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You know "Miss" (whatever gender you are, you truly don't deserve to use
such a title).. more like MISanthrope (look it up in the dictionary).
No matter if people try to help you, or you "try" to help others (even
when your information is wrong) you have to treat people disrespectfully
and with contempt.
Why should anyone bother to attempt to help you?
This person was relating how he was successful in clearing the printer
he had.
He also suggested things you DID NOT indicate in your original posting.
You did NOT say what was used in the printer cleaning cartridges you
purchased
You did NOT state if you allowed the printer to soak with the cartridges
in it for a long period of time.
All you stated was, and I quote:
"I bought a set of commercial cleaning tanks and run them
dry,"
That could have happened in a few hours.
You didn't mention how you "run" them dry... was it by cleaning cycles
or by printing test pages, or what?
The gentleman who responded suggested trying to run some pages of large
areas of ink color on paper.
Anyway, my offer for my manual still stands, but if you keep on treating
people as you do on this forum, don't be surprised if you are eventually
just completely ignored. It wouldn't be inappropriate.
Art
Miss Perspicacia Tick wrote:
> Bob Burke wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>I have a 1997 or 1998 vintage Epson Stylus Color 800 printer, which
>>at one stage started to show "Banding" on colour prints.
>>
>>The following method fixed my problem and it might well work for you.
>>
>>I had not been using colour printing much and Nozzle checks showed
>>some blockages that no amount of "Head Cleaning" would clear. (In my
>>case, the black nozzle
>>check was perfect) I am otherwise very happy with the printer but had
>>decided to replace it because of the above problem. However as this
>>decision left me with nothing to loose, I decided to try desperate
>>measures.
>>
>>First, I filled an old empty colour cartridge with Windex (using a
>>syringe as you would if re inking it). I put this cartridge into the
>>printer and ran 8 or 9 cleaning cycles on the Colour cartridge only.
>>
>>Next, I made up a test sheet, using Excell, I selected a page sized
>>range of cells and used the "Colour Fill" facility to fill the page
>>with Yellow, I did the same for red and blue.
>>
>>Next I kept printing these pages, until they were printing as almost
>>clear. I had to refill the cartridge with Windex a second time before
>>I was satisfied. Note: if the blockage is particularly stubborn, you
>>could leave the Windex in the printer system for an hour or so
>>between cleaning cycles, but I would be reluctant to leave it there
>>for an extended period.
>>
>>Then I removed the cleaning cartridge, replaced it with a new one and
>>did the usual Nozzle Cleaning a number of times to flush Windex out
>>of the system.
>>
>>So far, this has fixed the problem in my printer and I would expect
>>it would work on most printers.
>
>
> Did you not read my post properly?! I have already done that. The commercial
> cleaning carts are filled with a Windolene equivalent. I'm too lazy to fill
> my own, and they were only £2 each.
>
> It didn't work, obviously.
>