Digital BW, The Print

Thanks Paul...Here's an update. The first time I did a nozzle check, I got 4 heads that gave me some lines with holes. I put some windex on a paper towel and ran the head over. I did put some windex too on the parking pad. Then I did a couple of purges. I let it rest all night. Now I am getting 5 out of 7 heads with perfect lines. The yellow still has holes but the cyan gives me nothing. What is strange is that the cyan was one of the head that printed the first day. How can it just stop? The weird thing is that when I print a 7 purge test pattern image, the cyan prints fine. 

I just ordered some more cartridges as a cleaning cycle takes 3% of ink,
Would it be a good idea if tomorrow I still not get anything with the cyan to inject some windex directly where the cartridge fits with a syringe?
Right now I ran the head again on top of a paper towel with windex and did a clean cycle. I will check tomorrow night.

Does it do anything to shake the cartridge?

Thanks for any advice. I am hopeful to have it working. It looks like a good printer.
Pierre


From: Paul 
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:56 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: 2200 Question


  
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 





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