Digital BW, The Print

I have recently had problems with my mis cfs and variquads from non use.
The ink has started to gum up in the magenta bottle and clog the tube.
The ink is as old since it was first released, I am guessing a year and
a half ago. I finally pulled the whole thing and reinstalled a couple of
stock epson carts to get the thing runing again, along with
windex/papertowel treatments. I think part of the problem is that it is
very warm where the printers sit on a shelf over the work station. and
also it seems that in the winter the heads dryout a lot faster than in
the summer here in the north east.

Randy

Victor Landweber wrote:
> 
> To the list:
> 
> I recently fired up my 1160 with quad-tone MIS inks in user-filled carts
> that I hadn't used since June. First nozzle check had a few gaps. I topped
> up the cartridges, ran a couple of cleaning cycles, printed a purge page,
> got a good nozzle check, and proceeded to print a dozen or so satisfactory
> 13\ufffd19s. That was after five months down time.
> 
> Incidentally, I also restarted my 1200 (with MIS color inks in user-filled
> carts) that I hadn't used since last April. That was more of a problem. No
> amount of cleaning and purging produced a good nozzle check. I ended up
> attaching a piece of shrink-fit tubing to a syringe filled with cleaning
> fluid that I'd purchased from a local ink supplier and (having heat shrunk
> the tubing to fit tightly on the nipples in the cartridge well) injected
> half a CC or so of fluid into each nipple. I slid a piece of blotter paper
> under the head which minimized the mess. It took a couple of tries, but
> after the second injection my nozzle check was much improved. I filled a
> new cartridge and ran a couple of cleaning cycles. After letting the
> printer sit for a couple of hours I got a good nozzle check and proceeded
> to print five or six 13\ufffd19s.
> 
> I've never installed a CIS since I knew that I'd probably let my printers
> sit unused for months at a time and feared the consequences of evaporation,
> dried ink in the tubes, and deteriorating sponges in the dedicated CIS
> cartridge. I was gratified to find that even after half a year I could get
> my printers back up and running. The 1160 was particularly easy.
> 
> -- Victor Landweber
> 
> At 10:07 PM 12/16/2002 +0000, you wrote:
> 
> >I'm going to be traveling for several months, and unfortunately my 1160 may
> >have to stay behind, boxed up with no one to look after it. Fortunately I
> >don't
> >have a CIS yet -- I use carts (FS-N at the moment).
> >
> >I was thinking I'd get some of InkJetMall's cleaning carts, flush it
> >really well,
> >and then store it without any carts in it at all. Is this the best way to go?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Peter
> >
> >
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