I give up. I got the motherboard repaired and now the head is dried out too much to clean. I tried to keep it sitting in about 1/8 inch of origional windex, but to no avail.
I give up
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Send it to me, I may be able to restore it. One friday night one of my dampers popped off and it sat that way all weekend, white ink was dried inside there, but I was able to unclog it by soaking it in the Belquette Print Head maintenance solution and then running it through an ultrasonic cleaner several times.
That was several months back, the print head is still running strong.
It's worth a shot to try before buying a new one or throwing in the towel.
PM me for my shipping address.
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You had a weekend off.. lucky
Beach- seriously Adam can get them back up and running. I tried his techniques since I have the HMS and it worked.
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PM me or give us a call let me know what you did I have several emails for KIOSK MB repair and some HM1 and haven't found what needs to be done on them.. I give them K2 repair guide but not sure if they work..
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PM me or give us a call let me know what you did I have several emails for KIOSK MB repair and some HM1 and haven't found what needs to be done on them.. I give them K2 repair guide but not sure if they work..
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Please explain this ultrasonic cleaning technique. I am very interested. Also, how much do these ultrasonic cleaners go for, and where might I find one?
Thanks in Advance!
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Pretty much just a jewelry cleaner, they can be found at walmart or target.
The best way to recover it when you notice terrible nozzle checks or clogs that will not go away is to first flush the print head with 100% ammonia, I let it sit in the head for at least 30 min or so.
Then, remove the print head and unscrew the black plastic part to the print head 'board'. Fill the ultrasonic cleaner with about .25" of Ammonia, place it in the cleaner nozzle plate down, and place a paper towel over the top to prevent moisture from getting on the board. Run a few cleaning cycles.
After that, replace the ammonia with cleaning solution and run another cycle, remove print head and put it aside.
Fill the ultrasonic cleaner with about 2" of ammonia and place the black plastic part inside.. run several cleaning cycles. Alternate cleaning cycles by putting the black plastic piece upside down and right side up.
More times than not the clogs were in the Black plastic piece and not the actual print head.
Ensure the Print head board is thoroughly dry and free from moisture. Use compressed air in a can to remove any liquid from the ribbon cable port.
As you can see this is very tricky .. done right and you saved yourself a print head. Done wrong and you either fail, or damage the main board or ribbon cable by shorting it out from the liquid.
The best way to recover it when you notice terrible nozzle checks or clogs that will not go away is to first flush the print head with 100% ammonia, I let it sit in the head for at least 30 min or so.
Then, remove the print head and unscrew the black plastic part to the print head 'board'. Fill the ultrasonic cleaner with about .25" of Ammonia, place it in the cleaner nozzle plate down, and place a paper towel over the top to prevent moisture from getting on the board. Run a few cleaning cycles.
After that, replace the ammonia with cleaning solution and run another cycle, remove print head and put it aside.
Fill the ultrasonic cleaner with about 2" of ammonia and place the black plastic part inside.. run several cleaning cycles. Alternate cleaning cycles by putting the black plastic piece upside down and right side up.
More times than not the clogs were in the Black plastic piece and not the actual print head.
Ensure the Print head board is thoroughly dry and free from moisture. Use compressed air in a can to remove any liquid from the ribbon cable port.
As you can see this is very tricky .. done right and you saved yourself a print head. Done wrong and you either fail, or damage the main board or ribbon cable by shorting it out from the liquid.
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