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Re: 1280 CIS/VM Black Clog--Part II

2003-04-27 by Steven Karafyllakis

Jim, you wrote;--- In  wrote:
> Concur with Steven wrt first trying pulling ink out bottom but I 
try
> to keep cart level if possible (maybe Steven knows better with his 
45
> degree advice I don't know)- but not concur with injecting windex 
into
> head because  printer works fine with Epson carts. Therefore 
injecting
> head will not help- head is not the problem- 

I agree that it is very unlikely given the situation that the head 
is clogged, but it almost certainly has air in it; So filling it 
with liquid (of any sort, you could use ink) will allow it to 
generate more vacuum and thus help remove the air in the cart more 
efficiently. As for the 45 degree or even vertical tilt, the idea is 
to get the air bubbles to rotate around to the port, so you can suck 
them out? Perhaps not neccessary

Steve

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