A toughie, Jerry. As a wild guess, any residue of ink pooled around the nipples? How do the seals look at the bottom of the CIS carts? How clean is the parking pad, esp the rubber rim- so it can seal the head? That's about all I can think of. I guess from what you and others say the ink is not the problem. Luck, Jim H. --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Olson <jerryolson@r...> wrote: > I did that Jim, no luck. Those cartridges and sponges are thoroughly > soaked with ink. Still horrendous clogs. > > However, reinstalling the oem epson color inks gave a perfect nozzle > check with only a couple cleanings. So I'm still baffled. There doesn't > appear to be anything wrong with the printer itself. > > Jerry > > > > jim hayes wrote: > > > > Forgive me for jumping in the middle of a thread (I've been away > > awhile), but you could always suck the ink out the bottom of each cart > > chamber of the CIS and return it to the bottle until the ink runs > > clear and no foamy bubbles are apparent in the syringe. Use a syringe, > > and if possible, a bottom fill adapter from MIS. > > Jim H. > > > > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Robert Morrison > > <rmorrison@p...> wrote: > > > Put the CIS back in, run two cleaning cycles and then turn the > > printer off > > > and let it sit for at least two days...if not longer. I'd recommend > > 4 days. > > > You probably have microbubbles in the ink in the CIS cart from all > > of the > > > cleaning and nozzles checks. After you wait, then run a nozzle > > check. If > > > you get any nozzles to fire, then run several flush images. If you > > don't > > > get any nozzles then I'd recommend changing the cart again. > > > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > > On 3/18/03 12:06 PM, "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@r...> wrote: > > > > > > > Robert, I just reinstalled the Original Epson color inks. Perfect > > > > Nozzle checks. Now what? It can't be the printer, so it must be the > > > > cartridges or inks. > > > > > > > > I'm ready to give up. I'm sitting here with what appears to be a > > > > perfectly loaded CIS system. No air in the tubes, the vacuum appears > > > > perfect. I've sealed up the bottoms with electrical tape, which > > seems to > > > > be holding for now... > > > > > > > > Jerry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Robert Morrison wrote: > > > >> > > > >> Yep...the chances of loosing all nozzles from an ink clog are > > very slim. > > > >> Complete dropouts are almost always a loss of priming from air in the > > > >> system. You may just have to wait this one out. I've waiting as > > much as 4 > > > >> days before with a CIS. The key is to be patient and do nothing. > > Don't > > > >> even run a nozzle check for a couple of days. The more fussing > > you do...the > > > >> worse it will get. > > > >> > > > >> Robert > > > >> > > > >> On 3/18/03 10:10 AM, "Julian Thomas" <julianthomas@t...> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Jerry, this all sounds like air in the nozzles to me. Try > > priming the system > > > >>> a couple of times ( as if the inkmonitor is telling you you are > > out of ink - > > > >>> lifting the tabs on the cart slots on the 1160 for eg) and then > > doing a > > > >>> couple of purge images > > > >>> > > > >>> Julian > > > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > > > >>> From: "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@r...> > > > >>> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> > > > >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 6:46 PM > > > >>> Subject: [Digital BW] Clogs from Hell and worse.... > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>>> To those of you following the worst clog ever, > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I put back the original epson ink cartridges. Now, there's no ink > > > >>>> whatsoever coming out of any of the chambers. > > > >>>> 6 blank nozzle checks. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I'll squirt some ammonia through the nipples, and then go to > > dinner. > > > >>>> Maybe I do indeed just have a really bad set of print heads! > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Maybe the eboni ink is NOT compatible with epson inks, but the > > other 5 > > > >>>> colors MIS VM, should be!! > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Jerry > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, > > Polls and > > > >>> other resources as they are often being updated. 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Re: [Digital BW] Clogs from Hell and worse....
2003-03-19 by jim hayes