Drop out of whole row on test print – help please?

[Chris Wool]

Possibly a air leak as it came back after a clean is one of the cyan carts very low.
if it happens again look at the pipes going to the cyan damper see if one has air.
Dirty head cap seal could do it

also meant to say there is a lot of defections may need a set of cap tops wiper etc
What inks ?

[Shawn Bentley]

hi chris thanks for that, I’m new to printing myself as used to outsource printing till october, are the dampers the white cases below the print heads when sat to right in still position(they sit under print head), many thanks in advance, regards shawn

[Shawn Bentley]

hi chris, ps where are the he’d caps lol, sorry regards shawn

[Dan Praught]

heya,

your cap tops are the units that move up to seal the face of your printhead to keep it drying out. should replace every 6 months depending on your printer and usage.

oh and thats probably just a glitch in the test print. Its too tidy to be a nozzle problem. a clean, or mayb the next test print would have probably fixed it anyway. I get them frequently… it just forgot to finish the last pass or two passes of blue and quit the program.

Dan

[Shawn Bentley]

thanks dan think the cap tops need doing don’t think anyones replaced them in 2 yrs or so thanks for advice,

[Dan Praught]

no prob mate.

I clean my captops every couple days.. as with the regular head cleaning. they shoudl have lovely clean "new looking" rubber around them with no dried ink deposits at all. this is what seals you head.. so the cleaner they are, the less chance of particles/goop getting on your head, and making a poor seal. very important. … i leaned the hard way back when i got my printer. at least every week clean: captops, heads, wipers and any splashes of ink around the mist pads or whatever your printer has. This will greatly lengthen the life of your print heads. 🙂

good luck.

[Shawn Bentley]

hi dan thanks for reply thats great help, regards shawn