Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Clayton Price
<clay@...> wrote:
>
> 
> On Feb 26, 2006, at 10:11 PM, cloudswimmer wrote:
> 
> I've used a number of different cleaning cartridges over the years, 
> mostly on an 1160.
> Don't recall if one was from MIS, but I know that they all seem to have 
> an ammonia base, as
> does Windex. The difference is that windex is a more concentrated 
> solution than the
> cleaning cartridges, so I was warned to be careful -- that the straight 
> windex possibly could cause some
> damage. That did not happen -- the windex worked fine. The other 
> difference is that windex
> has a blue dye in it, but that too, did not seem to affect it's 
> usefulness.
> 
> However, if I were you, I would not use Windex No Drip, just the 
> original stuff. There has to be some
> additional (unknown) chemistry which makes it not drip. It might be a 
> thickener, with which you would
> not want to chance gumming up the print heads.
> 
> My opinion!
> 
> Clay Price
> 
> > Hello, I see MIS sells Nozzle cleaning fluid.Anyone have any
> > experience with it vs. Windex no drip?I'm going to order a direct
> > injection kit and some empty spongeless carts to cover my bases to get
> > my 1160 (hopefully) working smoothly.Will try direct injection first,
> > and then if needed fill the carts with fluid and run cleaning
> > cycles.Thanks!
> >
>
Ok thanks Clayton for the advice!