Digital BW, The Print

Hey Martin, 

I cleaned the bottom of the head with towels wet with Windex, which 
seemed to work well. Thanks. 


I am still not getting a good nozzle check. I have heard of soaking
the parking pad with Windex, and leaving it over night, but why should 
I reinstall the Epson cartridges, and then run them through the nozzle 
cleaning cycle? Will the epson inks help dissolve the clogged MIS
inks in the head?

Thanks again 

Steve




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Wesley" <
mwesley250@e...> wrote:
> Steven,
> 
> Sounds like the underside of the print head may be dirty and in
need of some
> cleaning.
> 
> First you must release the print head so that you can manually move
it from
> side to side. With the 1160 you should be able to push the
cartridge change
> button and once the head assembly is in the cartridge loading
position
> unplug the printer.
> 
> A common way to clean the bottom of the head is to place folded
paper
> towels, cloth or sponge cloth in the path the head travels that are
wet with
> Windex, ammonia & water, or rubbing alcohol & water. Then manually
move the
> head back and forth over the wet material to clean off any gunk
(dried ink
> and paper fibers). Change the paper towel a couple of times.
> 
> When you feel you have gotten it clean, then move the head to its
normal
> parked position all the way to the right before you plug the
printer back
> in.
> 
> If you are still not getting good nozzle checks then I would try
installing
> some Epson cartridges and doing nozzle cleaning cycles.
> 
> Martin Wesley
> 
> http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <stevenr@m...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 6:49 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Problems with my 1160
> 
> 
> > Help,
> >
> >  I am having problems with my 1160. I started having problems
getting a
> > good nozzle check (I never do). At the same time ink track marks,
from
> > the rollers, started to appear on my paper.  I cleaned the inside
of
> > the printer and run several sheet of paper through until the
paper came
> > out clean. But, as soon as I cleaned the heads and did a nozzle
check
> > and ink tracks would reappear. I could never get a good nozzle
check.
> >
> > If the nozzles are clogged will it spray ink all over the inside
of the
> > printer?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
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