Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "stasunas" <Astasunas@...> 
wrote:
> 
> This may be a bit off topic, but what method do you use daily to 
> unclog the printer? I am having a hard time getting a good purge 
> sheet to print in spite of running 3 cleaning clycle, print a purge 
> sheet, clean more print again etc.

I had such good luck with a couple of R220s that sit for long times that I got really 
careless and left one for two months in southern heat without cartridges in it.  It was badly 
clogged as could be expected.   What worked for me was

Run a set of cleaning carts with windex.  Do the cleaning cycle three times.  Load 20 
sheets of cheap copy paper and print Paul Roark's purge six file at matte heavyweight 
settings 20 times.  Then let the printer sit overnight.  Next day install the  ink cartridges 
and do a nozzle check.  If it is not clear, stop immediately, re-install the cleaning carts, 
clean three times and then run the twenty sheets of purge six again setting the image to 
another part of the paper, then let sit overnight again.  Next day, install ink carts, one 
nozzle check and if not successful immediately back to the cleaning carts, three head 
cleans, 20 purge six etc.  My worst blockage (more than half the nozzles not firing) took 
four days but now prints fine.

One thing I did discover was that running repeated head cleaning cycles actually made 
things worse.  I also think that air in the carts can have a lot to do with what people think 
are clogs, sitting overnight seems to help there as well.