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Re: [Digital BW] 1200 clogfs

2003-08-06 by bgs

Where the printhead parks when not printing.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Kobrin" <skobrin@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] 1200 clogfs


> 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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