Digital BW, The Print

Paul, thanks for the advice. The cartridges inside are dye, not pigment. There's nothing on the box that says pigment so I assume that they are epson dye. I got 3 unopened cartridges with the printer and an expiration date of 2007. So the cartridges inside may be 3 years old at least.
I did inject some windex with a syringe into the cyan and it cleared the head.
What I am confused is that I had to remove the adjacent cartridges to access the hole. Now where I used to get a perfect nozzle check, I do not anymore. Does that mean that air entered the system? How can I get a perfect nozzle check on a head one time and not the other?

Right now I am going to let it stand a few hours before I check it again. It is looking better than when I got the printer but it is not perfect.

Some companies sell cleaning liquid. Is that worth buying or doing the nozzle cleaning routine will fix it after a while?

Thanks for any advice.
Pierre


From: Paul 
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 11:26 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: 2200 Question


  
"Un Globe Trotteur" <unglobetrotteur@...> wrote:
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> 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?

I once saw an Epson repair person squirt cleaning fluid through a head that way. I imagine too much pressure could damage a head. However, I tried that with a head with quite a bit of pressure and it didn't hurt the head. I suppose if you can get some Windex into the head it'll help break up the clumps of pigments, if that is the problem

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 





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