Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "bjornaagedk" <bs@p...> 
wrote:
> Hello List.
> 
> Is it possible to remove the printhead in a Epson 1280/90 to 
> clean it manually with f.ex. alcohol?
> 
> Bjorn

If it's like the 1160, and I've used both and they appear the same in 
basic construction, NO! don't do it.

I once bought an 860 Epson tech shop manual, which also mantioned the 
1160. There is special software which Epson tightly controls and 
doesn't let anybody but a certified tech center have.

This software realigns the 1160/860 head when reinstalled. It needs 
windows 98 through an Lpt port to work. It reburns the E-Prom chips in 
the printer. There are about three different alignments it does. 

I'm about certain the 1280/1290 is similar.

I know that MIS has a procedure that someone sent in posted on their 
site which advocates head removal as "okay". But this person did not 
buy a shop manual first when he came up with the idea. There are about 
ten pages plus devoted to head re-alignment with the software. It also 
allows you to reset the ink cleaning counter, which keeps track of how 
many cleaning cycles you do. After a large predetermined number of 
them,  the E-Prom disables the printer, and it must be reset with this 
software.
Jim H.