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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Printing: Printers, Papers and Inks => Topic started by: Bondi_dan on June 10, 2008, 07:06:58 am
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Hi Forum,
Great advice in the past, so BIG THANKS.
Z3100 has been in for a while. I see that I get black spots on the print that correspond with the ink head travel direction.
Through this forum I learned about the ink pads and have removed and cleaned them. Still I had some black smudge/strip/drop marks after that.
Removed the MK/R and PK/LG print heads and saw quite a build up of ink which I cleaned.
At the right end of the printer where the print heads rest I can see a little residue of all colours on a flat plate to the right of the ink pads. Do the heads touch this or it is simply gravity doing it's work?
Is anyone else seeing this issue?
Is there a simple work around or preventative measure?
Thanks in advance,
Dan Wilson
Dublin, Ireland
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Hi Forum,
Great advice in the past, so BIG THANKS.
Z3100 has been in for a while. I see that I get black spots on the print that correspond with the ink head travel direction.
Through this forum I learned about the ink pads and have removed and cleaned them. Still I had some black smudge/strip/drop marks after that.
Removed the MK/R and PK/LG print heads and saw quite a build up of ink which I cleaned.
At the right end of the printer where the print heads rest I can see a little residue of all colours on a flat plate to the right of the ink pads. Do the heads touch this or it is simply gravity doing it's work?
Is anyone else seeing this issue?
Is there a simple work around or preventative measure?
Thanks in advance,
Dan Wilson
Dublin, Ireland
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I clean that plate too when issues like that happen (twice in 15 months). The build up seems more related to longer periods of idleness than normal printer use. I think the heads on the plate or are very close when in rest. Much simpler construction than on the Epson printers.
Ernst Dinkla
Try: [a href=\"http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wide_Inkjet_Printers/[/url]