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with no power to the haed should water flow through the pigment section of the head? I had a plastic tube attached to it and the water level never changed. The dye portions flow when performing the same test

if both pads or pumps are defective, would the ink still look fine on the nozzle check but the pigment be non existent

sorry for the delay. about the purge system. With the lid up and the unit unplugged, i flood the purge sponges and they both drain quickly. while im filling one, the other one drains. This all while the unit is off and unplugged. I remove the sponges to clean them off theyre rock hard? Also...

after soaking and disassembling the print head and trying a new known workin pigment I still get nothing on my pigment section of my nozzle test other colors are fine. Nothing shows up at all its totally blank. I did get a few very very faint lines after a long soak but its back to nothing...

soaking all week and still no flow through the pigment ....any ideas?

No but if water is not flowing through a piece of plastic tubing that is airtight over the pigment section of the head shouldn't that be my first order of business?

I was having issues with nozzle check pattern in that there was nothing showing where there should be pigment black. I have read the 13 page thread and tried multiple things such as soaking, putting clear plastic tubing on the head with alcohol and windex and water. The pigment part on the head...

i didnt know that the site announcements had a FAQ. Didnt mean to be the guy to post without looking!!!! Disregard will repost if needed after reading faq

This is my dads printer and I bought him hobbicolor inks from ebay and hes been refilling using the german method for about 6 months. There has never been any maintenance done on the printer and I knew sooner or later there would be some issues. I have been reading for days and realize that the...