Digital BW, The Print

I would always recommend seeing a nozzle check before buying a 
printer.  The head could be permanently clogged.

The first step might be to try Windex on the parking pad.  Let the 
print head sit overnight with the head sitting on a pad full of 
Windex.  (The wheel on the left inside the printer can be moved by hand 
to release the head.  Rotate the gear toward you.)

The old 2200 that I'm about to pull out of storage -- again -- was in 
very bad shape when I received it.  Cleaning fluid didn't work, nor did 
Windex on the pad.  But Windex in carts did.  You might give that a 
try.  If the carts you have are re-fillable (probably spongeless with 
small stoppers that a jeweler's screw driver can remove), use a syringe 
to pull most of the cleaning fluid out, save it, put in Windex, and 
install the cart.  After it has sat a few hours, try a cleaning cycle 
and printing a purge pattern.  Then I'd just print a purge pattern 
every few hours and do an occasionaly cleaning cycle -- not too many -- 
until the heads either open up or you give up.  If they don't open up, 
it's probably not worth fixing.

If the paper type is Matte HW and resolution or quality is photo or 
best or 1440, you'll be able to see the dampness on plain paper after 
printing purge patterns if the heads start to get a decent flow of ink.

Good luck.

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "rickkretz" 
<rikster44@...> wrote:
>
> I have recently purchased a 1280 from a third party.I was told that
> it was used very little and that it sat for a long time.So I 
purchased 
> the cleaning solutions from MIS.I have been running the solution in
> new empty carts through the printer cleaning cycle. I still can't get 
the 
> printer to print any part of the test pattern. This seems out of the
> ordinary.Can the nozzles be plugged so bad as not to let any ink 
through
> to print any part of the pattern or do I have another problem with the
> printer The printer does look to not have been used much there is not
> much ink built up in any of the foam pads. Thanks if anyone can 
advise.
>