Digital BW, The Print

can anyone help me? i just got a new set of PiezographyBW carts for my Epson
1200 and hadn't used it in quite some time. as a result i've got a clog that
i just can't bust. i've tried everything that i've read on this list, i.e.:
several cleaning cycles (enough to use half the ink in the carts!), letting
it sit overnight (twice) with windex on the parking pad, running the print
head along a windex soaked, lint free cloth, letting it sit overnight on the
cloth soaked in windex...and nothing seems to clear it.
does anyone have any other suggestions that might help?

much appreciated

Frank Vena

Could be air in the cart....  or high humidity/temp?  

Run the OEM inks for a while to make sure the printer is OK.


Antonis


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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., Frank Vena <frank@f...> wrote:

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letting it sit overnight on the

> cloth soaked in windex...and nothing seems to clear it.
> does anyone have any other suggestions that might help?
> 
> much appreciated
> 
> Frank Vena

Frank-

If you are desparate, you might get a syringe and carefully force 
some windex (or other cleaning fluid...there are a couple on the 
market but I don't know their names) through the heads.

I had the same issue and finally solved it after serveral weeks of 
the things you mentioned. The only thing I did differently is I 
didn't put the ink carts back in. I switched to cleaning carts and 
ran flush patterns and cleaning cycles every day or two for a couple 
of weeks, leaving the cleaning carts in and hoping they would go to 
work on the heads or nozzles....which they eventually did, I guess.

It's like getting rid of a cold...just try everything and be patient. 
You won't know which thing really worked, but who cares if it goes 
away. I would keep doing the conservative things you are doing plus 
the carts (skip the head injection). Some of these solvents will 
eventually break down the glob that is causing the clog.

(this is if Antonis' advice on OEM ink trials doesn't work)

good luck

Tom O'Connell

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