Digital BW, The Print

I've acquired a used Epson 860 that had been printing with Lysonic 
inks. The black is totally clogged, and the color partially. I have 
unclogged Epson printers in the past using the old Windex trick, but 
don't know if this method can be used to unclog Lyson inks. I'm 
hesitant to try this without knowing if it will work or completely 
screw up the printer, and I don't know what solvent is used in the 
Lysonics. Would appreciate any guidance anyone can give me on getting 
this printer working again. Thanks.

Donald

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "lakecd" <lakecd@e...> 
wrote:
> I've acquired a used Epson 860 that had been printing with Lysonic 
> inks. The black is totally clogged, and the color partially. I have 
> unclogged Epson printers in the past using the old Windex trick, but 
> don't know if this method can be used to unclog Lyson inks. I'm 
> hesitant to try this without knowing if it will work or completely 
> screw up the printer, and I don't know what solvent is used in the 
> Lysonics. Would appreciate any guidance anyone can give me on 
getting 
> this printer working again. Thanks.
> 
> Donald

I haven't used Lyson inks but I understand that they are not 
compatible with Epson, MIS, Piezo inks. People have ruined printers 
mixing them. Therefore, this is one instance where buying cleaning 
carts (MIS, inkjetmall, etc) is mandatory. Some cleaning carts have a 
trace of ink in them so you can see if nozzles clear as you use them, 
others do not have any ink in them and you can't tell.

After the cleaning carts, depending on the ink you really want to go 
to, you can just switch over directly or optionally install Epson 
original carts to further clear up the printer (Epson ink has a nice 
solvent in it). Piezotone inks may require that you go directly from 
cleaning carts to PT ink, I don't know...
Jim H.

Windex on the parking pad and the paper towel under the print heads 
tips should all work fine with Lyson. Lyson makes their own cleaning 
carts, but you can use any brand.

If some of the standard tricks don't work fairly quickly, I would 
leave the cleaning carts in and in addition to daily windex, run a 
couple of purge patterns each day till it clears. 

I've only tried Lysonic for a brief time, so I'm not sure about it's 
propensity to clog, but I've been using Lyson Small Gamut inks for 
more than a year and they seem to be very clog free...I would imagine 
the carts sat in the printer for some long time. What you are trying 
to do is get liquid to the clog and dissolve it, so you may have to 
be quite patient...but it should eventually clear.

Good luck,

Tom O'Connell

TomOC@...
www.thomasoconnell.com



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "lakecd" <lakecd@e...> 
wrote:
> I've acquired a used Epson 860 that had been printing with Lysonic 
> inks. The black is totally clogged, and the color partially. I have 
> unclogged Epson printers in the past using the old Windex trick, 
but 
> don't know if this method can be used to unclog Lyson inks. I'm 
> hesitant to try this without knowing if it will work or completely 
> screw up the printer, and I don't know what solvent is used in the 
> Lysonics. Would appreciate any guidance anyone can give me on 
getting 

> this printer working again. Thanks.
> 
> Donald

Appreciate the replies. Rather than struggle with this tedious 
problem, I'm going to donate the printer to the Photography Club of a 
local high school along with these suggested fixes. It'll be good 
experience with a problem that often afflicts digital darkrooms. 

Donald Lake 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Tom O'Connell" 
<TomOC@s...> wrote:
> Windex on the parking pad and the paper towel under the print heads 
> tips should all work fine with Lyson. Lyson makes their own 
cleaning 
> carts, but you can use any brand.
> 
> If some of the standard tricks don't work fairly quickly, I would 
> leave the cleaning carts in and in addition to daily windex, run a 
> couple of purge patterns each day till it clears. 
> 
> I've only tried Lysonic for a brief time, so I'm not sure about 
it's 
> propensity to clog, but I've been using Lyson Small Gamut inks for 
> more than a year and they seem to be very clog free...I would 
imagine 
> the carts sat in the printer for some long time. What you are 
trying 
> to do is get liquid to the clog and dissolve it, so you may have to 
> be quite patient...but it should eventually clear.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Tom O'Connell
> 
> TomOC@s...
> www.thomasoconnell.com
> 
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "lakecd" <lakecd@e...> 
> wrote:
> > I've acquired a used Epson 860 that had been printing with 
Lysonic 
> > inks. The black is totally clogged, and the color partially. I 
have 
> > unclogged Epson printers in the past using the old Windex trick, 
> but 
> > don't know if this method can be used to unclog Lyson inks. I'm 
> > hesitant to try this without knowing if it will work or 
completely 
> > screw up the printer, and I don't know what solvent is used in 
the 

> > Lysonics. Would appreciate any guidance anyone can give me on 
> getting 
> > this printer working again. Thanks.
> > 
> > Donald