Digital BW, The Print

It was back?? I have heard of, but not experienced bad ink batches 
with some aleternate suppliers.

...John

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Kale" 
<stevekale@b...> wrote:
> Sorry to come back on this but a couple of quick follow up 
questions.  After many hours 
> messing with this yesterday and a ton of ink-soaked paper towels, 
I finally got a good 
> nozzle check and thought I was done.  But this morning it was 
back.  So I left another 
> Windex soaked paper towel in there again for several hours.  It 
came out soaked in ink and 
> I have a good nozzle check.  How do you know when you are properly 
done?  Does the 
> paper towel draw ink out of the cartridge or is all this ink I am 
soaking up actually garbage 
> in the pad and the bottom of the printer head?
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark" 
<paul.roark@v...> 
> wrote:
> > When I see ink spraying out to the sides, I think there may be 
junk on the
> > surface of the head, deflecting the jet.  So, I do the "Windex 
on paper
> > towel under the head" trick.  
> > 
> > The last few times I've done this I used a "Double Fold Bias 
Tape" (13 mm
> > wide) that I bought at Wal-Mart in the sewing department.  It 
seems easier
> > than cutting and folding paper towels.  I basically soaked a 
piece of this
> > with Windex; laid it down in the area that the head travels 
over; put the
> > head height to +; with the printer off, released the head by 
pulling the
> > white gear at the left toward me; moved the head over the soaked 
cloth tape;
> > lowered the head; grabbed the ends of the "bias" tape; and moved 
it back and
> > forth below the head.  
> > 
> > I also clean the pad with Windex (or any window cleaner with 
ammonia) and
> > paper towels, because that is the area where the head is 
probably picking up
> > the junk.
> > 
> > Good luck.
> > 
> > Paul
> > www.PaulRoark.com
> > ________________________________