Dead alligator?? Dave
On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Cotty <[email protected]> wrote: > A salutary tale that might save someone time and effort :-) > > You know how car breakdown mechanics will naturally check the fuel tank > first before going on to find out why the engine won't start, right ? > Well here's an interesting one.... > > Canon S9000 which has been going fine for years, never had a head clog. > > Stef goes to print out some course work and the print comes off pink! > Hmm, looks like a clog on one of the inks. I do a head test print and > sure enough not only is there a few jest blocked on the photo cyan, the > whole damned colour is blocked! I take out the ink tank and it's brand > new, Stefan had recently fitted it after the last photo cyan ran out. > > I place it back in, do another test. Nothing. I do a couple of deep > cleans and try again. Aha, about half the jets on that colour come back. > More deep cleans, another test. This time nothing out of the photo cyan. > I'm baffled but what the heck. Out come all the inks, off comes the head > (easy job on the S9000). Into a soapy sink it goes. We use 3rd party > inks and to be honest I was wondering when the first ever clog would > happen. I put it down to penny pinching. > > Ten minutes later I'm drying the head and back in it goes, 5 colours and > the black. Clean, test print. Half the jets on photo cyan are back. Two > deep cleans, test. The jets are gone again! Now I'm very baffled. I pull > the photo cyan out and take it to the sink and squeeze it. Drops of > bright ink dribble out and then - > > Can you guess what the problem was? > > Answer soon :) > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ---------- http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
