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Re: Help needed: Epson 7500 ebony clogged

2003-10-27 by soli004

Hello Ingo,

Have you tried KK1 or KK2 cleaning?
That usually helps. (did for me)

Regards
Soren


> Hello,
> last weekend I really went through hell.
> 
> I installed a set of UT in my Epson 7500. After filling the 
cartriges 
> everything went fine so far. I couldn´t get a good nozzle check in 
> the evening so I waited untill the next morning and it seemed that 
> the problem had settled down. So I tried a first printout with 
Pauls 
> curves wich were not bad. Suddenly after another sheet of paper 
black 
> ink purged like drops on the paper and the black was nearly totaly 
> blocked. So I did an "initial fill" cycle to get air bubbles out. 
> After many attempts of cleaning and intitial fill cycles I am 
still  
> not getting a good nozzle check or print out. When I print 
a "print 
> pattern" from the service menu I can see od horizontal 
misalignments 
> in the black. These alignments lines behave like declining curves 
but 
> there are no dots missing. I don´t have any explanation for that. 
All 
> other inks work fine.
> 
> Please help with any ideas. Is there a way to get the ebony black 
> working well? I really hope I haven´t damaged the printer.
> 
> Another thing: I know some people sucking out ink from the tubes 
with 
> an negativ fill adapter. Can someone give a good description may 
be 
> with pictures how to do this?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ingo Meyer

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