Digital BW, The Print

Hello,
my Epson 2100 has started dropping black ink on my prints.

I tried pushing the cartridge change button, pulling out the plug and running the heads over a paper towel.

Quite a lot of ink came off but it's still doing it.

Any ideas anyone please????

thanks,
Richard
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Most likely, drips are a result of some schmutz (technical term) on the head
like paper "lint." Ink will accumulate until it drips. Try the paper towel
thing again with a little pure Windex. Also, try moving the head slowly and
carefully over the folded paper towel or, better yet, a lint-free "cloth"
like a PEC pad. IMHO, and someone else "here" who's far more knowledgeable
than I am probably knows why, but sometimes the drip occurs well away from
the nozzle. How the ink gets there, I don't know!

Rick

"dropping ink"...do you mean actual drops in the
middle of prints or are you talking about ink near the
leading edge ...like 1/2" in? 

I found the latter has to do with the curvature of
heavy paper ...for example, Entrada 300gsm benefits by
being flexed back and forth a bit before insertion, to
break its inherent tendencies (rear loading).

Hi John,
the drips were in the sky of an image - not outside the image boundaries.

Richard

At 04:39 AM Tuesday 12/4/2007, you wrote:
>"dropping ink"...do you mean actual drops in the
>middle of prints or are you talking about ink near the
>leading edge ...like 1/2" in? 
>
>I found the latter has to do with the curvature of
>heavy paper ...for example, Entrada 300gsm benefits by
>being flexed back and forth a bit before insertion, to
>break its inherent tendencies (rear loading).

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Weird, I just have been having this problem today also on my R2400. 
Happened once before a year or so ago as well. Both times a cleaning 
cycle seemed to do the trick and the drips were gone. Mine today were 
magenta. Drips were always in the picture area. One cleaning cycle and 
no more drips. I suspect the dripping ink was cleaned off as the head 
travelled to the sponge area, but I am just guessing. Of course it is 
very disconcerting when this happens. Problem is gone now for me.

Try a cleaning cycle and Good luck.

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Hi,
I cleaned the heads with a lint-free cloth soaked in window cleaner. That fixed the ink drops but my resulting print had banding ... so more materials wasted. A cleaning cycle and all was well.

Thanks for your input you guys,
Richard
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