Homemade inkjet flushing solution

[tonypep]

Looking to replace all those unnecessary backup colors on the 4800 and came across a recipie for this using stuff around the house. A liter would maybe cost a buck. Anyone else heard or tried this?

[ebscreen]

Ammonia?

[Doug B]

  For flushing, I use Windex injected into an empty cartridge with one of those
giant syringes.

[tonypep]

This for replacing the CMYK cartridges. Uses warm water, isopropyl alchohol, and dish soap. I've been told that those CMYK cartidges are for switch to printing color on paper and not needed for film but this is a dedicated film out putter.

[blue moon]

how much is the actual flushing solution? I would imagine it not to be too expensive . . .
Does anybody have a source?

pierre

[inkman996]

We keep our CMY carts filled with the clear cleaning solution, we get it from the same place that sells the ink, GDS I believe. And i do believe it is quite cheap.

[tonypep]

how much is the actual flushing solution? I would imagine it not to be too expensive . . .
Does anybody have a source?

pierre

I might be confusing cleaning solution with flushing solution I see the two terms interchanged a lot. This is not my area.....doing research for my artist. But the cleaning solution on Media Street's website is $75 per litre. The homemade solution is about a dollar.

[projay]

So what is the home made solution that stays in the cartridge for replacement of ink....and not just used for flushing???

-Jay

[Homer]

stumbled upon this thread doing a google search -  if anyone is still interested in this, I have found that the fluid/cleaner you use for cleaning dry erase boards works fairly well for a flushing/cleaning solution...it's made from isopropyl and water, same components in the "home made" version....

[jsheridan]

Ethyl alcohol is the trick for inkjet solution. Same stuff in handcleaner jell.

Find a bottle of armor all window cleaner at local auto part or walmart store.

Couple bottle cleaned out my 4000

[JBLUE]

Just make sure to run the clear in the heads your not using. You dont want those to dry out. Having eight of them is like having a bunch of free backups if your film black channel clogs. Just move the ink over and keep printing.

[mk162]

newer printers need to use the solution as a way to dissipate the heat.  The 3000's didn't care, they also used a much larger black head.

Newer epsons will error out if they run dry and you will burn a head

[RICK STEFANICK]

ok. why not just reset them with a chip resetter and leave them empty if your just printing black from here on out?

[mk162]

because you can burn out the whole head assembly from my understanding.  I was talking to the inkjet doctor and that is one the reasons he prefers the 3000's.  I liked my 3000, the parts were getting harder to find though

[Rockers]

0001001B is the head driver temperature error. You most likely get this if there is not enough ink going through the print head to cool it down.