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Re: Clogs from hell - maybe sometimes it's the ink? (cross posted)

2002-11-30 by Mark Hahn

if you have a MIS type attachment on the syringe it will give you a 
vacuum.  I have had clogged black tubes in my MIS system.  Had to 
actually replace the tube to get back up and running, but then no 
problem... apparently it is only the black that clogs the tube.

mark

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "igorw2001" <iwesdorp@c...> 
wrote:
> Thanks for sharing your experience. 
> 
> About some details:
> Do you mean you just stuck the syringe into the CIS and sucked? Did 
> it fit so precisely that you could get a vacuum? 
> Or did you attached the syringe to the nipple inside the printhead?
> 
> (I'm asking this because I might have a similar problem with my CIS 
> and old Piezo ink).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Igor
> Amsterdam

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