Digital BW, The Print

The heads were not meant to be user replaceable.  Anytime you remove/replace
the heads, it is my understanding you need to use the setup/calibration
software that only authorized repair places are supposed to have.  If you
think your heads are finally unclogged and undamaged, then it might be worth
the repair expense to take it to a dealer and have them get things going
again.  Make sure to use a competent repair place so that you will get a
good setup and alignment.

-----Original Message-----
From: Reinier van der Ryst [mailto:rvdryst@...]
Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:42 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] 1160 - lights flashing and head banging


Sorry for re-posting this, but the subject of my previous may have been a
bit obscure.

I removed the head from my 1160 because the black and cyan heads were
completely blocked. I backsucked windex and finally warm distilled water
through the heads over a number of days. Finally I dried the head with a
hair drier periodically over a period of one hour. I re-installed the head,
oiled the head guide and switched on. Problems!!!

The head moves against the little white tongue, to the left of the head, but
it does not get pulled down. Then the two ink lights (left two lights) come
on and stays on. Then the power light and the paper feed light start
flashing at one second intervals. (I reset the the waste pad counter also
but it makes no difference.)

If I pull the white tongue down before switching on, the two ink lights come
on, the head moves about four cm to the left, stops, moves left nearly to
the end, stops again and the slams violently against the left stop. Then the
power and paper feed lights start flashing at one second intervals.

The printer is about three years old and has had about sixteen ounces of
black and eight ounces of each of the VM-S inks through it.

What can I do - retire it and get a 1290? Or what?

Reinier





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