Digital BW, The Print

I am running UT on 1280 and after a month and half i had about an inch 
and half of the sludge
close to the black cartridge in the line.
So I would recommend running the typical cleanup and purge print every 3 
weeks the most.
Jack

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Martin Wesley wrote:

> * -----Original Message-----
> * From: londuck [mailto:lon_c@...]
> * Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 8:31 PM
> * To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> * Subject: [Digital BW] MIS FS Sludge
> *
> *
> * I have an Epson 1160 running the MIS Full Spectrum inkset with a CIS
> * bulk ink supply.  It has basically been trouble free for a couple of
> * years, until today.
> *
> * I decided to do a few prints.  Since I had not used the printer for a
> * bit I decided to do a few head cleanings and a nozzle check before I
> * started printing.  Nothing out of the black head (all other heads
> * fine).
> *
> * I did a few more cleaning cycles then parked the head on Windex
> * saturated the shut down sponges overnight.  The next day still
> * nothing from the black head.
> *
> * I removed the supply line from the black head and attempted to push
> * the ink in the line back into the supply bottle with a syringe.  The
> * line is plugged.  I worked with the line a bit and it seems to be
> * full of a vicious sludge like material.  I still do not have the line
> * clear.
> *
> * An interesting side note; I have a friend running the same setup and
> * he recently reported the exact same problem.
> *
> * Any other elist members with this problem?  Any proven remedies?
> *
> Lon,
>
> It has been suggested that with CIS systems that you clean out the 
> lines and
> replace the cartridge portion at regular intervals. No one has come up 
> with
> a good time frame but usually folks suggest 6 to 12 months. The fact that
> you managed to go for 2 years is a good piece of info but I think you have
> done very well.
>
> It is not just the MIS inks either. The Piezo inks do the same thing. Over
> time some of the carbon pigment precipitates from the suspension and is
> deposited in the lines, bottles and cartridges.
>
> As for remedies order new cartridges for your CIS and flush the lines out
> with a good cleaner and a syringe or replace the lines completely. This is
> not a defect but a normal maintenance procedure.
>
> Martin Wesley
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