Digital BW, The Print

I'm sure that everyone has his/her own favorite, mine is a 50/50 mix of
clear ammonia and water. I've used that quite successfully in a succession
of 1200, 1280, 1400 and now my 1430 either as an underhead soak or in
cartridges.

 

Note that these are all dye ink printers, I have no experience with
pigmented inks.

 

HTH,

Tom 

 

From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
remononaz1
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:21 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Epson 1430 Cleaning Solution

 

  

Last night I had quite a battle with my new Epson 1430, which I am using for
color printing. The old 1400 is now a dedicated B&W machine. 

It seems the black ink head was quite clogged and I emptied a full set of
cartridges (MIS, not Epson!) doing head cleanings before I finally got a
good nozzle check. 

This got me thinking that I really should get some head cleaning fluid, but
which one to buy? Most of the commercially available fluids are nearly as
expensive as ink - and are probably just distilled water and a bit of
ammonia and alcohol. 

I have nearly a pint of PR-Clearbase-PT solution. Any thoughts as to how
this would work as a head cleaning solution? Should I add a little ammonia
and/or isopropyl alcohol?





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