Digital BW, The Print

Epson techs typically use 1:9 household ammonia/distilled water for the
nozzle flush.  I'd be inclined not to put surfactant (which is in the
fantastic and windex) in the head itself...fine for the pad though.

Robert

On 8/3/02 9:16 PM, "jrandall1149" <jrandall@...> wrote:

> Andy:
> 
> You might want to try injecting/sucking Windex instead of Fantistic
> through your printhead nozzles (as described on the MIS site--I
> think?).  I don't know what's in Fantastic, but typical Windex has a
> great combo of ingredients compatable with Epson and MIS ink
> cleaning.  It has water (an excellent solvent), a little isopropal
> alcohol (an excellent wetting agent to get the water into tiny
> places), and a little ammonium hydroxide (that raises the pH which is
> compatable with Epson and MIS inks which are basic).  It also has
> some other grease cutters.  I also use Windex to clean and moisten
> the right parking pad and to clean the far left pad.  Don't forget to
> clean and wet the rubber wiping bar (I don't know what Epson calls
> it) that is hiding under the metal plate just to the left of the
> parking pad.  You could also try placing a folded paper towel wetted
> with Windex in the channel beneath the path of the printhead and
> manually drag the printhead across it.
> 
> Also I suspect some air may be trapped in your nozzles so be careful
> when you are injecting/sucking the Windex through the nozzles not to
> leave air in the nozzles and quickly install a fresh cart (or a cart
> without air bubbles) to minimize air entry.
> 
> Many methods have been described here and at the MIS and PiezoBW
> sites.
> 
> 
> Jeff Randall
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "akivisuals"
> <akivisuals@y...> wrote:
>> Hello all.  I've got the clog from hell...  I bought a used Epson
>> 1160 online and it arrived with dried up carts in it.  I took the
> carts 
>> out and used a cleaning cartridge that I bought from inkjetmall to
>> purge the inks from the system.  After ordering a CFS from MIS, I
>> had to wait for a week for it to arrive so the printer was sitting
>> around without any carts in it at all for about a week.  Now, I
> find 
>> that this was probably my big mistake and that any ink remaining
>> in the nozzles would dry out and cause some major clogging.
>> After installing the CFS there were a few bars missing on the
>> yellow and cyan ink sections.  I did the requisite 3 cleaning
>> cycles, then print, repeat, repeat and still the missing bands on
>> the nozzle check.  It's always in the same spot.  So, I tried
>> soaking the felt pads on the right side of the machine with
>> Fantastik hoping that it would solve the problem.  Nope...  Next, I
>> tried using some fresh Epson ink carts and doing the 3 cleaning,
>> print, repeat, repeat, repeat technique and still nothing.
> Finally, I 
>> tried injecting the print heads with Fantastik to no avail.  I'm
> out of 
>> options and am wondering if there's anything else I can do
>> before I have to send it out and get it worked on professionally.
>> Thanks for your help.
>> 
>> Andy
> 
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