Digital BW, The Print

A couple of weeks ago we had a cold snap. In Canada that means about -25 to
-30 F and very low humidity. I started having troubles with nozzle clogs on
my 2200 and wasted 1/3 of a set of inks trying to get a clean nozzle check.
I've been through the same weather a number times before over the last 3
years and have not had issues like this with OEM Epson inks. Both K7 and MIS
Pro inks were acting up.

I bought a room humidifier and things definitely improved. However, the
weather is back to -10F or so, and I'm still fighting with this. In
particular my K and K2 inks are still an issue.

The weird thing is that since this began, one nozzle check will show 2 or 3
plugged nozzles and then the next check will show different nozzles clogged.
The one which had been bad became fine by themselves.

I would appreciate any suggestions you may have!

Terry.

On 21-Jan-07, at 2:54 PM, Terry Ritz wrote:

> A couple of weeks ago we had a cold snap. In Canada that means  
> about -25 to
> -30 F and very low humidity. I started having troubles with nozzle  
> clogs on
> my 2200 and wasted 1/3 of a set of inks trying to get a clean  
> nozzle check.
> I've been through the same weather a number times before over the  
> last 3
> years and have not had issues like this with OEM Epson inks. Both  
> K7 and MIS
> Pro inks were acting up.
>
> I bought a room humidifier and things definitely improved. However,  
> the
> weather is back to -10F or so, and I'm still fighting with this. In
> particular my K and K2 inks are still an issue.
>
> The weird thing is that since this began, one nozzle check will  
> show 2 or 3
> plugged nozzles and then the next check will show different nozzles  
> clogged.
> The one which had been bad became fine by themselves.
>
> I would appreciate any suggestions you may have!
>
> Terry.

Hi Terry, you must be in the east, it's spring in the west... :)  I  
haven't run quads for a long while, but when the OEM's are clogged as  
you describe, where some nozzles will check fine, some not, then  
switch around on another test.. I turn the machines off for a few  
hours. Turning them off usually causes a clog, but when the clogs are  
that frustrating and not making sense, leaving the printers off so  
the heads park, seems to settle the inks a bit..

Hope you've already fixed it.

Carolyn

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