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Windowlean is still your best bet. Use a piece of kitchen towel about 3mm
thick cut to the size of the contact area lean the machine so the towel will
not fall, then off the machine soak the towel with windolean and place over
the contacts for a few hours, if the windowlean dries out soak it again and
leave overnight. Prior to doing this, place a very small amount, a drop or
so of the ink used in a container and squirt windolean on it, if it
dissolves the ink it may over a number of hours remove the coating off the
contacts of the printer and cart.
"gooey" <*@*.*> wrote in message news:Xns968E7BBCDF17AX@62.253.170.163...
> "Shooter" <photoman52003-shoot@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
> news:dam6fr$8d6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com:
>
> > It's very hard to say without seeing the machine. The contacts should
> > be bright and brass looking. What have you used to clean them?? I
> > would try a spray of clear Windolean (must be clear in a spray bottle)
> > lean the printer backwards and dab the liquid on to the contacts
> > knowing the Ph of lexmark ink it should remove what's on the surface
> > of the contact. I am of course talking about the contacts in the cart
> > bay on the printer. From what you are saying you must have spilt quite
> > an amount of ink into the printer. I can't for the life in me see how
> > a cart can leak in that fashion. Now if you had the cart in the
> > printer there is every chance that the ink has affected the contact
> > strip on the cart so that will need cleaning. If memory serves me
> > correct the refill should not be any more that 6ml each color to
> > re-fill a cart and most likely much less if all colours are not used.
> >
> >
> > "gooey" <*@*.*> wrote in message
> > news:Xns968D9961430B5X@194.168.222.120...
> >> "Shooter" <photoman52003-shoot@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
> >> news:dalql7$216$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com:
> >>
> >> > Depends if the spilt ink has damaged the contacts in the printer,
> >> > with the printer switched off and unplugged get an old tooth brush
> >> > and have tissue below it and gently brush the contacts with warm
> >> > water, just a little do not spill it all over. Then clean the
> >> > contacts on the cart with damp tissue, wait until all is dry, I
> >> > would give it a quick blow with an hair dryer set to warm. then
> >> > reset the carts in the software and see it prints.
> >> >
> >> > "gooey" <*@*.*> wrote in message
> >> > news:Xns968D7B98FB65BX@62.253.162.205...
> >> >> I have a Lexmark X1160 printer and it all worked well until a week
> >> >> ago. I refilled a no. 27 colour cartridge and installed it. Next
> >> >> day, I
> >> > discovered
> >> >> it leaked ink onto the metal contact plates in the colour
> >> >> cartridge compartment. Now the printer refuses to print colour.
> >> >> What should I do?
> >> >>
> >> >> Cheers,
> >> >>
> >> >> gooey
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> I've already tried cleaning the contacts (both dry and wet methods)
> >> but to no avail. The ink seems to be very resistant and it leaves the
> >> contact plates darker than normal (comparing to the fully-functioning
> >> and clean bw cartridge one). Is the ink on the contacts the problem?
> >
> >
> >
>
> I have tried to remove it using cleaning alcohol. Also, it's the refill
> ink that is spilt, not the original lexmark int.
-LBW
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