Digital BW, The Print

I'm switching a used CIS over from Enhanced Generations 4 colour to 
MIS VM with a new set of carts.  Having washed out the old ink with 
warm water, I'm unable to get the "black" tube completely clean.  Has 
anyone who has done something similar been able to completely clean 
their tubes?

K2

K2,

I encountered a similar situation when I switched from the ill-fated Cone
archival color inks to the MIS VM inks. The tubing was permanently stained
with the various colors, but didn't present any sort of problem when I
loaded the VM inks.

I recently needed to replace the carts again and as a precaution installed a
new support arm and tubing. When I removed the old tubing, I immediately
flushed the tubing with water. It still has the color staining from the
original inks and shows no signs of clogging from the VM inks. It's in great
shape still and ready to use again.

Tom Keesling
Intelligent Design, Inc.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "k2_chittin" <
k2chittin@l...> wrote:
> I'm switching a used CIS over from Enhanced Generations 4 
colour to 
> MIS VM with a new set of carts.  Having washed out the old ink 
with 
> warm water, I'm unable to get the "black" tube completely 
clean.  Has 
> anyone who has done something similar been able to 
completely clean 
> their tubes?
> 
> K2

I hadn't used my 1160 for over a year and no matter what I tried 
nothing would work until this.
I disconnected the tube from the print head and slid the smallest 
wire I could find into the tube and that finally released the clog.
The wire is very bendable and tiny so it wouldn't puncture the 
side of the tube.
This really worked when nothing else would and believe me I 
tried everything.
T. Jackson