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Re: [Digital BW] 1200 clogfs

2003-08-06 by Stephen Kobrin

Thanks, but now for a really dumb question:  where is the "pad."  Is 
it part of the printhead mechanism that holds the carts?  Or the 
strip on the bottom of the compartment that the ink flows through?  
Thanks for your help.

Steve

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "bgs" <bgs@b...> 
wrote:
> I have put warm water on the pad and let it sit overnight plus an 
hour or
> two. The first nozzle check after that was not good but I ran a 
cleaning
> cycle after that nozzle check. Sometimes it took a couple of 
cleaning cycles
> and nozzle checks and it cleared. I was told by the Epson guy that 
I use not
> to use Windex or any other chemicals because it will eventually 
ruin the
> heads. So far warm water has always worked. I also have the VM but 
in an
> 1160.......bgs
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stephen Kobrin" <skobrin@h...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 10:20 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] 1200 clogfs
> 
> 
> > I left my 1200 with MIS VM inks for 2 1/2 weeks and came back to
> > clogs that will not go away, even after 9-10 cleaning cycles and a
> > number of full prints.  (I use prefilled carts.)  While I know 
this
> > topic has been covered at length on the list, I would appreciate a
> > suggestion of a reasonable first step before I delve into the
> > archives and go at this full tilt.
> >
> > The strange thing is that there is a great deal of variation in 
the
> > nozzle check patterns with some not all bad and other where 
several
> > of the inks are hardly there.
> >
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Steve
> >
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