It was 21/9/04 7:42 am, when Richard Earney wrote: >> Cleaned and realigned the heads but the problem is still there. The >> lines look like very thin pinstripes. > > Might be worth doing several purge prints on rough paper as well as > head cleaning. You might be getting too much ink coming through because > of below and it might be clogging the nozzles a bit. > >> They look like thick, rounded barcodes! This problem seems to be >> confined to the >> right hand margin and only appears on some prints. > > This could be height of the CIS - shouldn't be too high as this can > increase the ink flow.
Richard Raising the printer seems to have cleared the splodging problem. I looked at the pin stripes closely and decided one of the magenta inks wasn't being laid properly; it was more apparent on prints that were overly magenta. So, I ran the mWords purge print with the magenta stripes only and noticed the pin striping in the light magenta. I then did another purge print and it has all but gone. There is slight pin striping in the light cyan but another purge print may cure it - J'espre! I just printed the Pixl test print again and it is much, much improved. The "petrol on water" look that I saw in the shadows in the earlier prints when I angled the print away from me has all but disappeared. Phew!... So, the moral of the story is: --Raise the printer or lower the ink bottle tray. --Make sure the head is aligned by doing some tests in the printer utility. --Run some purge prints. --Earn some decent money and buy a 7600 and a RIP. Shangara Singh. ________________________________________________ :: Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Photoshop CS :: Photoshop CS Essential Tips || Photoshop Glossary (eBooks) :: Examaids for Adobe & Macromedia Certification :: http://www.examaids.com || http://www.photoshopace.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
