Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, PhotoWorkshops 
Partnership <info@p...> wrote:
> Have been using an Epson 1200 with the Permaflow CIS and VT Blax 
varitone
> inks - I think this is the UK version of MIS hexachrome inks. 
Results have
> been fine though the cool tone is far too blue for my liking - the 
neutral
> Cool is a bit too cool but the warm tones on Lyson standard Fine 
Art paper
> are outstanding.
> 
> However...I get random clogging. Reset the colour cartridge today 
as I had
> my fist 'ink out' light and the black cart now refuses to print. 
I've tried
> three cleaning cycles and printed a purge pattern followed by two 
more
> cleaning cycles but the problem has got worse not better. Any one 
know
> anything else I can try - pumping all that ink through the heads in
> continuous cycles of cleaning seem to do no good whatever.
> 
> --
> Regards
> David Prakel
> 
> Centre of Britain PhotoWorkshops Partnership
> www.photopartners.co.uk

David;
Isolate the problem-if you have an Epson K cart pull the cis K out & 
separate the line so you can use the Epson K with the rest of the 
CIS. If you get it to print with the Epson, you probably have air in 
the CIS cart. Put a syringe to the ink port and pull some ink 
through, then try it again. If it looks like it's trying but won't 
clean up completely, sometimes just letting it sit overnight will do 
it, and iit saves ink. OTOH you can't get it to print with an Epson 
cart, then you might need to a)clean the bottom of the head with a 
strip of doubled-over paper toweling soaked in windex and B)direct 
inject windex into the head with syringe.

Best luck

Steve K.