Digital BW, The Print

Thanks, Aram, I'll try again. So, after you soak the pad, do you move
the head back and leave it positioned in the 'park' position? Also, my
pad seems rather stiff... wonder what that means.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "a_langhans"
<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.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>