Digital BW, The Print

Globe Trotteur <unglobetrotteur@...> wrote:
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> So i just got a 2200 that has been sitting in a garage on its side for 1 year. I was able to do one test print before I ran out of magenta. I just ordered a few cartridges. This printer had very low usage. Am i wasting my $$ buying new cartridges or would i be able to have a clean test print? Right now, on the first head test, only 3 heads gave me a nozzle print.

I was given a 2200 some years ago that had been in a warehouse for a couple of years.  It took about a day for carts with Windex (a window cleaner with ammonia in it) in them to chew their way through the clogs.  So, I'd recommend getting empty carts and using some Windex.  Or, buy some cleaning carts.  I use the generic ink base described at http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Inkset-list.html, with some Windex in it, as a cleaning fluid.  Epson's cleaning fluid used more glycol relative to glycerol.  You can accomplish this by using more Photo Flo, which is about 30% glycol.

Also, one of the main things I do short of the carts with windex or cleaning fluid is just to soak the parking pad in Windex and let the head sit in it over night.  Ammonia appears to dissolve the binder used in most inks.  If it's too strong, however, it apparently can damage the heads.

I'm told isopropyl alcohol will also dissolve the binder, but I've never used it for that purpose.

Good luck with the printer.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com