Digital BW, The Print

I would run DIY cleaning fluid through. (Try RV anti-freeze for potable
water, the kind that's polypropylene glycol.  Dilute it 1 + 1 with
distilled water.) You can use old cartridges and bottom fill them with
cleaning fluid. A little bit of color left in the cartridge is helpful, as
it'll allow you to see a printed nozzle check.  After loading up the
cartridges, turn the printer on, after the printer starts to do it's
pre-use routine, pull the power cord. This'll allow you to move the print
head assembly away from the parking area.  Gently clean the wiper blade,
and put a few drops of DIY cleaning fluid on the parking pad.  Move the
head assembly back to the parking area, and let the printer sit over night.

The next day, turn the printer on and run a nozzle check. If needed, run a
cleaning cycle and print another nozzle check.  Don't run a whole bunch of
cleaning cycles back-to-back. If there are still clogs, let the printer sit
over night. Repeat.

If that doesn't work, you can add a small amount of ammonia to the cleaning
solution, something like 1%.  There's a lot of evidence that ammonia will
help clear clogs, but some think that it can be damaging to the head, and
so you want to be careful with it.  I haven't noticed a problem using it.


On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 12:29 AM, pglombick <glombick@...> wrote:

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> I've had my Epson R2400 in storage for 3 years. I am wondering what I need
> to get to get it running in good shape again. For instance, does anyone
> recommend using flushing cartridges, or just running multiple cleaning
> cycles using the regular ink cartridges?
> Paul
> Thanks for any feedback.
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