We have 4
> continuous ink systems on the printers, that seems to be working
better
> than the print cartridges and certainly less expensive.
> Trying to keep the colors consisitant on these printers has been a
huge
> challenge.Every time we think we have it all figured out, we find
out
> we don't.
> 1. We always align the printheads to see if any printheads are
> malfuntioning. We check for streaks or white spaces in the test
sheet.
> 2. If there are some streaks or white spaces we print a purge
test
> for each ink color to see if it is streaking or printing solid
> consistant color.
> Today the purge test was printing solid boxes of color on the
> magenta, but the printhead test showed some white spaces in the
test
> sheet and will not produce a check mark after 3 tests.
> Now I am baffled. Any ideas?
You're in a completely different game using CIS on DJ's, way outside
of my experience base. However, if the test print shows white
streaks, my guess would be a bad printhead.
Richard Southworth
I really think it is a printhead issue, but thought it was strange that
the purge test printed all 6 colors so solid. That is usually the best
way to check the printheads if colors are inconsistent. By the way, the
CIS system we bought from the Echo Store works very well for any one
interested.
Marcia Jacob
