Digital BW, The Print

Answering my own post:

After reading through the posting on the inksupply.com web site I reseated both cartridges real solidly but not after preloading the ink into the cartridges.  This was the problem: air.  The carts won't suck up ink if there's air or bubbles in them.  So, using the syringe I had I drew in 10 loads of ink, one at a time and squiring the ink back into the bottle.  I reseated the carts real solidly and ran a purge6 test but only black came out.  Then I tried a standard Epson clean/print cycle and 4 of the 6 at least printed something.  After four clean/print cycles the test were within one segment each.  A rerun of the purge6.tif print looked great except for some banding in the Lc cart used for light gray.

For now I can deal with the banding which should work itself out while I do the QTR calibrate procedure for the Red River Greenpix paper.

Any other ideas please feel free to send them along...Mike


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "mbrouphy" <mbrouphy@...> wrote:
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> To All:
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> I'm installing a CFS from MIS on my Epson 1280 but am having a problem.
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> Everything is set up and ready to go; but, when the power is turned on the initialization process shows a red light. This apparently means a chip problem or a chip misread or an out of alignment of the chip.
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> I've reseated the large cartridge, which I assume is the problem, several times to no avail.  I figured this was the problem because it sits up about an 1/8" above the black cartridge.
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> Any solutions...I'd appreciate anyone's help on this to get going tonight.  Much to do after the install to get it configured and calibrated with the QTR RIP.
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> Thanks, Mike
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