Digital BW, The Print

Don't give up until you have tried the windex soak.  As the IT 
person for my former high school, I had the job of uncloging all the 
epson printers from lack of use over the summer.  More often than 
not the windex treatment worked.  In fact, I would say close to 90% 
of the time.  Same for my 1280, which finally died a few months ago -
 electrical problems this time....

So, move that head out of the way and soak the pad.  If it doesn't 
work the first soaking, try it another night, and even two.  
Sometimes they are real stubborn and take a few treatmetns, but as I 
said, this does the trick most of the time.  The 1280 is/was a nice 
printer.

Aram, new to the group.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Whiting" 
<paulmwhiting@...> wrote:
>
> Well, I'll know better next time. guess I'll chalk this up to 
experience!
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pr_roark"
> <pr_roark@> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> > >
> >
>