Mark writes ... > I left my 1290 idle for a couple of months foolishly without > doing regular > headcleans and found that it needed many cycles of cleans and > test patterns. > However the light cyan remained printing very badly no matter how many > cleans I did. I talked to steve at Permajet ( I have their CIS with FS > inks) and he suggested buying a new cartridge. I have fitted it and the > same thing is happening. ...
I'll be watch this thread! My magenta nozzle check is laying down many more steps than it should. Difficult to describe, but no steps are missing, while lines are showing up where they shouldn't. This is after removing my CIS, following MWORD's cleaning instructions, and installing a regular Epson cartridge for troubleshooting. I get the same bad magenta check, no matter cleaning cycles, or days between. I suspect the printhead. cheerios ... shAf :o) Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland <www.micro-investigations.com> =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
