Digital BW, The Print

I am sorry for another post about clogging with a 1280, but I seem to 
be having a different kind of problem and the Yahoo archive search is 
no help.

I am experiencing clogs in multiple heads that began after installing 
a new UT2 cart.  I have tried most of the usual solutions; returning 
to OEM ink, letting the printer rest overnight, various windex 
tricks, etc.  What is new to me is that I can occasionally get a good 
nozzle check.  I then try to print a purge pattern and I find that I 
get lots of banding.  I then print another nozzle check and find I am 
back where I started and cleanings don't help.

Any suggetsions?

Thanks for the help.

Peter

I'm having a similar problem. I'm able to get a clean purge pattern
with the OEM inks, but put the UT2 back in and half the jets are
clogged. Tried windex.

-Pieris
digital darkroom blog: www.pmb.net/darkroom

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "zonepeter"
<zonepeter@a...> wrote:

> 
> I am sorry for another post about clogging with a 1280, but I seem to 
> be having a different kind of problem and the Yahoo archive search is 
> no help.
> 
> I am experiencing clogs in multiple heads that began after installing 
> a new UT2 cart.  I have tried most of the usual solutions; returning 
> to OEM ink, letting the printer rest overnight, various windex 
> tricks, etc.  What is new to me is that I can occasionally get a good 
> nozzle check.  I then try to print a purge pattern and I find that I 
> get lots of banding.  I then print another nozzle check and find I am 
> back where I started and cleanings don't help.
> 
> Any suggetsions?
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> Peter

Hi Peter,

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "zonepeter" 
<zonepeter@a...> wrote:
> ... I am experiencing clogs in multiple heads that began after 
> installing a new UT2 cart.  I have tried most of the usual 
> solutions; returning to OEM ink, letting the printer rest 
> overnight, various windex tricks, etc.  What is new to me is that 
> I can occasionally get a good nozzle check.  I then try to print a 
> purge pattern and I find that I get lots of banding.  I then print 
> another nozzle check and find I am back where I started and 
> cleanings don't help.

It's possible that the OEM ink does not mix well with UT2. Search 
the http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPSON_Printers/ for recent posts 
by Art Entlich for head soaking solution involving household ammonia 
and windex which will dissolve whatever that is sitting in your 
printhead. After purging the head of the sudsy stuff you should be 
able to use UT2.

Or perhaps the easy way is to get a cleaning cartridge from MIS. 
Always use this cleaning cartridge if you switch between the OEM and 
UT2 type inks.

--nick

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Nick H. 
Nugent" <nghin@p...> wrote:

There is a new post in the EPSON_Printers forum which maybe relevant 
to this issue: 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EPSON_Printers/message/30689

--nick