Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> > >
> > How does one rinse off the parking pads?I too have an 1160 with a
> > similar problem
> > 
> 
> With the printer off, move the gear on the extreme left toward you to
> release the head assembly.  You'll see a little peg near the bottom
of the
> head assembly move down, out of the way.  Then you can move the head
> assembly to the left.  This exposes the parking pad.  I use a
syringe with
> Windex in it to rinse the pad.  I sometimes use a paper towel to
soak up the
> Windex-ink mix on the surface.  
> 
> For unclogging a printer hear, it is sometimes useful to soak the
pad and
> move the head back over it so that the head sits in the Windex
overnight.
> 
> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
>

Paul, thanks for the reply, I moved the assembly to the cart changing
position with the change ink button, then turned the power off.I
looked for the parking pads and couldn't see them in the room light,
but with a flash light I did see them but theyre way back down in
there.How do you get back down in there with your fingers, theres not
much room to work down in there.Do I need to take the casing off the
printer?Also will plain ol Windex do the trick for the pads?I have not
used this printer in 5 years and it had sat unused with the original
MIS quadtone pre-filled carts in it all this time.I did buy the MIS
purging carts last week along with the UT with eboni carts and ran
multiple cleaning/purging cycles with the purging carts before
installing the inks.Things printed out good till the ink carts got
down below 1/4 full, then the nozzle checks started breaking up and a
purge print showed no ink coming out of the magenta nozzle.I've got a
new set of UT carts coming in the mail next week and am wondering the
next step to take to get back up and running.Overall this printer has
very few hours on it and I'd like to be able to get it running
smoothly if possible.Thanks again.....Chris