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Re: Vinegar and other methods

2003-06-25 by rolanyang

Just be sure to soak up all the windex after you flush with the
syringe. I started up my printer not realizing that there was a
pool of fluid at the bottom, and smoke began to pour out of
the ink cartridge compartment. Not surprisingly, the poor Espon 800
ceased to function afterwards.


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <alienrelics@y...>
wrote:
> Someone on an inkjet transfer list mentioned using Windex to clean
> clogged heads. Among other things, I am pretty sure Windex has
ammonia
> in it.
>
> And someone else gave this link, using a syringe to force a cleaning
> solution through the heads. Only works on something you can get
> aquarium tubing around, which includes Epsons.
>
> http://www.squaredot.com/flushkit%20web/headflush2.html
>
> experiment.
>
> Steve Greenfield

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