Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Un Globe Trotteur" 
<unglobetrotteur@...> wrote:
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> I may want to try the simple green. I'm just wondering if the problem is not somewhere 
else. I injected some windex 2 nights in a row and rubbed the head on top of a paper 
towel with windex. I'm still not getting a drop of ink on the paper. If i know that clogs are 
the problem, i could invest in some empty cartridges and run windex cycle.
> The things is that 6 months ago, one head clogged. After running multiple purge cycles, 
the user said that none of the head printed again, so he put the printer in storage with no 
cartridges inside.

Could also be air trapped in the bottom of the cartridge. Especially if the cartridges had 
been opened previously and then stored upside down or on their sides.   When setting up 
brand new empty cartridges we prime them with a plastic syringe-like device to pull the 
air and a little pure ink out of the bottom of the cartridge.  Standard routine is to fill an 
empty cartridge.  Then stick a "bottom fill adaptor" on to the syringe, insert it into the 
bottom port of the cartridge and draw out a bit of ink.  "priming the pump" if you will.  MIS 
sells this sort of thing but now you are getting more and more involved in it to what end?  
If there is/was no air at the bottom port then the normal installation routine should have 
purged the air.

After re-reading your post, heavy handed multi purge/cleaning cycles create a lot of heat 
and could have damaged the heads permanently.

Sorry but it's a tough call with any unit like that.  Do you invest time and money and maybe 
learn something and maybe get a functioning printer or does it become a life lesson.