On Oct 28, 2008, at 7:21 PM, David Mann wrote:
On Oct 28, 2008, at 2:20 AM, PN Stenquist wrote:
If you decide to try it, replace all of the ink cartridges before
turning it on. That will give you a fighting chance:-).
I was thinking about taking all of them out and giving them a good
shake to stir up any pigment that might have settled. But you're
probably right that I should just replace them outright.
Just a followup, I decided to hold my breath and have a go at it
today. I shook up the cartridges one by one as described above, then
ran three consecutive head-cleaning cycles (I remember reading
somewhere, possibly here, that the 2nd and 3rd cycles each run a
little more aggressively provided you don't do anything else between
the cleaning cycles).
After that It needed 3 cycles of nozzle check and head clean to return
a good test pattern. I'm currently running the alignment procedure
but I think one of the heads may have clogged again - I'll probably
have occasional issues like that for a little while.
But you can definitely colour me surprised. I thought I'd be fighting
an expensive uphill battle just to get a decent test pattern.
Cheers,
- Dave
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