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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[Digital BW] Re: CIS life (was Clogged 1160 printhead)
2002-10-26 by Sam A. McCandless
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