Digital BW, The Print

I found the diagnostic evaluation steps and fixes on the MIS website
to be excellent. I followed them once and found that I did have a
permanent clog in the black ink feed line. Even with the line removed
from the cart, I never could clear it and replaced the line. 
Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Harry Saddler"
<hsaddler@p...> wrote:
> I have an Epson 1280 with an MIS CIS loaded with VM inks. I let the
thing
> sit for too long between uses, and now the black (K) jets won't print. I
> did the usual unclogging tricks, with no success. Then I tried sucking
> ink from the bottom of the cart with a syringe... and it feels like
> something's plugged: the plunger goes right back when I let it go.
Then I
> pulled the feed tube off the top of the cart, and stuck a syringe on
> that, pulled back; nothing, just a total vaccuum that pulls the plunger
> back when I let it go. Would I be right in guessing that the tube's
> plugged? Anyone else seen this?
> 
> Harry