Digital BW, The Print

Yep the very next morning.  But this morning my nozzle check was ok so
perhaps I have beaten it...fingers crossed!


> From: johnglodge <john.lodge@sympatico.ca>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 00:54:19 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Blocked nozzles on a 2100
> 
> 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
>>> ________________________________
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