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> I recently fired up my 1160 with quad-tone MIS inks in user-filled carts
> that I hadn't used since June. First nozzle check had a few gaps. I topped
> up the cartridges, ran a couple of cleaning cycles, printed a purge page,
> got a good nozzle check, and proceeded to print a dozen or so satisfactory
> 13\ufffd19s. That was after five months down time.
>
> Incidentally, I also restarted my 1200 (with MIS color inks in user-filled
> carts) that I hadn't used since last April. That was more of a problem. No
> amount of cleaning and purging produced a good nozzle check. I ended up
> attaching a piece of shrink-fit tubing to a syringe filled with cleaning
> fluid that I'd purchased from a local ink supplier and (having heat shrunk
> the tubing to fit tightly on the nipples in the cartridge well) injected
> half a CC or so of fluid into each nipple. I slid a piece of blotter paper
> under the head which minimized the mess. It took a couple of tries, but
> after the second injection my nozzle check was much improved. I filled a
> new cartridge and ran a couple of cleaning cycles. After letting the
> printer sit for a couple of hours I got a good nozzle check and proceeded
> to print five or six 13\ufffd19s.
>
> I've never installed a CIS since I knew that I'd probably let my printers
> sit unused for months at a time and feared the consequences of evaporation,
> dried ink in the tubes, and deteriorating sponges in the dedicated CIS
> cartridge. I was gratified to find that even after half a year I could get
> my printers back up and running. The 1160 was particularly easy.
>
> -- Victor Landweber
>
> At 10:07 PM 12/16/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>
> >I'm going to be traveling for several months, and unfortunately my 1160 may
> >have to stay behind, boxed up with no one to look after it. Fortunately I
> >don't
> >have a CIS yet -- I use carts (FS-N at the moment).
> >
> >I was thinking I'd get some of InkJetMall's cleaning carts, flush it
> >really well,
> >and then store it without any carts in it at all. Is this the best way to go?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Peter
> >
> >
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