Upon Soaking Head For A Couple Of Days, What Next??

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Hi everyone,


Before I order a kit somewhere (maybe Cobra) for unclogging print heads, I'd like to find out a few things about the process. I tried YouTube for a video on this but only found one that shows how to remove what you need, to get the process going.


My main question (in regards to an Epson Workforce 1100-wide format) is what exactly happens to the cleaning solution that is added to the capstation(I believe it's called)? After adding the solution and then plugging the power cord back in, and then immediately pushing the power off button (so that it doesn't go into the head cleaning mode)(in order to line up the head with the capstation), and letting it soak the head for a day or so, do I need to somehow suck out the remaining cleaning solution? Being a newbie to this, it seems like the solution could be dangerous if sucked into other parts of the system. Couldn't it damage something?


I wish I could have found a video tutorial that showed the process from start to finish. I'm not even sure what the next steps are upon letting the head soak for a day or two. Of course any help from those who have experience with this is what I'm seeking. Thanks for your time if you have it.


Chris
 

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Start up the printer and the printer should run short purge and it should suck out any remaining fluid in the waste pads via the purge pump.
Run a nozzle check after all this to see whether you have improved the clogging situation.
I also have a WF 1100 among many others. It belonged to my daughter and she got tired of keeping it running without clogs. It is a cloggy printer that needs to be used almost daily.

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Start up the printer and the printer should run short purge and it should suck out any remaining fluid in the waste pads via the purge pump.
Run a nozzle check after all this to see whether you have improved the clogging situation.
I also have a WF 1100 among many others. It belonged to my daughter and she got tired of keeping it running without clogs. It is a cloggy printer that needs to be used almost daily.

Joe
Hey Joe, thank you for your help. I will try that when I get the appropriate cleaning solution for this. It sure does seem like Epson has the clogging issue! Hopefully this printer turns out to be halfway alright.

Chris
 

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They do in a way but CANON heads don't generally last as long as EPSON. EPSONs fire cold and CANON fires HOT. Hot means incremental damage during use which eventually causes a print to fail.
On the other hand the printer nay actually fail before a print head even does. You never know.

Funny I mentioned that the WF 1100 was cloggy!
I've had my daughter's with me and she gave it to me because it was clogged. I cleaned it. Loaded with generic carts and got it to fire every nozzle. Did some maintenance and then turned it off for about 3 months.
Last night I powered it on and voila! It had a perfect nozzle check and it is now my default printer for office work. Does a great job with images on Matte paper!!! No bad for just a 4 color printer.

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I too have a workforce 1100, and find it to be a great printer using refillable carts with reset chips. Paid $60 for it as a demo at Staples, but got it exchanged under warranty because several colors would not print with the demo.
 

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Is there such a thing as an inkjet that is not cloggy? I think that even in summer I am stuck with at least printing a nozzle check pattern every day just to make sure to run some ink through my 837 every day
 

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Is there such a thing as an inkjet that is not cloggy? I think that even in summer I am stuck with at least printing a nozzle check pattern every day just to make sure to run some ink through my 837 every day
No all inkjets has a tendency to clog if not used regularly, but Canon inkjets come close enough for me.. :cool:
 

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Interesting that you would say that. I just got an MG8220 figuring this 837 may not survive and 8220's are not made any longer. Seems all of us a prone to try to grab an older design before it disappears instead of buying a newer design. Might miss the ADF on the 837 although it does not work well. Shame of it is that while I know the ADF on a MG6220 actually does work, I would have had to buy a stand alone scanner as the 6220 does not have one.
 

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