Digital BW, The Print

Go read the MIS website about dealing with CFS clogs. Could be air in
the lines, could be a clogged line from the ink bottle to the cart. Of
course, putting in a Epson cart and using that to diagnose the problem
is the first thing recommended on the MIS site. 

Bob Michaels

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, grdglass@a... wrote:
> Sticking in an Epson OEM cartridge (brand new) is a great idea.  It
always 
> works for me.  You could have air in your CIS rather than a clog, BTW.
> 
> Helene
> 
> > Ugh got a real bad clog   on my 1160. CIS   Black  ink.
> > Have tried all the usual solutions.   Both liquid and mechanical.
  Cones 
> > tips and tried ammonia  and alcohol.   Also some    strange 
cleaning fluid 
> > 
> >   from that company in Las Vegas.  Did not  work.
> > I hardly get any ink coming out of that nozzle, the numbers don't
even 
> > print.
> > 
> > I suppose I have to get it serviced.
> > 
> > One last idea was to get an original Epson black cartridge and see
if that 
> > ink will open up the nozzles. Does anyone  think that is a good
idea  or 
> > are 
> > there some new ideas for cleaning .  I have not looked around for
cleaning 
> > ideas since last summer.
> > 
> > I need to start making some new B&W print quadtones.   By the way
this clog 
> > 
> > is with MIS inks!!!
> > 
> 
> 
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