Digital BW, The Print

Check out Inkjetmall's Pizo Flush.

http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.362672/sc.18/category.31348/.f

This is a cleaning and storage fluid, dyed light red, which is used to 
clean inkjet print heads as well as to be used as a storage fluid. I 
have a set of carts filled with this fluid and when I leave my printers 
for an extended period I pop these carts in and run a cleaning cycle and 
pull the plug. When I return I re-install the ink carts give the printer 
a cleaning cycle, print a purge file and I am back in business. No 
struggling with multiple cleaning cycles, windex soaks etc.

Cheers

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On 11/29/2011 8:14 AM, Paul wrote:
>
> Geraldine Powell <gpowell@...> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I am also interested in how to clean out the 1400 with Eb6 prior to
> > several months absence. ...
>
> When the issue is just how to prepare a printer for long storage, 
> there is no magic formula. The risks are primarily pigment drying on 
> and in the head. The point of putting in a clear base is just to get 
> the pigments out of the machine.
>
> Mostly what we're doing is putting distilled water into the system. 
> The glycerol raises the viscosity so the water won't just run through 
> the head. It also helps to stop the pad from drying out. Never put 
> glycerol by itself in a cart. It's way too thick.
>
> I use and suggested the generic pigment base C6b at 
> http://www.paulroark.com/BW-Info/Ink-Mixing.pdf mostly because I have 
> it and it's cheap and easy. MIS cleaning fluid or similar commercial 
> products would work fine also.
>
> Epson's cleaning fluid uses a high proportion of glycol, but most 
> don't have that sitting around. The Photo Flo in the generic base has 
> the glycol in it.
>
> Once you've loaded the cleaning fluid into the printer the cleaning 
> cycle it does at that point is probably enough. If you print a purge 
> pattern you'll note that there is still some pigment left in the 
> printer, but it's a such a low percentage that it probably would never 
> clog. The dilute Eboni/Carbon-6 inks never clog. Eboni itself might if 
> left to long. We're mostly interested in reducing the concentration of 
> that ink in the head.
>
> I personally don't do anything when I leave for weeks. My 1400 almost 
> never has any problems from clogging. (The only serious one was due to 
> ink incompatibility -- HP dyes and MIS pigments.)
>
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>
> 

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William Harvey

From the Beautiful Napa Valley



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