Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"
<cj@...> wrote:
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> Did you do it more than three times without making a test print?
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Yeah I tried lots of different things.  I alternated between
clean/nozzle check and test prints, I did lots of cleanings in a row
between test prints, I waited upwards of 24 hrs between cleanings
and/or test prints, etc.  I tried refilling the black cart a bunch and
primed it from the bottom to make sure it was feeding.  When all that
failed, I tried putting MIS cleaning solution on the head pad and
letting it soak overnight.  That led to trying the same with windex. 
Then I tried soaking a paper towel in windex, unplugging so the print
head is movable, and sliding it over the towel.  That actually seemed
to remove some ink, so I got hopeful, but to no avail.

After several weeks of this, I'd exhausted every option I could think
of, and I found an online guide on the disassembly and figured I had
nothing to lose.  It's quite complex, and all sorts of bits need to
retain proper alignment, but if you're careful and patient, it's not
too bad.  Or so I thought.  Maybe I've broken it further.

In any case, I've already ordered an r2400 =)!, but I had hoped to
maybe get the 2200 working and ebay it.  It was very lightly used and
in great shape.  Plus I have probably two fulls sets of epson ink
unopened, and a full set of refillables from MIS.