Re: Ink clog OR misalignment?

["Lynlee" <lynlee@alltel.net>]

Greetings folks.. This is an offshoot from Mitchells post..

On Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:51:34 -0400, Mitchell Printing wrote:

> Now for next problem, my trusty old 800 is clogged in the black
> head. I followed some posts last week and replaced the black
> cart,  shut it off over night, then  tired cleaning it about 15
> times and even added some water to pads.

Ditto.. with my SC800!  I didn't put water on the pads tho..
Don't know how!  Also, the nozzle test looks good.. So, is it
possible the nozzle is not plugged, but I have misalignment
instead? (I cant tell with the yellow, it is too pale to see
against white paper.)

I have been fiddling around with alignment off and on for a
couple of weeks.. I'm not sure what the pattern CHANGE should be
or even what to aim for.. Should I aim to have the 2 outside
lines (1 & 7 pair) be equally UNequal?  (4 sets of 7 pair. Each
of the seven have 2 lines vertically stacked) Which is the
reference lines?  The top set or the bottom set?  The ones that
DON'T move is what I call reference lines. (I suspect the bottom)  

IF it is a case of making the outside lines (1 & 7) equally
unequal (forcing all the ones in between to be unequal to a lessor
degree except the middle which should be perfectly vertically
aligned), then how do I determine which way to move?  For
example.. Say the top half of 7 is not as far OUTSIDE (to the
right) of the lower half, as the top half of 1 is (to the left)..
EeeGads!  I hope I am making myself clear.  This is VERY
difficult to describe! :&

I have been trying to pick the most Aligned of the set of
7, using a strong magnifying glass to determine which, of the
middle 3 (# 3, 4, 5) are most accurately vertically aligned.
There has been only marginal improvement using this technique.
I still have banding but to a slightly lesser degree.

Anyone know where I can find some CLEAR instructions?  Forget
the manual.

TIA..  Peace.. -<-*			Lynlee




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