Digital BW, The Print

I'd earlier thought that my Epson R220 has been clogged by the use of Glop
as a base for dilution.  It now turns out that may have been a coincidence.
The printer once again started to have persistent bad nozzle checks.  Even
after cleaning the underside of the head, they continued and were not always
on the yellow position.

 

It appears the problem was a large clump of dried ink on the foam pad on the
left side of the printer as one looks into it from the front with the top
opened.  The dried ink did not want to come off.  Previously with an old
1160 that was having trouble the authorized Epson repair person suggested I
simply remove the similar foam on that printer.  We did, and the printer
worked fine for many more prints.

 

So, I removed the foam on the left with the dried ink clump, and the 220 has
worked perfectly since.  We'll see if it continues to work well.

 

At this point, I would recommend for printers that have had some heavy use,
it might be a good idea to check that pad on the left and remove it if it
has a pile of dried ink on it.

 

Paul

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

 



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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Roark"
<paul.roark@...> wrote:


> At this point, I would recommend for printers that have had some
heavy use,
> it might be a good idea to check that pad on the left and remove it
if it
> has a pile of dried ink on it.
> 
>  


Better idea would be to keep it clean. Use lots of good cleaner, the
Image Specialists WJ800 works well for this, but don't leave it there
too long. Sometimes a lint free cleaning pad to wipe some of the goo
away can help. Always do a head cleaning after all this to dry out the
pad.  You may also be able to remove the pad to wash it out, but I
have never needed to do that. The other thing that you really need to
keep clean is the rubber wiper, goo on that will get you every time.

If you remove the pad, make sure that you can still get suction on the
head, or the ink pump that's used to clean the heads will not work.