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Re: Nozzle Clogs on 1280 With MIS VM Cartridges

2003-03-06 by jim hayes

Magic=dietheytlene glycol or some such...and it's DYE ink not pigment.
No clumpy particles...
It DOES work..
Jim H.



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Shilesh Jani"
<shilesh.jani@s...> wrote:
> Tom,
> 
> Try putting in the Epson OEM carts.  I have found these OEM inks to 
> be very good at clearing out bad nozzle checks.  There is something 
> magical about them - probably very well filled, that's all.  I have 
> two 1280s, and I routinely give one of them some rest with OEM carts.
> 
> Shilesh
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Husband 
> <thusband@s...>" <thusband@s...> wrote:
> > I'm running a new 1280 with MIS VM and VMS cartridges.  I seem to 
> be 
> > getting nozzles clogs lately.  I run a nozzle check before each run 
> > and usually I have to do one, two and, sometimes three cleanings to 
> > get it going.  The clogs seem to have gotten worse just in the last 
> > week or so.
> > I print just about every day and wonder if this is typical.  Did I 
> > make a mistake going to the MIS cartridges right away without 
> running 
> > the Epson cartridges first?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Tom Husband

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