Digital BW, The Print

----- Original Message -----
From: "tomoc" <TomOC@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 12:03 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Clogging


> Martin-
>
> Replace the carts once a year is meaningful only to you (or maybe
> not...like changing the oil in your car once a year even if you don't
> drive it?)...how many prints would you make in a year...then maybe
> more specifically how many square feet of ink do you lay down.

The reason for replacing the cartridge portion of the CIS is that the third
party inks use solvent that may breakdown the sponge inside and/or tend to
sludge up. When I disassembled my old 1200 CIS to reuse the arm and tubing I
was really shocked at how much solid material was deposited in the in the
lines and the lines were starting to get stiff. I know the solvent manage to
get through these plastics (I have fresh, unopened bottles of ink that are
inside Zip-Lock bags that are inside a plastic tote and when I open the tote
the smell of the ink solvent is very strong).
>
> I agree with the idea of some level of white paper or info sheet
> based on our experiences that could be available in the files for
> newcomers. But I guess we need to reduce the data to quantified
> benchmarks for it to work.

I like the idea but it is going to have to be judgement call. I don't see
any way to get hard data for this.
>
> Wonder if we could post a word or excel document that is not read
> only so we can collaborate and annotate to our hearts content?

Maybe we should just do it as an on-list thread and let people add
suggestions and make comments. Then distill that into a list of
recommendations that we could post in the files secton.

Martin Wesley

>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Martin Wesley"
> <mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "tboleyyh" <tyler@t...>
> > To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 8:28 PM
> > Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Clogging
> >
> >
> > > another quick thought about clogging. It's worth taking the time
> to brush
> > the paper before printing. Paper dust and lint can
> > > easily acumulate on the heads requiring an under the heads wipe
> with
> > windex or whatever. Helps with papers that have a
> > > tendency to flake also.
> >
> > Tyler,
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > It maybe worth occassionally doing a nozzle clean cycle even if the
> nozzle
> > check is okay, or periodically running some cleaning carts or OEM
> carts,
> > doing the under the head cleaning you mention (I am using Quickie
> brand
> > Sponge Cloths that I got at the supermarket with water and rubbing
> alcohol),
> > replace the cartridge portion of the CIS at least once a year and
> ultimately
> > toss the printer when it is worn out.
> >
> > Lacking any official guidelines it would be worthwhile for all of
> us to
> > develop a routine of preventive maintenance that makes sense for our
> > individual usage.
> >
> > Martin Wesley
>
>
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