Digital BW, The Print

Hello All,

In the past, changing a cart on the 2200 almost always required a
cleaning cycle or two to get the new cart started.  The other day the
phone rang just after I inserted a couple of new carts, _before_ I
pressed the Ink button.  So the carts sat there for 5 minutes or so
while I was on the phone.

Then I pressed the Ink button, the printer did its usual noises and
flickering lights, and the first nozzle check was perfect.  No extra
cleaning cycles needed.  I have since done this 3 or 4 times with the
same results (I was experimenting with different UT7 combinations). I
put in the carts and then take a short break before pressing the
Ink button.

Apparently those few minutes of waiting allows the ink to flow down
into the head.  No more frustrating, ink wasting and time consuming
cleaning cycles.

Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

Hello Clayton,

It's good to be reminded of this time and again. This, too, has been
my experience and yet often times I have an irresistible urge to run
cleaning cycles immediately. With my 1160s it's more like a couple of
hours, or even overnight, instead of minutes of letting the cartridges
rest. I'll bet it's the frantic cleaning cycles before the cartridges
are ready that cause some of the monster clogs that may take days to
clear.

Thanks,
--nick

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"
<cj@c...> wrote:

> ...
> 
> Apparently those few minutes of waiting allows the ink to flow down
> into the head.  No more frustrating, ink wasting and time consuming
> cleaning cycles.
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

Great tip! Thanks, Clayton!

John L

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones" 
<cj@c...> wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> In the past, changing a cart on the 2200 almost always required a
> cleaning cycle or two to get the new cart started.  The other day 
the
> phone rang just after I inserted a couple of new carts, _before_ I
> pressed the Ink button.  So the carts sat there for 5 minutes or so
> while I was on the phone.
> 
> Then I pressed the Ink button, the printer did its usual noises and
> flickering lights, and the first nozzle check was perfect.  No 
extra
> cleaning cycles needed.  I have since done this 3 or 4 times with 
the
> same results (I was experimenting with different UT7 
combinations). I

> put in the carts and then take a short break before pressing the
> Ink button.
> 
> Apparently those few minutes of waiting allows the ink to flow down
> into the head.  No more frustrating, ink wasting and time consuming
> cleaning cycles.
> 
> Regards,
> Clayton
> 
> 
> Info on black and white digital printing at    
> http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm