--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Kevin"
<imaginaryapple@i...> wrote:
> Like Andre, im having problems with a clogged 1160 head (black),
after
> reading a number of suggestions, Ive decided to unclog it... Now,
how do I
> expose the printhead?? the printhead will only move to the left if
the ink
> needs to be replaced, and I dont know how to fool the printer into
doing
> that...
It's been awhile since I've had my 1160's but it always seemed a
simple matter to just press the "color drop" button (or was it the
paper feed?) and it just went left and I'd unplug it.
On my 1280 which locks the head in a similar way I think(?), I first
turn printer off then press the white plastic post on the front left
corner of the head down and pull the head over to the left at the same
time. When I get the head all the way over I unplug it as well because
the MIS chips can still blow out (you thankfully don't have to worry
about this horror).
Many moons ago, someone posted a really neat way to disengage the 1160
head which I think involves rotating the big white plastic gear on the
left side of printer- but since I have never done this myself, you
should get someone else to point you to this post or repeat it as I
can't advise you here.
I want to move it to the left, then clean the printhead with
a paper
> towel soaked with ammonia...
Don't use it straight<g>
I have found personally that this method works great to cure the
symptoms of either excess ink blotting on the paper every so often
with nozzle checks that give you all the lines, but some lines are
displaced slightly up or down in the "musical stanza". The ink nozzle
is being deflected you see by dirt/hairs under the head. And the
dirt/hairs deposit blobs of ink down on your print. So I only do the
towel trick when I see these two conditions. It may help unclog a
nozzle, but for me I have not found it to be a major effect. Others
feel differently.
>
> Another method somebody suggested is to actually feed the paper
towel, but
> then how do I make the printhead to stop moving so I can give it a
good
> clean?
I UNPLUG the printer. It won't move then<g>. And you can move head
freely by hand also.
btw, I use a green 50 cent "photo-wipe" from a camera store as it is
resistant to tearing, somewhat lintless, and has the edge flattened
with some sort of (decorative?) pattern, which all help to wedge the
durned thing below the printhead. I lay the wipe in the bed and slowly
move the head over it before I have wetted the towel. If I put fluid
on the wipe first, I can't get it under the head as well due to
tearing.
And you will have to clean up the print bed a bit afterward as some
ink will spread to the grey rollers, etc. For this you can use another
photo-wipe. I don't recommend q-tips though (the hairs of which will
just wind up under your printhead again), I use foam swabs from radio
shack, 10 for $3 (part # 44-1094) which are somewhat reuasble if you
dab off the ink on a paper towel.
Jim H.