Digital BW, The Print

I had the same problem and tried all the same things.  The quickest 
way is just replace the black tube cut it off and leave it in the 
bundle and tape a new tube in the bundle.

God luck

Ed Blake

www.edblakephotography.com

-- 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