Full Version: Dye-sub black ink bugaboo

From: RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1) [#16]
 20 Feb 2007
To: Zonas [#13] 20 Feb 2007

Hi Zona,


The reason you get that problem when the ink goes low is because you are running a gravity feed system. The height of the ink level affects the pressure into the print head......By having a low ink reservoir you are effectively starving the print head creating the "side spray" you are seeing. Raise the ink jar up by a half inch or so to where the full levels of the other bottles are, and I bet it will reduce if not eliminate the problem.

From: jpkevin [#17]
 20 Feb 2007
To: Zonas [#13] 20 Feb 2007

Hi Zona

If you turn off the printer and unplug it for approx 30 minutes, the chips should reset.

From: gt350ed [#18]
 20 Feb 2007
To: jpkevin [#11] 20 Feb 2007

Kevin: Thank you for jumping on board in an attempt to solve my pro-blem-o. Your advised procedure is pretty much what I have evolved to, except that I have used distilled water in the past, versus Windex or Simple Green. Maybe something stronger than water is needed this time. I'll follow your advice. Thanks, again.

From: Stunt Engraver (DGL) [#19]
 20 Feb 2007
To: logojohn [#15] 21 Feb 2007

John,

There is an upside, to living in the day and age of the disposable printers. :-)

EDITED: 20 Feb 2007 by DGL

From: Ruben (QUIEROLEARN) [#20]
 20 Feb 2007
To: gt350ed [#18] 26 Feb 2007

Ed,

when I used to have my 1280 and had similar problems I used pure amonia, and worked great.

If you do enough sublimation to compensate an Epson 4000, I recoment you to buy one.

Now that I buy one I don't have those kind of problems, also with my 1280 I never could achieve an acceptable B/W print/Transfer, the 4000 thoes very good work with B/W, colors are a lot more accurate also... just my opinion.


Ruben

From: Zonas [#21]
 20 Feb 2007
To: RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1) [#16] 20 Feb 2007

No this is full bottles, just happens when the chip needs to reset.

Zona

From: RALLYGUY (RALLYGUY1) [#22]
 20 Feb 2007
To: Zonas [#21] 20 Feb 2007

gotcha....sorry.

From: Zonas [#23]
 15 Apr 2007
To: jpkevin [#17] 15 Apr 2007

Kevin, just thought I'd let you know. Today 'my problem' (see previous posting) happend again today. So I decided to try your 'fix'. I turned off the printer unplugged it from the wall for 50 minutes. Came back in and plugged it back in. Same settings as before. I have to just keep wasting ink, until the machine thinks I'm completely out. It's a pain, after I finish this job I'll try to find Harvey's fix. Just wanted you to be aware that the unpluging doesn't reset the chip.

Zona
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