Digital BW, The Print

I have an intermittent problem. I can get a perfect print and then the 
next one will have solid dark (maybe black) streak of wet ink down the 
left side of the picture about 1.5" wide. Ink is just gushing out for 
about 1.5" of each 13" pass. It sounds like an unsealed cartridge but 
I've tried both factory loaded UT2 and spongless cartridges I loaded 
myself with UT2 inks. Any Ideas?

Robert

Hi Robert;

I've had that happen with a 1280 when I overfilled the older, opaque 
carts-easy enough to avoid with the spongeless carts, since you can see 
the ink levels. Try pulling the cart and checking the well around the 
input needles; there is probably a puddle there, if so clean it up with 
some swabs. If the problem persists see if you can find a reason why 
the cart wouldn't be seating properly. Maybe increasing the spring 
tension a little might help? Also, make sure the ink refill ports on 
the cart are plugged well. If you suspect the plugs aren't  all doing 
the job, try a drop of silicone instead.

Hope this helps

Steve

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "rbehr2001" 
<rsbehr@h...> wrote:
> I have an intermittent problem. I can get a perfect print and then 
the 
> next one will have solid dark (maybe black) streak of wet ink down 
the 

> left side of the picture about 1.5" wide. Ink is just gushing out for 
> about 1.5" of each 13" pass. It sounds like an unsealed cartridge but 
> I've tried both factory loaded UT2 and spongless cartridges I loaded 
> myself with UT2 inks. Any Ideas?
> 
> Robert