Digital BW, The Print

On 19/07/2008 esharamaki wrote:
> I'm about at the end of my rope with my 1280. I've tried windex on
> the pad. I've tried using ink base in the cartridges and running
> multiple cleaning cycles. I've tried just printing lots of documents.
> 
> Any last suggestions before I recycle my 1280?

It may just be badly clogged but the microfilters in the head eventually 
clog - especially using pigments - and at that point you can try flushing 
them but most likely a new head is needed. See 
http://www.mwords.co.uk/catalog/articles_info.php?articles_id=106 for some 
heavy-duty cleaning ideas. You can try cleaning the filters by small 
pump-suck actions with the syringe. It didn't work for me.

Blocked filters are indicated by nozzle checks returning varying nozzles 
not working. The ink isn't getting into the heads adequately.

New heads are about 80GBP (~165USD) if you fit it yourself, a fairly easy 
10minute job if you're handy at that sort of thing, just screws, plastic 
clips and connectors. There is no 'engineering alignment' procedure on 
this printer unlike some Epsons so it's straightforward. However it will 
happen again eventually. I had this happen with both an 1160 using Piezo 
BW and 1290 using G4 CIS. I gave both mine to an optimist when the second 
heads appeared to be going the same way.
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Regards

Tony Sleep
http://tonysleep.co.uk