Digital BW, The Print

I recently received an Epson 2200 as a gift from a person who had
given up trying to unclog the magenta nozzle(s).  It had been sitting
for several months before she gave it to me.  After researching this
group and other sites, I got some blue Windex, heated it to just below
boiling in a microwave, then used a syringe to pump it directly into
the magenta intake spike.  I used a small drill bit to bore out the
syringe tip fit directly onto the spike. 

It took several tries, but there was progress on each attempt, and the
printer is working fine.

As an aside... Thanks to advice/help from Paul Roark, I've been able
to load this 2200 with the same R2W (plus LK) inkset that I use in my
220.  I finished profiling it today, and it's spitting out (it's first
with this inkset - yea it works!) a very nice print as I write this.


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "bard960"
<bard960@...> wrote:
>
> I did not use my Epson C86 for about 6 months. When I resumed it 
> yetserday, the 3 EZ cartridges were empty (the Epson black cartridge 
> was half full). I replaced the empty cartridges with 3 new MIS EZ 
> cartridged, but after 1 cleaning cicle and 24 hours nothing comes out 
> from the clogged nozzles. Do you believe my C86 is irreparanly damaged? 
> Is there anything I can do to have it work again? I believe I saw it 
> posted on the forum that going through many cleaning cycles may spoil 
> the heads. Thanks.
>