Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "hp9180profile" 
<owens@...> wrote:
>
> Just to clarify, the issue I have (and the reason I started this 
> thread) is with the MIS R1800 inkset (5 colors, eboni, PK and GLOP) 
NOT 
> the R1800 printer itself. With the Epson R1800 OEM inks I get 
> absolutely no banding on any colors at all. With the MIS inks all 8 
> channels (colors) band.
> 
> The problem is with the MIS R1800 inset on gloss paper, not the 
> printer. The printer is fine. 
> 
> From the work Paul has done we also know that it works very well with 
> the 3MK approach. So it does two things well - run OEM inks and 3Mk 
> which is one more than Epson ever promised us it would.
>


Can you print a good nozzle check pattern? 

Does it band when printing in 3-MK mode?

My r800 prints beautifully in 3-MK mode, but the carts don't work in 
color mode.

Have you tried letting the printer (powered on) set overnight and then 
trying to print?

Cleaning cycles just make the situation worse when using after-market 
carts.

Usually the 'missing nozzle problem' is actually just trapped  air and 
not clogged nozzles.

I, like Paul Roark, am find that Eboni (Image Specialists) ink doesn't 
clogg.

I leave my 1400 powered 'on' constantly. Sometimes it'll sit for 2 
weeks without being used, and it will print a perfect nozzle check 
pattern.

Scott