Digital BW, The Print

Bob,

It sounds like you are running out of or have run out of ink in the black
cartridge. There was a recent post that MIS has had some problems of late
with their cartridges. If you have a back-up black give that a try and if
that solves your problem, call MIS and see if you can get a replacement for
the one that failed.

Martin Wesley

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



----- Original Message -----
From: "daintreeriver2002" <workmantx@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 1:38 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Clogged Epson 1280


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