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Re: [Digital BW] Clog from hell

2004-01-04 by flyfishingusa2002

Windex contains ammonia, which is highly corrosive, if you use it in 
your print head, as I did, you will find that it is likely to damage 
the circuit board which is part of the head, which is what happened 
to mine. Use a Epson approved cleaner or just pure water. If you 
can't clear a clog with cleaning cycles you are in trouble. 
You are better off not using any inks that have a history of 
clogging. I have experiance with a 1200, 1270, 3000, 1160 and a 2200. 
The 2200 using the UC inks and the QTR  rip to produce fantastic B/W 
prints, NEVER, I repeat, NEVER, clogs even after letting it sit 
without printing for many days. The 3000 has minor clogs which are 
usually cleared with a couple of cleaning cycles. The rest all had 
major clogging problems which resulted in the need for new heads 
after using Windex....I'm a slow learner...

Sierra Gold

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Reinier van der 
Ryst" <rvdryst@t...> wrote:
> Truman
> 
> Send Arthur Entlich an email requesting his Epson Cleaning Manual.
> Art has been collecting all the do's and dont's for a long time.
> 
> artistic-1@s...
> 
> Reinier

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