Digital BW, The Print

Gary,

The Epson OEM carts have always got the ink flowing again when I've used them 
for stubborn clogs. My success before being advised about their strong medicinal 
was not very good:  I replaced an 1160 printhead every 9 or 10 months for a couple 
of years. After replacing the bad cart with Eps OEM, I often get a perfect nozzle 
check after one cleaning cycle; and the tougher clogs have all yielded to the 
Eps OEM carts after letting them sit in the printer overnight.

Whenever I do 3 cleaning cycles, I print a purge-pattern (downloaded from MIS's site).
If the problem is only with the black, I edit out the color columns so I don't waste ink; 
if the problem is with the color cart, I remove the black column.

Hope this helps.
John    
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gary Benson <bensonga@...> 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 1:19 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: partially clogged black print head & banding - next steps?


  Jim,

  I searched the archives and distilled information from the many posts 
  to the list on clearing clogs using various windex and paper towel 
  techniques.  Over the weekend I tried these and on Sunday evening 
  tried the printer again -- still no luck, the black nozzles are still 
  partially clogged resulting in very noticeable banding.

  Specifically, the left most black grid on top is mostly there, with 
  just a few gaps showing up here and there.  The black grid on the top 
  right is the one that has been the worst and gotten worse over time.  
  Lots of gaps, not always in the same place after a cleaning cycle.  
  The three grids below from the color positions have always printed 
  out perfectly.

  So, since the windex and paper towel techniques did not work for me, 
  I'm wondering what to try next.  The windex direct injection as 
  described on the MIS website?  I've thought about pulling both of the 
  cartridges and putting in Epson OEM cartridges for awhile (read 
  something about the Epson inks being good for clearing air bubbles).  
  Or purchasing some cleaning cartridges from MIS and running those for 
  awhile before installing new cartridges.

  Any suggestions?  I sure would like to get back to making prints 
  again.

  Gary Benson
  Eagle River, AK


  <jimhayes@f...> wrote:
  > Esp, what does the k nozzle check 
  > look like. Is it completely missing? Are only some specific
  > postions missing? Or does it jump around, always with spaces
  > missing, but in 
  > different places?
  > Jim H.

  > <bensonga@g...> wrote:
  > >Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  :-(
  > > 
  > > Gary Benson
  > > Eagle River, AK



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