Digital BW, The Print

I'am getting excess ink draged across the prints in my MIS loaded 7000. Does 
anyone know how to unlock the print head so I can wipe up under there? I 
would use the procedure for the 3000 but I thought I'd ask first since I 
don't want to damage the 7000 doing something stupid. This happened right 
after a refill. I thought maybe I loaded too much ink, but I have siphoned 
some off and its still there and pretty heavy.
Steve Meyers


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> I'am getting excess ink draged across the prints in my MIS loaded 7000. Does
> anyone know how to unlock the print head so I can wipe up under there?
> Steve Meyers

This recently happened to my client's 7000. Are you using thick paper? It
could be that the head is too close to the paper. You can adjust the platen
width to "wide" - this adjusts the head height - use the control panel on
the printer. Look in the manual for the buttons to push. There was no need
to clean the head after that.

Best Regards,

John V.

Hi Steve:
same thing recently happened on my 7000. I had just recently loaded 
ink in some virgin cartridges (color)...but it only was the 
black...so I'm thinking it was some air in that cartridge burping 
out. That's a guess...but I think it will clear up.

best,
ken


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., sdmey4@a... wrote:
> I'am getting excess ink draged across the prints in my MIS loaded 
7000. Does 
> anyone know how to unlock the print head so I can wipe up under 
there? I 
> would use the procedure for the 3000 but I thought I'd ask first 
since I 
> don't want to damage the 7000 doing something stupid. This happened 
right 
> after a refill. I thought maybe I loaded too much ink, but I have 
siphoned 

> some off and its still there and pretty heavy.
> Steve Meyers
> 
> 
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Oh....the reason I also thought it was air...I was getting skips in 
the black area when doing a nozzle check...

I ran a cleaning cycle, and I haven't had the problem anymore.

ken

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., sdmey4@a... wrote:
> I'am getting excess ink draged across the prints in my MIS loaded 
7000. Does 
> anyone know how to unlock the print head so I can wipe up under 
there? I 
> would use the procedure for the 3000 but I thought I'd ask first 
since I 
> don't want to damage the 7000 doing something stupid. This happened 
right 
> after a refill. I thought maybe I loaded too much ink, but I have 
siphoned 

> some off and its still there and pretty heavy.
> Steve Meyers
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I see many of you on this list are using 1280s. I actually have a 1270 but I
believe the CIS units are the same for the two.

I'm looking to use third party inks in my 1270. Are all of you using the
nomorecarts CIS with their "always full" chip system, or are any of you
having good results with other alternatives I should consider?

Should I decide I want to use carts what's the best way to beat the chips?

Todd

Todd,

The NoMoreCarts CIS works fine. It does do a nozzle cleaning every 
time you turn on the printer and asks if you really want to use these 
non-Epson carts. Minor annoyance. There is still the weakness of the 
drooping support arm that needs to me checked occasionally.

The MIS system that uses real Epson carts and a software workaround 
sounds better in theory but I have not heard any feedback yet.

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner <tflash@e...> 
wrote:
> I see many of you on this list are using 1280s. I actually have a 
1270 but I
> believe the CIS units are the same for the two.
> 
> I'm looking to use third party inks in my 1270. Are all of you 
using the
> nomorecarts CIS with their "always full" chip system, or are any of 
you
> having good results with other alternatives I should consider?
> 
> Should I decide I want to use carts what's the best way to beat the 
chips?
> 
> Todd

Thanks Martin and Jerry. At least I know the nomorecarts will do it if I
choose to go that route.

I know there are a lot of 1280 users out there, are any of you using
something other than nomorecarts to bust the chips? I'd like to save a rupee
or two if an alternative system is good. Anybody using carts with third
party inks?

Todd

> Todd,
> 
> The NoMoreCarts CIS works fine. It does do a nozzle cleaning every
> time you turn on the printer and asks if you really want to use these
> non-Epson carts. Minor annoyance. There is still the weakness of the
> drooping support arm that needs to me checked occasionally.
> 
> The MIS system that uses real Epson carts and a software workaround
> sounds better in theory but I have not heard any feedback yet.
> 
> Martin
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Todd Flashner <tflash@e...>
> wrote:
>> I see many of you on this list are using 1280s. I actually have a
> 1270 but I
>> believe the CIS units are the same for the two.
>> 
>> I'm looking to use third party inks in my 1270. Are all of you
> using the
>> nomorecarts CIS with their "always full" chip system, or are any of
> you
>> having good results with other alternatives I should consider?
>> 
>> Should I decide I want to use carts what's the best way to beat the
> chips?
>> 
>> Todd
> 
> 
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>
>The MIS system that uses real Epson carts and a software workaround
>sounds better in theory but I have not heard any feedback yet.
>
>Martin

I've been using the MIS CIS (they call it "CFS" for "continuous feed") on 
my 1280 for a couple of weeks now.  You can buy software on from MIS that 
allows you to re-set the Epson carts to full.  So, far, it seems to be 
working.  There are a couple of issues with this set up.  First, the 
software only works if your printer is connected via a parallel 
port.  Since I normally connect via USB, this requires me to change the 
connection whenever I want to re-set the chip.  Second, it appears that you 
need to re-set before the chip reads "empty"--if a chip reaches an "empty" 
reading, it cannot be re-set. This happened to me with the black cart on my 
system.  I was able to solve the problem by prying the chip off the OEM 
cartridge that came with the printer and putting it on the MIS CFS black 
cart (the chips snap off an on pretty easily if you're careful), and now it 
seems to be working.

Mechanically, I've had no problems with the MIS system once I got the 
cartridges loaded with ink.  You need to figure out how to do this on your 
own, however, because MIS's instructions assume filled cartridges, which 
they do not provide with the MIS VM quadtone inks.

Chris Patti