Digital BW, The Print

The best thing I have found to put in the track under the heads to clean
them is a sponge cloth sold for washing dishes. It is standard sponge
material but made about 1/8" thick. I cut it into strips, wet it with Windex
or rubbing alcohol, lay it in the printer and manually move the head back
and forth as Antonis describes below. The strips are long enough you can
grab each end and pull the sponge gently up and then back and forth under
the head. Lint free. I have only had to try this trick once and that was
with the original Piezo inks in a 1200.

Martin Wesley

http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html



----- Original Message -----
From: "antonisphoto" <antonisphoto@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 4:27 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: 1160 black ink (mis) clog


> Frank,
>
> use something as lintless as possible - I don't know about using a
T-shirt.
> High quality kitchen towels or lintless darkroom cloths would be better.
>
> There is a lot of info on this in the tech sup area of inkjetmall.com.
>
> Basically, you free up the head by moving the white wheel away from you,
> raise the head with the + lever, bring it over the towel that has been
soaked in
> Fantastik and laid in the black groove, lower the lever, slide the head
left-right,
> raise again and park it to the right.
>
> You will need a few cleaning cycles after that.
>
> If all else fails, take a pipe cleaner (as in smoking pipe, not plumbing),
soak it
> in Fantastic and pass it under the head so you can reach it at the other
end.
> Move it back-n-forth under the head, remove, rinse, and repeat.
>
> Not a lot of fun... but eventually it all works out.
>
> Antonis
>
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "frankg_photo" <frank@f...>
wrote:
>
> > Now I'm thinking to try the t-shirt with windex under the head trick -
> > anyone care to go over this with me ?
> > thanks
> > Frank
>
>
>
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Thank you Antonis & Martin - your direction helped me unclog the 
blocked black nozzle. I took a risk by using regular paper towel as 
that's all I had about the house (rather than the sponge or lint free 
cloth you recommended) but fortunately it worked.
Frank


> The best thing I have found to put in the track under the heads to 
clean
> them is a sponge cloth sold for washing dishes. It is standard 
sponge
> material but made about 1/8" thick. I cut it into strips, wet it 
with Windex
> or rubbing alcohol, lay it in the printer and manually move the 
head back
> and forth as Antonis describes below. The strips are long enough 
you can
> grab each end and pull the sponge gently up and then back and forth 
under
> the head. Lint free. I have only had to try this trick once and 
that was
> with the original Piezo inks in a 1200.
> 
> Martin Wesley
> 
> http://www.borderless-photos.de/guests.html
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "antonisphoto" <antonisphoto@y...>
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...>
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 4:27 PM
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: 1160 black ink (mis) clog
> 
> 
> > Frank,
> >
> > use something as lintless as possible - I don't know about using a
> T-shirt.
> > High quality kitchen towels or lintless darkroom cloths would be 
better.
> >
> > There is a lot of info on this in the tech sup area of 
inkjetmall.com.
> >
> > Basically, you free up the head by moving the white wheel away 
from you,
> > raise the head with the + lever, bring it over the towel that has 
been
> soaked in
> > Fantastik and laid in the black groove, lower the lever, slide 
the head
> left-right,
> > raise again and park it to the right.
> >
> > You will need a few cleaning cycles after that.
> >
> > If all else fails, take a pipe cleaner (as in smoking pipe, not 
plumbing),
> soak it
> > in Fantastic and pass it under the head so you can reach it at 
the other
> end.
> > Move it back-n-forth under the head, remove, rinse, and repeat.
> >
> > Not a lot of fun... but eventually it all works out.
> >
> > Antonis
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "frankg_photo" 
<frank@f...>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Now I'm thinking to try the t-shirt with windex under the head 
trick -
> > > anyone care to go over this with me ?
> > > thanks
> > > Frank
> >
> >
> >
> > Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, Bookmarks, 
Polls and
> other resources as they are often being updated. The page is at:
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
> >
> > Please follow these basic guidelines:
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> them short.
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header.
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> "flames."
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various
> resources on the homepage.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >