Digital BW, The Print

I agree A,

I buy vinegar and ammonia, though. I soaked a head( on 3000 ) for a long, long time and did finally replaced it. When you get to that point, you can unload on some poor SOB on eBay, or try real chems like paint remover - what you got to loose.

It seems logical to me that over cleaning cycles can burn-out the heads and patience is called for.

gar

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On 3/18/08 at 8:22 PM a_langhans wrote:

>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.
>> > >
>> >
>>
>
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