
cleaning cycle and my first guess would be one or more bad chips or bad
contact between the chip and the pins in the cartridge holder. Since the
problem seems to be with the CIS perhaps contacting the manufacturer to get
a replacement set of chips is in order.

 

HTH,

Tom 

 

From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 6:11 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Ink waste - cartridges vs CIS

 

Tom:

As you requested, here are the results of my testS. I am sorry it 
has taken so long to get back, but I had a lot of testing to do on 
each step to be sure what was going on.

In summary, here is what I did and the results of each step.

. I downloaded another copy of the Epson driver. No change, 
still pumping 3 to 5 times when the printer is turned on. The 
computer does not even have to be on for this to happen.
. Changed out the three (3) carts that the Epson diver said 
were NOT EPSON CARTS. This did get rid of that error message when I 
printed through the Epson driver. But, it still pumps 3 to 5 times 
when I turn on the printer.
. Replaced the CIS system for the original Epson cartridges' 
and BING, problem solved.

So, that brings up another set of questions regarding the reason the 
CIS system is causing this pumping problem.
1. Is this a problem with a chip on one or more cartridges?
2. Is there some sort of seal where the tubs attaching to the 
carts and Ink supply tanks that could be broken and causing air to 
get into the line? (Loss of vacuum?)
3. Or, is there something else going on here?

Bill LaFever

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com> , "Tom Maugham" 
<Thomas@...> wrote:
>
> Good luck and let us know how it works out.
> 
> 
> 
> Tom 
> 
> 
> 
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com> 
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of 
Bill
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 8:43 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com> 
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Ink waste - cartridges vs CIS
> 
> 
> 
> Tom:
> 
> I would think if it was problem with the Epson driver, it would 
show 
> on both printers as I use the same driver on both.
> 
> I might converting back to cartrides and see what that does. That 
> would tell me if it was a chip problem with the CIS.
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> 
> Bill
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com> 
> <mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint%40yahoogroups.com> , "Tom 
Maugham" 
> <Thomas@> wrote:
> >
> > It sounds like it could be bad chips on the carts OR something 
> wrong with
> > the circuit board in the printer OR a bad printer driver in your 
> computer. I
> > would try reloading/updating the driver first to see if that 
clears 
> the
> > problem. If it's not that then see about the chips and lastly the 
> board.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > HTH
> > 
> > 
> >
> 
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