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Banding on high speed, not on hi quality
How did you clean the head bottom. It often has a LOT of dried ink on
it, and a partial cleaning may not be adequate to remove all the dry ink which can cause nozzle deflection. Also, do an alignment, sometimes stuff that shows up in bi-directional head movement that doesn't in uni is due to alignment being out. Make sure the head wiper is clean (next to the cleaning station). Be gentle when cleaning the underside of the head to avoid misaligning the heads. Make sure you use a lint free paper towel and no residue from it has been left behind. Last step, if nothing else works, you may need to run some cleaning cartridges, as you may have a partial internal clog in one of more nozzle. This is simple to do with the SC900 because it is unchipped and uses the simple to refill cartridges. Art DaveC wrote: Epson SC900. I get vertical banding (bands that run horizontal) on the black and yellow inks when printing high speed (bidirectional), but not when printing high-quality (unidirectional). The yellow has a little black that makes up the bands, while the black simply varies in density. Why would this be? I've cleaned the bottom of the head, the head "park" pad, and run cleaning fluid through the head. None seems to help. Ideas? Thanks, |
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Sometimes, nozzles are deflected slightly. If you look at the nozzle
check very closely, you may see the steps are uneven or out of sequence in location. Sometimes the nozzle is clogged enough that the ink is delayed in getting out. Sometimes there is just enough obstruction that the amount of ink getting out is not the full amount, so the ink line is thinner or mispositioned. Very occasionally, paper transport problems can lead to banding (the gears may be worn, the stepper motor not driving the gears or other parts correctly. Paper slippage due to glazed platen or other parts can also occur. Most often the problem is the heads, however. Art DaveC wrote: A Question: if the nozzle test print shows all nozzles firing, then doesn't this prove that the nozzles are healthy and aren't clogged? How can cleaning them out more improve the banding problem? Thanks, |
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