Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 3/13/2002 8:51:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, samcc@... 
writes:


> I'd be glad for any advice or even just any intelligence about how 
> this stoppage might have happened.  It seems to me implausible that 
> it was a clog, but I also don't see how air could have gotten in the 
> system.
> 

On more than one occasion I have had problems because the bottles were 
twisted slightly, suggesting that the tubes didn't have a clean throughput.
My bottles are in an awkward position (small apt), so I now make sure the 
caps are loose and clear of any twistage, and I screw the bottles onto the 
caps. Haven't had any problems since I've adopted this method.
George J Kunze


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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., toomagenta@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 3/13/2002 8:51:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
samcc@v... 
> writes:
> 
> 
> > I'd be glad for any advice or even just any intelligence about how 
> > this stoppage might have happened.  It seems to me implausible 
that 
> > it was a clog, but I also don't see how air could have gotten in 
the 
> > system.
> > 
> 

Well I guess the usual: run the thing at least once a day if you can 
afford it or a few days anyway, a quick draft purge print. Keep 
humidity at 35%RH minimum, 40-45%RH preferred. If the ink and/ or CIS 
have been around for a year, consider replacing. Favor putting drops 
of Windex/Fantastik/alcohol/ ethylene glycol (choose you favorite) on 
the parking pad, or better, soak up the excess ink that may build up 
on the pad by repeatedly putting drops on, then sopping it up. Then 
clean the rim of parking pad. The towel under the printhead trick 
might work- it was best for me to clear up blobbing of ink and nozzle 
lines that jumped up and down in the pattern, usually not absense of 
the line.

I lean toward doing more printer turn ons, and parking pad dropping 
and less cleaning cycles these days. I will rarely do more than two in 
a row. Usually no more than one. Then I just let it sit.

My wild guess is it IS due to air, not a clog, even though it's the k 
position. You could also check for proper seating of CIS cart, leaks 
in tubing. MIS has an interesting way of getting air out of the cart 
(not the printhead) should this be the case, I think in their CFS FAQ 
page(?).

Plunking new Epson carts back in for a short spell (for 20% of ink) 
might clear the air, or at least isolate problem to either printhead 
or CIS cart(s).

Hope I helped.
Good luck,
Jim H.