Digital BW, The Print

A quick note to let you know that the chapter from my 
Cuba/Mexico trip is now up. The direct link is:
http://marktucker.com/cubamexico/

but you can also get there from the main page index page.

-Mark Tucker, Nashville, http://marktucker.com

>I have an Epson 7000 and was installing the MIS VM Quad tone inks 
>and there seems to be air { it could be a clog as well although 
>probably is air)  in only one of my jets. I have waited 48 hours, 
>run many cleaing cycles and printed out many sheets  all to no 
>avail. The block remains. I have read where Fantastic can be 
>inserted on the pads where the heads rest for the Epson 3000. Does 
>anyone know if this is effective for the Epson 7000 as well?


Stephen Harrison

Mark,

  Great series! I spent almost two hours viewing the images.

  Recently I had the pleasure to see the images of Cuba made by Tom Lopez
and Kerry Coppin at the University of Miami. It is always very satisfying to
see how people can shoot the same subject and see it in totally different
ways. Tom from the vantage of an exile brought to the US as a child and now
a Professor, Kerry who is working on a project looking at the Black Peoples
of the country from the eyes of a successful African American Professor.

  Thanks for sharing a creative, moving, and indepth look into your subject.

  -Mike

  Michael J. Kravit
  Architect/Photgrapher


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Mark, it's great to see more of your work.  Congrats, it's fantastic!

Bill Morse
PhotoProspect
Cambridge, MA 02139


on 1/10/02 6:15 PM, marktuckerdotcom wrote:

A quick note to let you know that the chapter from my
Cuba/Mexico trip is now up. The direct link is:
http://marktucker.com/cubamexico/

but you can also get there from the main page index page.

-Mark Tucker, Nashville, http://marktucker.com




[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

If anybody wants to see what great photography looks like, check 
this out.  Mark is traveling with fresh eyes and a love for the act of 
photographing.  He is not shooting the cliches here.  He is 
looking up, down, around and through.  Kudos, Mark.

Frank

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Bill Morse 
<willym@b...> wrote:
> Mark, it's great to see more of your work.  Congrats, it's 
fantastic!

> 
> Bill Morse
> PhotoProspect
> Cambridge, MA 02139
> 
> 
> on 1/10/02 6:15 PM, marktuckerdotcom wrote:
> 
> A quick note to let you know that the chapter from my
> Cuba/Mexico trip is now up. The direct link is:
> http://marktucker.com/cubamexico/
> 
> but you can also get there from the main page index page.
> 
> -Mark Tucker, Nashville, http://marktucker.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Mark,

WOW! Very moving work. Well done indeed!

Martin


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "marktuckerdotcom" 
<mark@m...> wrote:

> A quick note to let you know that the chapter from my 
> Cuba/Mexico trip is now up. The direct link is:
> http://marktucker.com/cubamexico/
> 
> but you can also get there from the main page index page.
> 
> -Mark Tucker, Nashville, http://marktucker.com

Hey, Mark,

amazing stuff ! - thanks for letting us know here. This is what it's all about, 
bringing those kinds of images to life - throught all this tech we can't stop 
talking about <g>. 

I especially liked some of your "empty spaces", storefronts and the like. And 
your style of burning-in and tonal distribution makes these pictures really sing. 
That it also comes through on the web, is another miracle. I can't imagine 
what the _real_  prints look like. 

And did you have to ask those two kids to roll the tires - or was Cartier 
Bresson watching over you?  <...g>

Thanks again for sharing these pictures with us.

Antonis

Hello Mark,

You have achieved that which I am attempting to attain :
the ability to see in black & white : in  textures, shades and feelings.


Thanks,
Alex Pettit Jr.
Orlando Fla




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "marktuckerdotcom" <mark@m...> wrote:

> A quick note to let you know that the chapter from my 
> Cuba/Mexico trip is now up. The direct link is:
> http://marktucker.com/cubamexico/
> 
> but you can also get there from the main page index page.
> 
> -Mark Tucker, Nashville, http://marktucker.com

I too tried to install the MIS variables in my 7000. I had air in ALL 
SIX lines! I returned the whole mess for a refund.

To Bob's credit, my sense is that he keeps refining and revising 
the system. At this point, he's on the third or fourth variation.

Mike Kravit is using the system too. Might send him a private 
note for tips. He had better luck than me.

As soon as I went back to 9000 carts, the problem disappeared 
immediately. The cost savings with 9000 carts is so large that 
it's not worth the hassle of a CIS for me.

Just my opinion.

-http://marktucker.com/



---------------


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Stephen Harrison 
<sh@s...> wrote:
> >I have an Epson 7000 and was installing the MIS VM Quad 
tone inks 
> >and there seems to be air { it could be a clog as well although 
> >probably is air)  in only one of my jets. I have waited 48 hours, 
> >run many cleaing cycles and printed out many sheets  all to 
no 
> >avail. The block remains. I have read where Fantastic can be 
> >inserted on the pads where the heads rest for the Epson 
3000. Does 

> >anyone know if this is effective for the Epson 7000 as well?
> 
> 
> Stephen Harrison

Stephen,

First, are you using a CIS with your MIS VM inks? I think that is 
what Mark is talking about. If so, I will tell you how to fix the 
problem, it took months or experiementing and switching out parts 
with MIS, but we finally have it working with no problems.

If you loaded carts and have air in the line, all the cleaning cycles 
in the world will not help as the 7000 lines are very long. You need 
to do an initial fill to purge the air. You do not have to remove the 
ink, but just do the init fill.

Here is how it is done;

Epson 7000 - INITIAL CHARGE PROCEDURE
1 - Ensure printer is off.
2 - Hold 3 buttons down and turn on machine. The three (3) buttons 
are:
a) "Paper feed +" ( Paper feed plus)"
b) "Paper feed -" ( Paper feed minus)
c) "Cut/Eject" (Enter)

3 - The LCD will display "Check : Test

4 - Press the "Paper Source" button four (4) times to toggle through 
the
cleaning menu until the LCD displays : "Check : Cleaning".

5 - Press the "Enter" Button. The LCD will display "Cleaning : 
Std.KK0"

6 - Press the "Paper Source" Button to toggle though the menu until 
the LCD
displays "Cleaning : Init. Fill"

7 - Press the "Enter" Button to beginning the charging routing. 
("Init.
Fill" = Initial Fill)

8 - When the charging routing is finished - you will need to turn the
printer OFF to exit these menus. Turn it back ON to begin normal 
operation.

Hope this helps, it has always worked for me when I got air in the 
lines. I have never used fantastic or windex on my 7000. I find the 
heads are usually cleared by sitting or the cleaning cycles.

Let me know if this helps, 

Mike



 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Stephen Harrison <sh@s...> 
wrote:

> >I have an Epson 7000 and was installing the MIS VM Quad tone inks 
> >and there seems to be air { it could be a clog as well although 
> >probably is air)  in only one of my jets. I have waited 48 hours, 
> >run many cleaing cycles and printed out many sheets  all to no 
> >avail. The block remains. I have read where Fantastic can be 
> >inserted on the pads where the heads rest for the Epson 3000. Does 
> >anyone know if this is effective for the Epson 7000 as well?
> 
> 
> Stephen Harrison

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "mkravit" 
<michael.kravit@w...> wrote:
> Stephen,
> 
> First, are you using a CIS with your MIS VM inks? I think that is 
> what Mark is talking about. If so, I will tell you how to fix the 
> problem, it took months or experiementing and switching out 
parts 
> with MIS, but we finally have it working with no problems.


I will only add to this: I did not do EXACTLY what Mike is talking 
about, but I did get the lines to a point where they showed no air. 
The problem was that the air always tended to creep back in 
somehow, even after clearly viewing the lines as completely full.

But, for sure, follow Mike's procedure and see what happens. He 
is much more experienced with this than I am. 

I think also a factor as to how high the bottles must be stored. 
Not too high; not too low. Mike will advise about this.

Too much witchcraft for me....

Mark is absolutley correct.

The bottles must be placed no higher than 4" below the print heads 
and no lower than the base of the printer. Also even more important, 
the lines must NOT sag when they leave the 7000 cartridges. Self 
adhesive backed hooks to hold the lines parallel will keep gravity 
from pulling the ink from the heads and letting air get in.

I have now had these parameters on my CIS for about a month and I 
have had no air infiltration. Also, it is important to make sure that 
all connection within the CIS, that is tubing connections must be 
sealed with silicone.

Mike

Mike: Thanks for your input.

Yes, I am using the MIS VM inkset in the Epson 7000 and recently had 
the Epson repair tek out here and the unit was realigned and working 
fine when he left.

  I did the install fill according to your detailed instructions and 
the same jet remained missing. Then I printed out a purge sheet and 
after that about 5 other jets now have gaps in the pattern. They were 
not plugged before I printed the purge sheet. I wonder if it has to 
do with the tubing diameter. When the first system leaked air, Bob 
sent me a double tube set with two tubes coming out of each cartridge 
instead of one. The diameter of the new tubing is even less than the 
old CIS system I received. I wonder the heads are  unable to suck the 
ink up into the ink jet heads because of the small tubing. I even 
tried the old windex trick to no avail and applied it on the parking 
pads. Something is wrong as I now have for the first time several 
gaps in my head pattern indication air or much less likely particle 
blockage.

Thoughts or ideas ??

Stephen Harrison

>Stephen,
>
>First, are you using a CIS with your MIS VM inks? I think that is
>what Mark is talking about. If so, I will tell you how to fix the
>problem, it took months or experiementing and switching out parts
>with MIS, but we finally have it working with no problems.
>
>If you loaded carts and have air in the line, all the cleaning cycles
>in the world will not help as the 7000 lines are very long. You need
>to do an initial fill to purge the air. You do not have to remove the
>ink, but just do the init fill.
>
>Here is how it is done;
>
>Epson 7000 - INITIAL CHARGE PROCEDURE
>1 - Ensure printer is off.
>2 - Hold 3 buttons down and turn on machine. The three (3) buttons
>are:
>a) "Paper feed +" ( Paper feed plus)"
>b) "Paper feed -" ( Paper feed minus)
>c) "Cut/Eject" (Enter)
>
>3 - The LCD will display "Check : Test
>
>4 - Press the "Paper Source" button four (4) times to toggle through
>the
>cleaning menu until the LCD displays : "Check : Cleaning".
>
>5 - Press the "Enter" Button. The LCD will display "Cleaning :
>Std.KK0"
>
>6 - Press the "Paper Source" Button to toggle though the menu until
>the LCD
>displays "Cleaning : Init. Fill"
>
>7 - Press the "Enter" Button to beginning the charging routing.
>("Init.
>Fill" = Initial Fill)
>
>8 - When the charging routing is finished - you will need to turn the
>printer OFF to exit these menus. Turn it back ON to begin normal
>operation.
>
>Hope this helps, it has always worked for me when I got air in the
>lines. I have never used fantastic or windex on my 7000. I find the
>heads are usually cleared by sitting or the cleaning cycles.
>
>Let me know if this helps,
>
>Mike
>
>
>
>
>
>--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Stephen Harrison <sh@s...>
>wrote:
>>  >I have an Epson 7000 and was installing the MIS VM Quad tone inks
>>  >and there seems to be air { it could be a clog as well although
>>  >probably is air)  in only one of my jets. I have waited 48 hours,
>>  >run many cleaing cycles and printed out many sheets  all to no
>>  >avail. The block remains. I have read where Fantastic can be
>>  >inserted on the pads where the heads rest for the Epson 3000. Does
>>  >anyone know if this is effective for the Epson 7000 as well?
>>
>>
>>  Stephen Harrison
>
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