Digital BW, The Print

Hi.
Just  back from a two weeks travel to Cuba,and as I was afraid,the BW
printer (Epson 980,MIS CFS,MIS VM-Inks) clogged,specially the yellow head.
Just run a dozen of  -3 cleaning cycles+nozzle checks+purge pattern print-
routine,but still bad nozzle checks. What next?
Thanks,
Andr\ufffd

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., André Vallejo <avs@p...> 
wrote:
> Hi.
> Just  back from a two weeks travel to Cuba,and as I was afraid,the 
BW
> printer (Epson 980,MIS CFS,MIS VM-Inks) clogged,specially the yellow 
head.
> Just run a dozen of  -3 cleaning cycles+nozzle checks+purge pattern 
print-
> routine,but still bad nozzle checks. What next?
> Thanks,
> André

Here's the good news: the Y ink is not dense at all and can usually 
clear up good, it hardly clogs. Also good news I suppose is that you 
were running too many cleaning cycles and contributed to the problem- 
so stop cleaning the printer and leave it alone overnight. Your 
printer may need nothing else! You can put some windex, Fantastik, or 
my favorite 40%ethanol mixed with 60% distilled water on the parking 
pad (just three drops) and return head and turn off with power button.

Two weeks is a little long to let the thing sit without running ink 
through it though. So it may need some waking up.

After letting it sit overnight, try printing the purge patten from the 
MIS site (color stripes). In draft mode, quick. Then do a nozzle check 
followed if needed by NO MORE than 2-3 cleaning cycles. Then stop. Run 
another purge print at maybe 1440 this time. If it is printing dry 
after a couple of minutes, cancel the print. You can try two more 
cleanings, then turn it off and wait another day. Rerpeat. If this 
doesn't clear nozzles put OEM Epson carts in and run purge patterns 
every day at 1440 on heavyweight or similar thick paper 2 or three 
pages a day for two days or three. If everything clears you then have 
to worry about the CFS. If you install the old CFS it can easily 
introduce air back into your system and your back where you started. 
So either use the recovery method on the MIS site where you draw ink 
out the bottom of cart and return to bottle with syringe and "bottom 
fill Adapter" or, much better, buy a new set of tubing/carts for $40 
and start over. Don't just put the old CFS back in without doing 
anything to it or replacing it: the head is far more important than 
the CFS.
My opinions,
Jim H.