Digital BW, The Print

Thank you Antonis & Martin - your direction helped me unclog the 
blocked black nozzle. I took a risk by using regular paper towel as 
that's all I had about the house (rather than the sponge or lint free 
cloth you recommended) but fortunately it worked.
Frank


> The best thing I have found to put in the track under the heads to 
clean
> them is a sponge cloth sold for washing dishes. It is standard 
sponge
> material but made about 1/8" thick. I cut it into strips, wet it 
with Windex
> or rubbing alcohol, lay it in the printer and manually move the 
head back
> and forth as Antonis describes below. The strips are long enough 
you can
> grab each end and pull the sponge gently up and then back and forth 
under
> the head. Lint free. I have only had to try this trick once and 
that was
> with the original Piezo inks in a 1200.
> 
> Martin Wesley
> 
> http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "antonisphoto" <antonisphoto@y...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...>
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 4:27 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: 1160 black ink (mis) clog
> 
> 
> > Frank,
> >
> > use something as lintless as possible - I don't know about using a
> T-shirt.
> > High quality kitchen towels or lintless darkroom cloths would be 
better.
> >
> > There is a lot of info on this in the tech sup area of 
inkjetmall.com.
> >
> > Basically, you free up the head by moving the white wheel away 
from you,
> > raise the head with the + lever, bring it over the towel that has 
been
> soaked in
> > Fantastik and laid in the black groove, lower the lever, slide 
the head
> left-right,
> > raise again and park it to the right.
> >
> > You will need a few cleaning cycles after that.
> >
> > If all else fails, take a pipe cleaner (as in smoking pipe, not 
plumbing),
> soak it
> > in Fantastic and pass it under the head so you can reach it at 
the other
> end.
> > Move it back-n-forth under the head, remove, rinse, and repeat.
> >
> > Not a lot of fun... but eventually it all works out.
> >
> > Antonis
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "frankg_photo" 
<frank@f...>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Now I'm thinking to try the t-shirt with windex under the head 
trick -
> > > anyone care to go over this with me ?
> > > thanks
> > > Frank
> >
> >
> >
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