Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: Clogging


>
> Good advice on both. What we really need is a maintenace manual that gives
> us the "change the oil every 6 months or 5000 miles whichever comes first"
> in terms of square feet of paper and time.
>

I was just thinking that today. I just rehabbed a CIS and moved it to my
backup 1160. With a clean slate and like-new printer, I was just musing
about the preventative maintenance I should perform to make this one last a
long time and wishing there was a list somewhere. Note: I found I could not
reuse the tubing...the portions of the black and yellow that sat in the ink
were gummed up...the black was positively stiff. Dave at normorecarts said
he hadn't heard of that happening before. This was an 18 month old setup
with generations enhanced inks. I had refilled the bottles numerous
times...but maybe everyday I should give them a little shake or something.
They also sat near a hot (but covered) south window. Let's see...shake
bottles, run nozzle check, clean print heads, wipe with windex, make sure
tubes aren't drooping, dust paper, turn off when not in use, insert Epson
carts, objects in mirror are closer than they appear...oops.....

But I'm printing again....all is well. RIP 1160 #1

Linda