Digital BW, The Print

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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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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Agree 100% with Helene. This was pretty much what I would have done
before trying many of your cleaning solutions. Unless you have an
unlikely hugeamongous clog right at the bottom of the nipple where it
does a right angle turn (AFAIK) and thereby would choke off the whole
nozzle pattern, this is almost certainly an air block- or lack of CIS
delivery.

I'd bet that your CIS is the problem...popping in an Epson cart will
tell you if it's the head or the CIS AND clean the head out a little
which can't hurt it.

A lot of folks try to recover a CIS and a good method would be to
remove ink from bottom with syringe and optional bottom fill adapter
and return to bottle, repeat. Since it's the K cart you might want to
consider just replacing the cart, snipping the old off at the tubing,
then recharging.

I'm not surprised at all it is MIS inks clogging- I had more problems
with them than the old Cone PiezoBW inks- CLOG wise. PiezoBW for me
had far greater problems though...can't speak for the new MIS inks.
Jim H.



--- 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!!!
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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!!!
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Andrew,

Have you considered the lines? The black line is known for 
clogging with dried ink if it sits idle for even a short time. When 
this happens the black head is stuck due to a vacuum on the 
supply side. You then must force clear the ink line. I switched 
back to carts for this reason. I print in spurts, and the clogging 
was a pain.

Good luck,

Dave


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Andrew 
Brilliant" <andy@b...> wrote:
> 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!!!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Check out www.brilliantpictures.com
> 
> Andrew Brilliant
> 
> 
> >
> 
> 
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