Digital BW, The Print

I'm very new to this style of printing and need a little help. I'm not finding documentation 
related specifically to installation on my equipment. Can someone offer some advice???

I am having some very bad banding problems after installing the UT-14 ink-set from MIS on 
my Epson 1400 printer. Almost no ink is making it's way to the paper. I've gone thru the 
prescribed three cleaning cycles and printing the purge test pattern to no avail. Am I missing 
something??? Is there a procedure that I need to do that sets-up the printer properly???

Thanks,
Kevin

"Kevin G. Oakeson" <kevyg@...> wrote:

> I'm very new to this ...
> not finding documentation related specifically to installation 
> on my equipment. 

The main thing that seems to go wrong on installation is people don't 
remove the yellow tab over the MIS cart air inlets.  I'm not sure if 
MIS is informing people of this or not.

> I am having some very bad banding problems after installing 
> the UT-14 ink-set from MIS on my Epson 1400 printer. 
> Almost no ink is making it's way to the paper. ...

Yep, it sounds like the yellow tabs are still on the carts.  If not, 
it's probably air in the outlets.  Letting the printer sit still over 
night will often allow the foam to dissipate and ink to flow.

Hope this helps.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

Kevin..
     If Paul's suggestion doesn't work right away, You may have to "prime" the cartridges by using a small syringe with a bottom fill adaptor attached, and suck out approximately 1ml of ink from each problem cartridge..This priming also should have been done before your install, but you can do it now as well..make sure to thouroughly rinse out the syringe and purge it to near dry in between colors..My settup is working like a charm.., especiall more trouble-free than my 1280 with UT-2 INKS which gave me GREAT results, but with printer killing clogging issues..
Have patience, and you''ll work it out and fall in love with this combination..


Eddie

 Original Message ----- 

  From: pr_roark 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:41 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Installing MIS UT-14 Inks on an Epson 1400


  "Kevin G. Oakeson" <kevyg@...> wrote:

  > I'm very new to this ...
  > not finding documentation related specifically to installation 
  > on my equipment. 

  The main thing that seems to go wrong on installation is people don't 
  remove the yellow tab over the MIS cart air inlets. I'm not sure if 
  MIS is informing people of this or not.

  > I am having some very bad banding problems after installing 
  > the UT-14 ink-set from MIS on my Epson 1400 printer. 
  > Almost no ink is making it's way to the paper. ...

  Yep, it sounds like the yellow tabs are still on the carts. If not, 
  it's probably air in the outlets. Letting the printer sit still over 
  night will often allow the foam to dissipate and ink to flow.

  Hope this helps.

  Paul
  www.PaulRoark.com 



   

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I had exactly that problem when I got my set of UT-14 cartridges. There was no note in 
the box from MIS. The first bunch of prints were totally messed up and I was very 
depressed. After removing the tabs the carts work like a charm. Although I must say so far 
I'm disappointed in the number of prints - At this point I've gotten perhaps 8 8.5x11 and 
20 6x4. The printer reports I can print another 8 8.5x11 before its out of ink!

Regards, Matthew

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark" <pr_roark@...> wrote:

>
> "Kevin G. Oakeson" <kevyg@> wrote:
> 
> > I'm very new to this ...
> > not finding documentation related specifically to installation 
> > on my equipment. 
> 
> The main thing that seems to go wrong on installation is people don't 
> remove the yellow tab over the MIS cart air inlets.  I'm not sure if 
> MIS is informing people of this or not.
> 
> > I am having some very bad banding problems after installing 
> > the UT-14 ink-set from MIS on my Epson 1400 printer. 
> > Almost no ink is making it's way to the paper. ...
> 
> Yep, it sounds like the yellow tabs are still on the carts.  If not, 
> it's probably air in the outlets.  Letting the printer sit still over 
> night will often allow the foam to dissipate and ink to flow.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>

Eddie and Paul,

Thank you very much for the help!

I did a little more research on MIS's website after I posted this and managed to dig up 
some more information. Stupid me, I needed to pull-out the plug from the air vent! You 
guys were right. Pretty simple fix. It would be nice if MIS created a simple how-to for 
complete novices like myself.

I'm up and running and everything is working perfectly. I made some excellent first prints 
so far and looking forward to fine tuning the process. Thanks again!!!

Kevin


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Eddie Wiseman" <pahts@...> 
wrote:
>
> Kevin..
>      If Paul's suggestion doesn't work right away, You may have to "prime" the cartridges 
by using a small syringe with a bottom fill adaptor attached, and suck out approximately 
1ml of ink from each problem cartridge..This priming also should have been done before 
your install, but you can do it now as well..make sure to thouroughly rinse out the syringe 
and purge it to near dry in between colors..My settup is working like a charm.., especiall 
more trouble-free than my 1280 with UT-2 INKS which gave me GREAT results, but with 
printer killing clogging issues..

> Have patience, and you''ll work it out and fall in love with this combination..
> 
> 
> Eddie
> 
>  Original Message ----- 
>   From: pr_roark 
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 8:41 PM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Installing MIS UT-14 Inks on an Epson 1400
> 
> 
>   "Kevin G. Oakeson" <kevyg@> wrote:
> 
>   > I'm very new to this ...
>   > not finding documentation related specifically to installation 
>   > on my equipment. 
> 
>   The main thing that seems to go wrong on installation is people don't 
>   remove the yellow tab over the MIS cart air inlets. I'm not sure if 
>   MIS is informing people of this or not.
> 
>   > I am having some very bad banding problems after installing 
>   > the UT-14 ink-set from MIS on my Epson 1400 printer. 
>   > Almost no ink is making it's way to the paper. ...
> 
>   Yep, it sounds like the yellow tabs are still on the carts. If not, 
>   it's probably air in the outlets. Letting the printer sit still over 
>   night will often allow the foam to dissipate and ink to flow.
> 
>   Hope this helps.
> 
>   Paul
>   www.PaulRoark.com 
> 
> 
> 
>    
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Matthew,

It is much less expensive to buy a set of refillable cartridges for $25.00
and the ink in bulk. I am making a few prints a day but seem to be filling
the ink weekly. 

Gary Wagner

From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Matthew
Newhook
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 9:44 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Installing MIS UT-14 Inks on an Epson 1400

 

I had exactly that problem when I got my set of UT-14 cartridges. There was
no note in 
the box from MIS. The first bunch of prints were totally messed up and I was
very 
depressed. After removing the tabs the carts work like a charm. Although I
must say so far 
I'm disappointed in the number of prints - At this point I've gotten perhaps
8 8.5x11 and 
20 6x4. The printer reports I can print another 8 8.5x11 before its out of
ink!






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

"Gary Wagner" <gcwagner@...> wrote:


> It is much less expensive to buy a set of refillable cartridges 
> for $25.00 and the ink in bulk. ...

I'm pretty sure the MIS pre-filled UT14 carts are, in fact, 
refillable.  Rather than having a fill plug that has a handle on it, 
however, you may need to use a jeweler's screw driver to remove a clear 
stopper that is flush with the top of the cart.  If you saved the air 
inlet stoppers, they can probably be used as the fill hole plugs in the 
future.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com