Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "smithj72" <smithj72@y...> 
wrote:
> Hello All,
>       I run MIS VM through a Media Street Niagra CIS on my Epson 
> 1280.   Today I planned to return to printing after I had been out 
of 
> town for a week and a half.   I ran a nozzle check and found that 
> the black was not firing at all.   I fiddled around a bit, and now 
> nothing comes out of any of the nozzles.   I did take the 
catrridges 
> out, but I do have plugs and it doesn't appear as though there 
> are any bubbles in the lines.  I even went as far as to recharge 
> the vacuum in the black cartridge, but still nothing comes out.   
> Cleaning cycles... purge patterns... nothing seems to help.   Any 
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks in advance,
> Justin Smith

Hey Justin
      It sounds like you have air trapped in the print head. I know 
of four ways to get it out from most gentle to brutal (yet 
satisfying).
First mehod is to let the printer sit for awhile-overnight usually- 
to let the air/bubbles break up and creep up and out of the printhead.
     Second, you can run head cleanings and nozzle checks until you 
get about 50% of each channel firing then letting the printer sit for 
a couple hours.
     If your in a hurry you can also try either pushing ink though 
the printhead with a syringe and tubing attached directly to the 
little nipple that punctures the bottom of the cartridge-be careful 
to use very gentle pressure if you do this cuase it will get messy if 
the tube flies off spewing ink.
    The fourth uses the same set up as the third method only instead 
of pushing ink though you suck air, ink, and anything else out with 
the syringe. To do this attach a syringe or pump dirctly on the 
nipple and suck away until no ink comes out the print head-about 100 
ml of air should do it. When you put the cartridges back in the 
printer will prime the cleared out head and if air was your problem 
that should get you going in about 30min. I prefer the first and 
fourth method.
Hope this helps.

PS. What did you do when you "fiddled around a bit"?