Digital BW, The Print

Jimbo,

How can you tell if you have air in the line?

Thanks,

Gary Wagner

 

From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mrjimbo2
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2014 8:37 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Epson 4900 not printing VLM or LC

 

  

Arthur,

It winter , really low humidity and it sat for a while.. So a couple of
things you can do / try.. First make sure the two colors that won't show
don't have air in the lines.. 

 

Next wet the park pad with water.. really wet it .. ( I use an eye dropper
for this) Put the head over it for an hour or so.. Then try a nozzle test to
see if your getting anything if you start seeing a few lines go ahead and do
a regular cleaning cycle.

 

If that doesn't work , This one you'll want to keep an eye on so you don't
start wicking ink out thru the head.. wet a paper towel with a mix of water
and simple green... fold it in half to double its thickness... get that  in
the rollers manually...make sure it's good and wet even if you have to add
more with an eye dropper.... then  pull the head off park and let it set on
it for several hours.. (no windex or similar as that dries it out).

 

As far as Epson saying you need a new print head.. well too soon to say that
I think..... you might have a damper issue or simply struggling with air in
the line...

 

jimbo