Digital BW, The Print

I'm going to try to answer this without seeing your original posting: 
but I can guess you have bad nozzle checks...




--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "steven0356 
<stevenr@m...>" <stevenr@m...> wrote:
> Hey Martin, 
> 
> I cleaned the bottom of the head with towels wet with Windex, which 
> seemed to work well. Thanks.

I use this method only when I get ink blobs sputtering out on page AND 
I have not just installed a new MIS cart (which can also cause 
blobbing at first). Or when the nozzle lines are jumped up or down 
from their correct place, indicating deflection of nozzle due to 
debris under head. But not when nozzle lines are missing, except maybe 
as a secondary measure combined with another trick.
 
> 
> 
> I am still not getting a good nozzle check. I have heard of soaking
> the parking pad with Windex,

Well, just 3-5 drops really. Personally, I use 40% ethanol to 60% 
distilled water. And this trick does work wonders, it should be tried 
first.

 and leaving it over night, but why 
should 
> I reinstall the Epson cartridges, and then run them through the 
nozzle 
> cleaning cycle?

Because it works<g>. I've used it a lot, and so have others. Actually, 
I run a couple cleaning cycles, then print out purge patterns (see MIS 
site for these files) for awhile if the nozzle is starting to print. 
Unfortunately on your 1160, you don't have poppet valves on Epson 
carts which seal the ports, so you can't re-use a previously installed 
cart for best results, although I have done this. You would be better 
advised to buy NEW official Epson carts and run them for three days or 
so.

Actually, I think it works because the glycols in the Epson dye ink 
dissolve any sludged up 3rd party ink in the 1160 head. Results are 
sometimes dramatic, other times it doesn't fully help.

 Will the epson inks help dissolve the clogged MIS
> inks in the head?

A good chance, but not guaranteed.


Try to keep the humidity in your room above 40%RH. I don't know the 
upper limit to humidity, but I except greater than 50% is probably not 
desirable. Going below 35%RH you may find causes more clogs. I try to 
keep temperature below 77 degrees F too.

And the other thing is to use the printer often. I used to turn my 
1280 on every 12 hours as my climate here is terrible with clogging on 
these things. COnsider running a  low res purge print maybe every 
three days or so.
Jim H.

> 
> 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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