[Leica] Printer and printing advice please

[Paul Roark]

This is the best head cleaner I've ever used:

https://americaninkjetsystems.com/product/inkjet-cleaning-fluid-clf007p/

I put some on the pad the head rests on.  Then let the head sit there a
couple of hours and see if a cleaning cycle then clears it.

Good luck,

Paul
www.PaulRoark.com

On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 8:43 AM RicCarter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> I have used distilled water for recalcitrant heads-no harm of it doesn’t
> work
>
> ric
>
>
>
>
> > On Jan 26, 2021, at 11:41 AM, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > As far as I can see Windex isn't available on this side of The Pond.
> > What is the relevant ingredient the alcohols or the ani-ioninc
> surfactants.
> >
> > If it's the former I imagine that the LUG would suggest a good single
> > malt as a viable alternative! ;-)
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > On 26/01/2021 16:29, Howard Ritter via LUG wrote:
> >> I have one, and have successfully used Windex sprayed on the print
> heads and left to sit a while before running the Head Cleaning routine,
> perhaps repeating the cycle several times. Well worth the effort for this
> pricey and capable printer. Once it’s running again, make a point of
> printing a head alignment test sheet every week. It consumes very little
> ink and it keeps the ink from becoming inspissated in the nozzles.
> >>
> >> —howard
> >>
> >>> On Jan26, 2021, at 1108, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> It is a fantastic printer, so worth the effort. I had two of them, one
> >>> after the other. Go to an Epson repair centre and get an estimate of
> what
> >>> is required to get it functioning - if it has a badly clogged head, you
> >>> might not be able to do much, but replace the heads, which would cost
> about
> >>> 40% of the original cost of the printer. There are other accepted ways
> to
> >>> try and release the clogs from the print heads, usually with ammonia
> based
> >>> compounds like Windex, but I have never done it. You can google for
> >>> hundreds of hits of advice for this!
> >>>
> >>> Cheers
> >>> Jayanand
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 9:17 PM Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Some years ago I bought an Epson Stylus Pro 3880. For various reasons
> it
> >>>> never got more than a couple of dozen prints through it. Can anyone
> tell
> >>>> me whether or not it can be put back into service after a long (4 yr)
> >>>> hibernation and what it would likely take to do it?
> >>>>
> >>>> I really only want to use it for B&W, but may occasionally need
> colour.
> >>>>
> >>>> TIA
> >>>>
> >>>> Peter
> >>>> --
> >>>>
> >>>> Dr. Peter Dzwig
> >>>>
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