CISS Printing Woes
OK, been ill, first a cold, then an ear infection. So, I have not been using the Epson Photo 1400 printer which is not a good thing with the bulk ink system (CISS). Very strangely, to me, I am only having problems with photo quality prints. Nozzle check and draft quality are OK, but photos have horizontal lines in them.
I kind of think the cyan nozzle is partially blocked. I learned a long time ago that rather than running a lot of cleaning cycles it is better to run one, then wait two theree hours for the ink to soften and run another, as that seems to work better and it certainly saves a lot of ink. That has helped byt not completely cleared the problem.
So, I thought that maybe the air filters on the ink reservoirs may be partially clogged. A google search found a lot of irrelevant stuff. An eBay search found a guy in England selling the filters. I oredered a couple of sets from him. I also ordered a waste ink bag kit from another guy in England while I was at it. Why is not one selling this stuff in the USA? I also cleaned the existing filters as well as I could. I wonder how ink got into them in the first place?
I did not have these kinds of problems to start with, and I wonder if maybe some of the solvent in the ink has not evaporated leaving the ink thicker than it should be. I have used about 1/2 the ink in the system in the 6 months I have had it. Maybe that usage is not high enough and I should have gone with refillable cartridges. However, before you say I should have used Epson ink cartridges, I have already saved about $500 on ink, so even if I have to throw out the Epson 1400 and buy another, it is still cheaper than using Epson ink.
Nothing World Shattering
Nothing world shattering to report. Got another cold that has sapped my energy. Had to spend money on the car. So, everything is pretty much at a standstill.
I did get some 3/4″ c 5/8″ nylon bushing stock and made adapters so the Norman Lamp Heads fit the 5/8″ spigots on the stands better. That was after finding that the Norman ones cost $8.95 + $9.00shh each. In case your math skill are weak that come to almost $72 for four of them. I made the first one like the Norman ones with a hole in it for the set screw, then realize the nylon was flexible enough that they did not need a hole as they just dented in enough to hold them tight.
I finally got some 11×14 Epson Photo paper. Have not printed anything on it yet. But at least I can now make prints bigger than I could on the R200 so it kind of justifies the 1400.
I also bought a rear kickstand for the Dunelt. One of those that I will install that and fixe the chaincase so it will not move, “real soon now”.
It has been raining again. It has rained about 2/3 the time for the past six weeks. It is beginning to get old.
I bought a new cardigan sweater today. My old sweaters are showing their age to the point where I do not want to wear them in public. The interesting thing is that I had to pay 25 bucks on sale for a synthetic one. The last one was about ten bucks for wool. The only store I found stocking wool sweaters was TJ Max and they were about $40. It is getting harder and harder to find decent clothing in Boone.
Well, now that I have reminded myself that I actually occasionally do something, I guess I will quit rambling and go take a couple of aspirin.