Digital BW, The Print

Much has been written about the Epson printer head clogging problem and 
the excessive ink used to keep the heads clean by running the cleaning 
cycles like Epson recommends. Are there any opinions on the utility of 
the cord pull technique ?- ie you turn your Epson printer on ( 
automatic initial head clean which you can't block ), run a head check, 
you see you have clogged nozzle(s), you then pull the power cord,the 
print head stays away from from the right pad, you put some Epson clone 
cleaning solution on the head pad (or soak a paper towel/coffee 
filter/cloth strip), then plug the printer back in to force the 
cartridges back onto the pad/soaked towel and let them sit there to 
clean the heads for an hour or two. Then you run a head check again. 
After you finish with your use of the printer that day, you power off 
the  printer with the printer on/off switch so the print head ends up 
back on the pad so the nozzles don't dry up.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Walter George"
<walter.george@p...> wrote:
> Much has been written about the Epson printer head clogging problem and 
> the excessive ink used to keep the heads clean by running the cleaning 
> cycles like Epson recommends. Are there any opinions on the utility of 
> the cord pull technique ?- ie you turn your Epson printer on ( 
> automatic initial head clean which you can't block ), run a head check, 
> you see you have clogged nozzle(s), you then pull the power cord,the 
> print head stays away from from the right pad, you put some Epson clone 
> cleaning solution on the head pad 

Well, what you've described is the good ol' unofficial "standard"
method--recommended countless times--for clearing up clogs in Epson
printers. Sometimes it works...and sometimes it doesn't work. but like
chicken soup: it couldn't hurt.

As to using "some Epson clone cleaning solution"--well I have no idea
what you mean in this context by "Epson clone", however the most
effective cleaning solutions for this technique are said to be
commercial ammonia-containing cleaners, such as the glass-cleaner
called "Windex". The effectiveness of ammonia was established during
the (early) days of dye-ink printers, so I don't know if ammoniacal
solvents are also effective for pigment ink clogs. My 2200 has never
clogged to the extent of needing anything other than one or two
ordinary cleaning (purge) cycles.

By the way, I think that your designation "Pwr cord pull technique' is
not a very good name for this method. It's most commonly called
something like "the Windex method". Of course whatever name is used,
lots of additional detail is needed to describe the method.

Phil