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Re: [Digital BW] Epson 1430 Cleaning Solution

2013-04-30 by William Harvey

Something like this happened to me with a 1400, turned out to be old 
ink!! I put fresh ink in to the printer and everything was fine!!

Hope this helps

Cheers

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On 4/30/2013 4:46 PM, Jim Coffee wrote:
> When I place an order with MIS I always order a bottle of cleaning solution
> also.  Simple.  And important.  Not that expensive.  Sure saves a lot
> of hassle (and ink waste).
> -Jim Coffee-
>
> On 30 April 2013 07:21, remononaz1 <homershannon@...> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> Last night I had quite a battle with my new Epson 1430, which I am using
>> for color printing. The old 1400 is now a dedicated B&W machine.
>>
>> It seems the black ink head was quite clogged and I emptied a full set of
>> cartridges (MIS, not Epson!) doing head cleanings before I finally got a
>> good nozzle check.
>>
>> This got me thinking that I really should get some head cleaning fluid,
>> but which one to buy? Most of the commercially available fluids are nearly
>> as expensive as ink - and are probably just distilled water and a bit of
>> ammonia and alcohol.
>>
>> I have nearly a pint of PR-Clearbase-PT solution. Any thoughts as to how
>> this would work as a head cleaning solution? Should I add a little ammonia
>> and/or isopropyl alcohol?
>>
>>   
>>
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