Digital BW, The Print

Looking for help. I have a 1270 w/ a cis. Nozzle checks were showing
clogs. Moved the cartridge assembly to the left. Lifted it out and
wiped bottom of cartridges. Now I'm getting almost no ink flowing
thru cis tubes into carts. Nozzle checks are poor. Cleaning cycles
don't help. There doesn't seem to be any ink flow from the ink
bottles into the tubes that flow to the carts.

If you have had experience with this type of problem please reply.

Thanks,
Mike

Looking for help. I have a 1270 w/ a cis. Nozzle checks were showing
clogs. Moved the cartridge assembly to the left. Lifted it out and
wiped bottom of cartridges. Now I'm getting almost no ink flowing
thru cis tubes into carts. Nozzle checks are poor. Cleaning cycles
don't help. There doesn't seem to be any ink flow from the ink
bottles into the tubes that flow to the carts.

If you have had experience with this type of problem please reply.

Thanks,
Mike

Mike,

 

If the CIS is old, the cart and tubes may be clogged.  

 

I'd probably get some spongeless carts from MIS, fill one set with Windex
and one set with cleaning fluid.  After cleaning with these I'd use
spongeless carts with bulk inks and get rid of the CIS.  

 

Paul

www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  

 

 

 

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike
Kless
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 9:44 AM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] clogged print heads

 

Looking for help. I have a 1270 w/ a cis. Nozzle checks were showing
clogs. Moved the cartridge assembly to the left. Lifted it out and
wiped bottom of cartridges. Now I'm getting almost no ink flowing
thru cis tubes into carts. Nozzle checks are poor. Cleaning cycles
don't help. There doesn't seem to be any ink flow from the ink
bottles into the tubes that flow to the carts.

If you have had experience with this type of problem please reply.

Thanks,
Mike

 



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There are several things to try:
First try to soak the resting pad for the print head with windex and let  
the head rest overnight. Then try some cleaning cycles.
Buy cleaning carts or buy empty carts and fill them with cleaning fluid  
 from ie MIS - or try Windex as cleaning fluid. Print purge patterns with  
cleaning fluid. Let the printer rest overnight. Make some more cleaning  
cycles with cleaning fluid.

Install new carts with fresh ink and test nozzle patterns. If this is ok  
and your cis cart still gives trouble you may have to change cis carts.  
They are probably with sponge to stabilize ink flow and the ink may sort  
of get thick and partly block the inkflow (the ink foams). MIS have  
instructions on how to deal with this problem I believe (-clean out the  
carts), but the simplest and least messy way is to buy new cis carts. -  
You could consider to change to refillable (spongeless) carts as I have  
done. I dont have to worry about ink foaming, but I have to refill the  
carts when they get empty. If you print a lot that may be irritating.

Good luck!

FinnK



On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:21:34 +0200, mike kless <mgkless@...> wrote:

> Looking for help. I have a 1270 w/ a cis. Nozzle checks were showing
> clogs. Moved the cartridge assembly to the left. Lifted it out and
> wiped bottom of cartridges. Now I'm getting almost no ink flowing
> thru cis tubes into carts. Nozzle checks are poor. Cleaning cycles
> don't help. There doesn't seem to be any ink flow from the ink
> bottles into the tubes that flow to the carts.
>
> If you have had experience with this type of problem please reply.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
>



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Mike: first thing you need to do is remove the CIS & carts and replace
them with regular carts. That will tell you if your problem is in the
heads or in the CIS/carts. While the symptoms are the same, the
solutions are unrelated. So you need to diagnose where the problem is
first. Then you can fix it. 

I agree with Paul about the MIS spongeless carts. After several years
of using a CIS I realized 90% of my problems were in the CIS & related
carts and almost never clogged heads. So I changed to refillable carts
and life got simpler. 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@...> wrote:
>
> Mike,
> 
>  
> 
> If the CIS is old, the cart and tubes may be clogged.  
> 
>  
> 
> I'd probably get some spongeless carts from MIS, fill one set with
Windex

> and one set with cleaning fluid.  After cleaning with these I'd use
> spongeless carts with bulk inks and get rid of the CIS.  
> 
>  
> 
> Paul
> 
> www.PaulRoark.com <http://www.paulroark.com/>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
>   _____  
> 
> From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mike
> Kless
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 9:44 AM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] clogged print heads
> 
>  
> 
> Looking for help. I have a 1270 w/ a cis. Nozzle checks were showing
> clogs. Moved the cartridge assembly to the left. Lifted it out and
> wiped bottom of cartridges. Now I'm getting almost no ink flowing
> thru cis tubes into carts. Nozzle checks are poor. Cleaning cycles
> don't help. There doesn't seem to be any ink flow from the ink
> bottles into the tubes that flow to the carts.
> 
> If you have had experience with this type of problem please reply.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>