Digital BW, The Print

Laura-

If you are going to try to fix it rather than claim on your 
insurance, patience is the key. You might try leaving the cleaning 
carts in for as long as a week or so, printing a nozzle check each 
day or so and maybe a purge file.

This is a tough one to deal with... If you check the archives here 
and in the Piezography 3000 group, you will see lots of tricks to try 
to break clogs... This is a really big clog... If you are patient, it 
will probably clear.

Good luck.

Tom O'Connell

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Carl Noble" <cmn14@a...> 
wrote:
> Lara,
> 
> I've just gone thru the same thing.  The key is to somehow either 
dissolve or partially dissolve the dried ink.  I tried the system 
cleaning cartridge & got some of the nozzles Ok, but not all.  I 
pulled the cartridge & dropped some Windex (via an eye dropper) on 
the thingy that punctures the cartridge & let it sit for a couple of 
hours -- meanwhile taping up the exit hole and the vent holes of the 
system cleaning cartridge with scotch tape.  I then put back a black 
ink cartridge & went thru a cleaning cycle & nozzle check, etc.
> 
> After a couple of times with the Windex, I got a clean nozzle 
check.  There's another problem with this.   I ran out of ink in the 
color cartridge, but fortunately I had another & finally got it 
working.
> 
> There are two further steps (that I didn't have to take). First, 
heat up some Windex (alcohol would probably work also) Not so hot 
that it melts plastic! & dribble it on the same place.  Next is to 
put a tube around the thingy & force Windex through it with a 
syringe. I've never done this & could see how it might damage the 
little nozzles.
> 
> I still think that the game is to get the dry ink dissolved & then 
let the cleaning cycles suck it out.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Carl
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Lara 
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y... 
>   Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:05 AM
>   Subject: [Digital BW] plugged 1200
> 
> 
>   I am new to this group so first let me just say "hi".
> 
>   I have two printers, a 1270 that I use for colour work and a 1200 
>   that I am dedicating to black and white printing. A few months 
after 
>   I bought the 1200 it was stolen, along with a ton of other 
computer 
>   stuff. Several months went by before the gear was recovered. 
Several 
>   more months went by before it was returned to me.
> 
>   The printer had been used but when I got it back the black 
cartridge 
>   was missing. It has taken awhile finding drivers and such but 
finally 
>   it is up and working...sort of.
> 
>   The black head seems to be really plugged up. I used a cleaning 
>   cartridge in it prior to installing MIS variable inks in it but 
after 
>   several cleaning sessions two sections of the test pattern are 
still 
>   incomplete.
> 
>   Any suggestions or does this need to go into the shop for a 
>   professional cleaning job?
> 
>   Also, the choices of paper that are available on the 1270 are not 
>   listed on the 1200. Not sure if this is a driver problem or not.
> 
>   thanks in advance for any help.
> 
>   Lara
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