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Re: [Digital BW] Re: partially clogged black print head...

Re: [Digital BW] Re: partially clogged black print head...

2003-01-13 by John/Julie Gittins

Gary,

  The Epson OEM carts have always got the ink flowing again when I've used them 
  for stubborn clogs. My success before being advised about their strong medicinal 
  was not very good:  I replaced an 1160 printhead every 9 or 10 months for a couple 
  of years. After replacing the bad cart with Eps OEM, I often get a perfect nozzle 
  check after one cleaning cycle; and the tougher clogs have all yielded to the 
  Eps OEM carts after letting them sit in the printer overnight.

  Whenever I do 3 cleaning cycles, I print a purge-pattern (downloaded from MIS's site).
  If the problem is only with the black, I edit out the color columns so I don't waste ink; 
  if the problem is with the color cart, I remove the black column.

  Hope this helps.
  John    


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Re: Epson OEM black and MIS FS colors compatible?

2003-01-13 by Gary Benson <bensonga@gci.net>

John Gittens wrote: 
> The Epson OEM carts have always got the ink flowing 
> again when I've used them for stubborn clogs. 

Thanks for the note John.  Since it is only my MIS FS black cartridge 
and print head that is clogged, does anyone know if I can just 
replace the MIS FS black with Epson OEM black and leave my half-full 
MIS FS "color" cartridge (which is working perfectly) installed?  Any 
problem with mixing the Epson OEM black and the MIS FS gray inks?  I 
sure hope this clears up my black ink print head clogs.  I wasn't 
looking forward to trying the Windex Direct Injection technique.

TIA,

Gary Benson
Eagle River, AK

[Digital BW] Re: partially clogged black print head...

2003-01-14 by chatzebussi <chatzebussi@yahoo.co.uk>

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John/Julie 
Gittins" <jgittins2@m...> wrote:
> 
>   Gary,

>   Whenever I do 3 cleaning cycles, I print a purge-pattern 
(downloaded from MIS's site).
>   If the problem is only with the black, I edit out the color 
columns so I don't waste ink; 
>   if the problem is with the color cart, I remove the black column.
> 
>   Hope this helps.
>   John    
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

John

How do you edit this purge-pattern, please?

Mathias

[Digital BW] Re: partially clogged black print head...

2003-01-14 by jim hayes <jimhayes@frii.com>

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "chatzebussi 
<chatzebussi@y...>" <chatzebussi@y...> wrote:
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John/Julie 
> Gittins" <jgittins2@m...> wrote:
> > 
> >   Gary,
> 
> >   Whenever I do 3 cleaning cycles, I print a purge-pattern 
> (downloaded from MIS's site).
> >   If the problem is only with the black, I edit out the color 
> columns so I don't waste ink; 
> >   if the problem is with the color cart, I remove the black 
column.
> > 
> >   Hope this helps.
> >   John    
> > 
> > 
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 
> John
> 
> How do you edit this purge-pattern, please?
> 
> Mathias

Not needed, as MIS posts files for single color purge patterns 
covering large area of letter-sized paper, ie, one for k one for cyan, 
etc.
Jim H.

Re: [Digital BW] Re: partially clogged black print head...

2003-01-14 by John/Julie Gittins

Jim,
Thanks for alerting us to the existence of separate-color purge files on the MIS site.
I hadn't looked at what they had available since downloading the 4- and 6-color 
all-inclusive patterns in 2000. 
John
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: jim hayes <jimhayes@...> 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:59 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: partially clogged black print head...


  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "chatzebussi 
  <chatzebussi@y...>" <chatzebussi@y...> wrote:
  > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John/Julie 
  > Gittins" <jgittins2@m...> wrote:
  > > 
  > >   Gary,
  > 
  > >   Whenever I do 3 cleaning cycles, I print a purge-pattern 
  > (downloaded from MIS's site).
  > >   If the problem is only with the black, I edit out the color 
  > columns so I don't waste ink; 
  > >   if the problem is with the color cart, I remove the black 
  column.
  > > 
  > >   Hope this helps.
  > >   John    
  > > 
  > > 
  > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
  > 
  > John
  > 
  > How do you edit this purge-pattern, please?
  > 
  > Mathias

  Not needed, as MIS posts files for single color purge patterns 
  covering large area of letter-sized paper, ie, one for k one for cyan, 
  etc.
  Jim H.


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Re: [Digital BW] Re: partially clogged black print head...

2003-01-14 by John/Julie Gittins

Mathias,
I think Jim H's mentioning that both separate-color and full-cart-colors purge-patterns are 
now available at www.inksupply.com (enter 'purging' in their search field) distracted 
me from answering your actual question about editing the full-cart-colors pattern. 
To edit, just open a purge-pattern file in an image-editor, select the part you want 
and do a crop. You can shorten the columns of color as well as remove the colors that you 
don't need to exercise. (I often use shortened columns, since printing the full column isn't 
needed to repressurize after running three cleaning cycles).
John
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: chatzebussi <chatzebussi@...> 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 9:54 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Re: partially clogged black print head...


  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John/Julie 
  Gittins" <jgittins2@m...> wrote:
  > 
  >   Gary,

  >   Whenever I do 3 cleaning cycles, I print a purge-pattern 
  (downloaded from MIS's site).
  >   If the problem is only with the black, I edit out the color 
  columns so I don't waste ink; 
  >   if the problem is with the color cart, I remove the black column.
  > 
  >   Hope this helps.
  >   John    
  > 
  > 
  > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

  John

  How do you edit this purge-pattern, please?

  Mathias


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