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[Digital BW] Re: CIS life (was Clogged 1160 printhead)

2002-10-26 by Sam A. McCandless

Which (1160?) cis and ink set was this, Peter, i.e., was it the CFS 
or NoMoreCarts CIS (possibly rebranded), or another cis? Thanks.

Sam McCandless           samcc@...


>I found that my CIS lasted about a year and a half before the black channel
>quit.  I had poor black channel performance and tried many ways to clear
>the "clog", including injecting the head directly with Windex.   When I got
>a good test pattern, I ran a black-only test image at high speed and
>watched as the ink lay-down quickly went from total black to just a few
>black lines on the page.  I deduced from this that it was the CIS that was
>starving the black head for ink, not a clogged head. I bought a new CIS,
>installed it and I'm printing normally again.  Others have commented that
>the black channel (not the head) suffers from clogging due to evaporation
>of the solvent through the Nalgene tubing.
>
>
>regards,
>
>Peter

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