Digital BW, The Print

This is exactly what I did with my 1280 recently.  I hadn't used it 
for several months.  I ran a number of clean/check cycles to no 
avail. I sprayed a good bit of Windex, actually Glass Plus, on the 
pad and let it sit for an hour or so.  I ran the head check a couple 
of times and Voila! it was all good and no problems since.

Good Luck, Mike

--- 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.
> >
>