Digital BW, The Print

Go to the Yahoo Epson Printer group and look for posts by Art Entlich.  He is one of the co-moderators.  Art has long had available a cleaning guide for Epson printers and his tips have been helpful to me and many other members of that forum.  You have to request the cleaning guide from Art by direct email.  Every once in a while he posts the email address to use to request the guide, so browse through back posts.  Art's recommended solution for cleaning includes the ammonia containing Windex and alcohol and water.

from: Paul <roark.paul@...>
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 9:39 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: clogging with UT3d
 

  
Bob McCarthy <bobmccarthy@...> wrote:
>
> I've found ammonia to be deadly to some of the plastics used by printers and (especially) scanners.
> 
> The same cleaner w/o ammonia is recommended.

I think ammonia will dissolve some plastics.  Acrylic glazing, for example, should not, apparently, be cleaned with Windex with ammonia.

I think, however, that the small amount of ammonia in Windex is part of, if not the main thing, in the mix that will dissolve the binder that might be holding the pigments together and causing the clog.  I believe if Windex with ammonia is used for relatively short times -- like overnight -- on the parking pad, it will not do any harm.  This remedy has been used quite a bit without any negative reports that I know of.  That said, a high concentration of ammonia in a cleaning fluid might be harmful from what I've been told.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 


 

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