Digital BW, The Print

I have a 2200 that I use for BO printing with MIS eboni ink.  I
recently switched out all the color carts with blanks filled with MIS
cleaning solution.  The nozzle check right before this showed some
clogging on the black cart only, and after the switch the clogging got
worse and worse until no black came out at all.

Since that time, I've tried a bunch of cleaning steps culminating with
a careful and complete disassembly of the printer and thorough
cleaning of the print head.  I have pumped cleaning solution through
the print head and can verify that none of the jets are clogged.

The printer is now in pristine condition and hums along flawlessly. 
However, not a drop of ink makes it to the page when print.  When I
print a black purge image, nozzle check, etc., all I get is a blank
sheet of paper.  I've tried this with the MIS mk cart as well as new
genuine epson mk and pk carts (there goes another $20).

Is there something else that can go wrong with print heads/printers
that I don't know about?  I really don't want to spend the $189 to
repair it.

Hello Andy,

>I've tried a bunch of cleaning steps...

Did you do it more than three times without making a test print?


>...culminating with a careful and complete disassembly of the 
>printer...not a drop of ink makes it to the page when print.  
>I've tried this with the MIS mk cart as well as new
>genuine epson mk and pk carts 

Doesn't sound like a bad cart.  Maybe during the disassembly you did
something to cause the problem...


Regards,
Clayton


Info on black and white digital printing at    
http://www.cjcom.net/digiprnarts.htm

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"
<cj@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Did you do it more than three times without making a test print?
> 

Yeah I tried lots of different things.  I alternated between
clean/nozzle check and test prints, I did lots of cleanings in a row
between test prints, I waited upwards of 24 hrs between cleanings
and/or test prints, etc.  I tried refilling the black cart a bunch and
primed it from the bottom to make sure it was feeding.  When all that
failed, I tried putting MIS cleaning solution on the head pad and
letting it soak overnight.  That led to trying the same with windex. 
Then I tried soaking a paper towel in windex, unplugging so the print
head is movable, and sliding it over the towel.  That actually seemed
to remove some ink, so I got hopeful, but to no avail.

After several weeks of this, I'd exhausted every option I could think
of, and I found an online guide on the disassembly and figured I had
nothing to lose.  It's quite complex, and all sorts of bits need to
retain proper alignment, but if you're careful and patient, it's not
too bad.  Or so I thought.  Maybe I've broken it further.

In any case, I've already ordered an r2400 =)!, but I had hoped to
maybe get the 2200 working and ebay it.  It was very lightly used and
in great shape.  Plus I have probably two fulls sets of epson ink
unopened, and a full set of refillables from MIS.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Clayton Jones"
<cj@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Did you do it more than three times without making a test print?
> 

Yeah I tried lots of different things.  I alternated between
clean/nozzle check and test prints, I did lots of cleanings in a row
between test prints, I waited upwards of 24 hrs between cleanings
and/or test prints, etc.  I tried refilling the black cart a bunch and
primed it from the bottom to make sure it was feeding.  When all that
failed, I tried putting MIS cleaning solution on the head pad and
letting it soak overnight.  That led to trying the same with windex. 
Then I tried soaking a paper towel in windex, unplugging so the print
head is movable, and sliding it over the towel.  That actually seemed
to remove some ink, so I got hopeful, but to no avail.

After several weeks of this, I'd exhausted every option I could think
of, and I found an online guide on the disassembly and figured I had
nothing to lose.  It's quite complex, and all sorts of bits need to
retain proper alignment, but if you're careful and patient, it's not
too bad.  Or so I thought.  Maybe I've broken it further.

In any case, I've already ordered an r2400 =)!, but I had hoped to
maybe get the 2200 working and ebay it.  It was very lightly used and
in great shape.  Plus I have probably two fulls sets of epson ink
unopened, and a full set of refillables from MIS.