Digital BW, The Print

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> I have not been here to the list in some time but I wanted to see if
> there are any new remedies to the posterization problems. Using an 1160,
> 
> no longer Cone Piezo inks, way to many problems including ruining a
> printer trying to get rid of the greenies, clogs and posterization.
> Anyway, I have been using FS Quads for awhile and I had not been having
> a

> Mark, are you printing an RGB image through one of Paul Roark's curves,
> or just 
> a straight grayscale without one of his curves?

> 
> Jerry:
> 
> No, a grey scale file through the Cone Piezo driver and profiles with MIS FS inks. Previously this was giving me very good results. Now I am
> getting the really flat look in the midtones and if you try and do a small curves bump to up the contrast you instantly get posterization. This is the
> same look that I have gotten before with Cone inks just prior to head clogs and the greenies (or whatever name this now has).
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
> 
> ---Jerry Olson <jerryolson@r...> wrote:
> > Mark, are you printing an RGB image through one of Paul Roark's curves,
> > or just
> > a straight grayscale without one of his curves?
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From: "Mark Romine" <klick3@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] The Old Posterization Problem


> Martin:
>
> Martin Wesley wrote:
>
> >  Mark,
>
> > If you go that far you might want to flush out the heads with a
> > syringe loaded with ammonia and water 1:10 followed by a rinse.
>
> When removing the CIS carts to flush out the heads does this break the
> vacuum seal that is established when setting up this CIS? I did a
> syringe head cleaning and now I can not get the printer to print
> anything, no ink is going through the heads even after printing 20
> attempts at the flush image.
>
 Mark,

I am sorry this isn't going well. When I did this, putting the CIS
cartridges back in was like installing a new stubborn quad cartridge. It
took multiple cleanings and 3 purge prints to get everything firing but some
ink was coming through right away. When I took the CIS cartridges out I set
them up above on some paper towel and some the ink ran down the lines and
back into the bottles but when I started up the ink was pulled right back up
into the lines.

Make sure the cartridge socket is clean and that the cartridges are fully
seating. You can also try blowing on the vent lines on the CIS bottles to
gently pressurize the system and help the ink through. Other suggestion
would be to pop in some Epson carts and make sure they are firing to verify
the printer is working okay. Maybe print a purge page or two with the Epson
inks.

Martin
>

> 
> Martin:
> 
> Martin Wesley wrote:
> 
> >  Mark,
> 
> > If you go that far you might want to flush out the heads with a
> > syringe loaded with ammonia and water 1:10 followed by a rinse.
> 
> When removing the CIS carts to flush out the heads does this break the
> vacuum seal that is established when setting up this CIS? I did a
> syringe head cleaning and now I can not get the printer to print
> anything, no ink is going through the heads even after printing 20
> attempts at the flush image.
> 
> Mark
> 
> --
> Mark Romine
> MARK ROMINE PHOTOGRAPHY
> 227 Fairway Drive
> Bloomington, IL 61701
> 309-662-4258
> http://www.markrominephoto.com
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