Digital BW, The Print

Press the yellow button, this should bring the heads to the left. Unplug
the printer.  Squirt with a syringe, a mixture of ammonia/water, 1:9
directly into the open nipples of the printhead. Wipe it down, and do it
again. Wipe it down, clean the area with q timps, and replace the
cartridges. Do about 4 or 5 head cleanings. This SHOULD get you clear printheads.

Jerry

To clean under the bottom of the printheads:

While the cartridges are all the way left, dip a paper towel into the
ammonia/water solution, or fantastik, or glass plus, etc. wring out.
fold over and over until you get a towel that is about 1 inch by 12
inches.  Tuck it into the channel that the print heads run along. Drag
the heads back and forth by hand over the towel. Repeat with 2 or 3 more
paper towels. This will clean the bottom of the printheads. You'll still
have to run about 4 or 5 more headcleanings with the epson software to
get everything working normally again. 

Jerry

daintreeriver2002 wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Well it\ufffds finally (after 3 weeks) happened to me!  I turned on my
> Epson 1280 (I'm using MIS VM inks in pre-filled cartridges) and ran a
> quick nozzle check, which showed some banding with the black ink.
> After doing a head cleaning, the next nozzle check was worse and now,
> after 4-5 cleanings with some prints of the purge pattern imbetween,
> I'm getting practically nothing!
> 
> I know everyone's written a lot about cleaning the print heads.  I'm
> a real novice "under the hood" of my printer and don't know exactly
> how to go about it.  Should I first just let the printer sit overnite?
> I printed yesterday just fine, and the cartridges are about 1/2
> full.  I'd really appreciate some advice and a list of steps to
> follow if I do need to clean the heads myself.  (I'm not even sure
> how one gets them in the correct position to clean!)
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Bob
> 
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