Digital BW, The Print

Leave the cleaning carts in the printer when not in use for months.

Jerry


John/Julie Gittins wrote:
> 
> Peter,
> Without carts in place, the Epson printhead will dry out. I don't know about a standard method
> for storage, but, if you liken clogs to getting the flu, I've found regular Epson carts to be a very
> effective vaccine. I've left my own 740s and 1160s for 3+ months and gotten good nozzle checks
> after one cleaning cycle; if I'd left them unused with quad blacks installed, I'd have had major
> problems. Somebody in the group recently suggested that regular Epson ink has a solvent
> that helps prevent clogs -- they sure behave as if they did.
> John
> 
>   ---- in DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, peter_in_seattle <lists@... wrote:
>   > I also want to preserve my Epson 740 .... The thing is that cleaning carts
>   >can dry out like regular ones... If I take the carts out and plug them up, they
>   >supposedly won't dry out. Not sure how well that bodes for the printers...
>   >Is there an accepted standard as to how to keep a printer from clogging while
>   >in storage? (Again, I'm using carts, not CIS).
>   >Peter
> 
>   --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Olson <
>   jerryolson@r...> wrote:
>   >> Why not leave the cleaning carts in the machine when you go?
>   >> Jerry
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