Digital BW, The Print

Looks like ink is bleeding out from the print heads.  Some people
encounter this when they have external ink wells that are raised up to
high.  Happened to me once.  Could this be the issue?


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mike Sommers
<mike@s...> wrote:
> Hiya Folks,
> 
> Following some great advice from folks on this forum, I was able to 
> temporarily clean up the mess on my 1280 print heads by placing a 
> Windex-soaked paper towel under my heads, and running the carriage back 
> and forth over the towel.
> 
> Here's an example illustrating the kind of mess I'm talking about:
> http://www.sinfin.com/smudges.jpg
> 
> I was very surprised at how much ink was under there. I actually
used up 
> about 8 separate "Windex-soaked paper towel pads" before the amount of 
> ink coming off the heads wasn't too bad. (I had removed the ink 
> cartridges, by the way).
> 
> After some windex to clean the parking pad, a good night's rest and a 
> couple of nozzle cleanings the prints coming out of the 1280 were 
> problem-free...
> 
> until last night, the same pattern of blotches re-appeared.
> 
> I've ordered a fresh set of UT-2 cartridges from MIS, in case they are 
> involved in the problem, but I'm going to have to go back in there and 
> clean out all the excess ink on the heads again.
> 
> My question is... at what point do I stop moving the print head
carriage 
> back and forth over the Windex-soaked paper towel pads? When there is 
> absolutely zero ink showing up on the paper towels? or is it okay to 
> stop when there is still a little bit of ink showing up on the paper
towels.
> 
> I'm hoping that the next Windex treatment will be the last one for a
while.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike