Digital BW, The Print

yeah, it looks that way to me too. While I was cleaning out the parking 
pad the first time around I was shocked at how much ink was in there, 
even though I've done only a couple head cleanings since I received the 
printer a little over a month ago.

I don't have a CIS though, just MIS cartridges.

i'm thinking that the head may have become damaged a few weeks ago, 
while I was printing out a bunch of 13 x 19's.  While I was away from my 
desk, the printer sucked in 5 sheets of Heavyweight Matte and by the 
time I realized what was happening, the print was already half-way done. 
I think the head may have come in contact with the paper and either 
gunked things up real badly, or tweaked a piece of metal or plastic (or 
whatever is in those heads).

In any case, the fact that I cleaned everything out of there once and 
now the problem is back again leads me to believe the head is damaged. 
I'm bringing it in for repair tomorrow.

thanks,

m

Ranyart wrote:

> 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
>
>
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