Digital BW, The Print

Bjorn,

A 14-month old CIS I had not used for about six months had some dried ink in
the lines when I disassembled it so it is possible.

Make sure the ink level in the black ink bottle is good. CIS often seem to
have trouble if the ink level gets low. Best to keep them about 1/2 full if
you can. They will not use the last 1/4" to 3/8" of ink in the bottle.

If the black line is actually clogged first try raising the bottle of black
ink above the printer while trying to print a purge image.

If that fails then pinch of the vent line on the black ink bottle and
squeeze the bottle gently while printing a purge image.

Last take the CIS off the printer and flush the black line with warm water
and a syringe.

Martin Wesley

http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html



----- Original Message -----
From: "bjornaagedk" <bs@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 7:36 AM
Subject: [Digital BW] Can ink dry out in tubes?


> I have an Epson 1160 with CFS system from MIS running FS-N inks, until
> now without any troubles. I only print a few prints a week at this
machine,
> but have always had a clean print without nozzles.
>
> Suddenly I got problems with the black cartridge, like it was running out
of
> ink ( not a single black dot came out!) Running several cleaning cycles
> helped nothing. When I took a closer look at the tube feeding the black
ink,
> it looked like the black ink has dried out just before entering the
cartridge...
>
> I need an advice to get the ink flowing again... :)
>
> Bjorn
>
>
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>
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