Search results

You're right Tin Ho, this printhead has been neglected for some time. Actually, I had been going to discard it because I couldn't get the pigment channels unclogged. The printer itself has been stored in a hot, dry environment. Not optimal, I know, but I was just saving it as a standby. When...

I gave up on my other i860 for the time being. I had another that I thought I'd give a try at unclogging. Its main problem had been the pigment black clogging. I tried soaking, warm water, alcohol, air, nothing I've done has made an appreciable difference. I soaked all night and day. I was...

After doing as you suggest, the cyan prints pretty much as you saw in the test I posted. The other cart doesn't show cyan at all. At this point, I can't say which has done which although I will now make note of which one prints something, even if minimal. Is there hope, do you think? Okay, I...

I just put the printhead in my other i860 and it printed the same way - no cyan. I have another printhead that I will try after I make sure that it's not clogged and will report the results. I read in another thread that a bad logic board can fry a printhead but that a bad head won't affect...

I can't figure out how to access the cart assy when it's in a cleaning cycle. There's not enough room without taking the top off. Is that what I should do? I tried to do what I could but I couldn't reach the cyan tank and the assy kept moving. I'm at a loss of how to carry out your...

Finally I think I followed directions correctly.

Oops that one was tiny. Maybe this is better.

Is this the service test print?

I followed the directions as I understood them but can't get it to do the alternating green/orange lights. I can't select for service mode. It just runs a sheet of paper through with no printing.

Not really. Or I don't think so, anyway. I'll post a couple of nozzle checks that show the cyan on its way to not working at all.

I just unclogged the purge unit. Everything seemed fine when I printed a nozzle check, except the cyan looked a little streaky. The more I've cleaned, checked, printed, the worse it got. I put in a new tank. With cleaning I could get a little blue but then it would run out. A regular print...

OMG that's funny! Exactly how I plan to fix mine.

Okay. I give. With a sigh of relief that it's over. Are the power supply mods useful at all? They will still power on without the printhead installed.

I removed the top and sides. I didn't really do anything to the printer. How it all started was it had been sitting doing nothing for a week or two so I was going to run a nozzle check and print something to keep it open. I asked it to start and it went through a bunch of noise like they do...

Thanks for all your input. Too bad about the outcome. :hit

Here's a surprise - nothing happens. The lights just keep on flashing...10 times...until I push the off button.

10 flashes, then a pause, then it starts over.

I tried the old 'non-working' power adapter, surprise, it worked. I installed the print head. It wouldn't move from the center position. I powered off and it moved back to the parking pads. I pushed the power button again and got a flashing yellow light and no movement from the p h.

It hit me in the middle of the night - there's still one component missing - the print head. I suppose that it is the problem. I'll install it and see what happens. Is there any reason I shouldn't do that?

Oddly enough, it appears to work. I'm shocked that it even powered on, then it went through a bunch of back and forthing and the purge thingy went up and down, then it moved the carriage back to the middle. What on earth does this all mean? Should I put it back together and assume that it's...