Digital BW, The Print

I've had great success resurrecting a 4 colour epson 660s, I took the case
off, unclipped the cart mounts so they were loose (including the head),
just fastened on with the cable, then used the big syringe with a bit of
larger diameter tube (I actually used some plastic insulation tube for
electric cables, pushed onto the end of the rubber hose MIS supplies for
pressure testing) on it to shoot hot water directly into the cart nozzle
spike things until I could see a fine and even stream coming out the head.
Lots of kitchen towel on hand mind. Conceivably you could do it without
removing the heads, but I preferred to be able to see what I was doing a
bit better, and you can tell when its clear. I first tried the procedure
on my 1290 though, because I inadvertantly siphoned an entire 4oz bottle
of photo cyan through it when I first got my CIS (half a bottle of yellow
too, hmm)... All the ink nozzles and the non-stick head and the little
cleaning sponge and the outward feed system were all saturated and covered
in blue ink, so I had to do a really comprehensive clean on it. I now know
that the waste ink reservoirs on these things are more than sufficient
though :)


I'm using MIS's standard CIS and epson style colour inks with varying
results. But, I do find that if I haven't used the printer for a day, the
ink in the tubes leading to the cart recedes a bit, so theres an air
bubble just in front of the right-angle fitting. Its only ever an inch or
so long, and once I start printing, it'll get sucked back into the cart.
Is this normal or does it signal an imperfect seal? I can't help but think
that the carts themselves are getting progressively more and more empty,
not quite getting topped right up to their full level. Do I have cause for
concern?


sandy @ www.euphy.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: <shashinka@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2002 5:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] 1160 disaster - can anyone help ?


>
> In a message dated 1/11/02 11:10:37 PM, steadmanuhlich@...
writes:
>
> << Otherwise..good luck ...and don't leave the carts out too
long...ouch.
>
> Steadman >>
>
> I am testing an 1160 which had its carts out for a month.  I'm wondering
what
> can I do to hopefully save this piece of history before seating the CIS
carts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andy Darlow