CAUTION - USE THIS ADVISE AT YOUR RISK. THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES THAT THIS WILL WORK FOR YOU.
I am calling this the "Padilla Fix"
My good friend Fred Padilla, who just happens to be the developer of the CBreeze RIP as well as many other DTG products over the last ten or so years (Jet Genie head unclogging solution from the old days is just one of them), just gave me an awesome tip for DTG owners who have clogged white head issues and are just about ready to give up.
I WOULD ONLY USE THIS PROCEDURE ON AN "OUT OF WARRANTY" MACHINE, PERIOD.
Fred received a used prototype DTG that had a white nozzle check that was failing on one of the white banks. This machine was never intended for sale to the public, had no warranty what so ever and was regarded as a "disposable" printer.
After being in use for a few months the DTG was boxed up ready for shipment to Fred. It sat on the shop floor awaiting pickup for three weeks. When Fred took possession of it the printer then sat for another two weeks before it was unboxed and finally set up.
No white ink showed up at all after a few nozzles checks. Numerous head cleanings did nothing at all. With no warranty at all on the printer it was looking like it was pretty ready to be put out to pasture.
Fred's fix was to put the DTG in a mode where the head would be moved out of it's docked position where the head was exposed and accessible.
He then propped up a few small cardboard boxes under the exposed head assembly and wedged a Windex soaked bundle of paper towels underneath the clogged head unit and let it set for two hours.
After the two hours went by and after a few head cleanings the DTG then returned a perfect white nozzle check and that was that.
A FEW RULES TO FOLLOW
1.) Use ONLY standard Windex. Not the foamy kind.
2.) DO NOT leave soaking for more than two hours or you run the risk of delaminating the head.
3.) Dab only. Never wipe.
4.) After every dab use a new paper towel EVERY time.
5.) Only use a paper towel. No cloth of any kind.
Good luck!
I am calling this the "Padilla Fix"
My good friend Fred Padilla, who just happens to be the developer of the CBreeze RIP as well as many other DTG products over the last ten or so years (Jet Genie head unclogging solution from the old days is just one of them), just gave me an awesome tip for DTG owners who have clogged white head issues and are just about ready to give up.
I WOULD ONLY USE THIS PROCEDURE ON AN "OUT OF WARRANTY" MACHINE, PERIOD.
Fred received a used prototype DTG that had a white nozzle check that was failing on one of the white banks. This machine was never intended for sale to the public, had no warranty what so ever and was regarded as a "disposable" printer.
After being in use for a few months the DTG was boxed up ready for shipment to Fred. It sat on the shop floor awaiting pickup for three weeks. When Fred took possession of it the printer then sat for another two weeks before it was unboxed and finally set up.
No white ink showed up at all after a few nozzles checks. Numerous head cleanings did nothing at all. With no warranty at all on the printer it was looking like it was pretty ready to be put out to pasture.
Fred's fix was to put the DTG in a mode where the head would be moved out of it's docked position where the head was exposed and accessible.
He then propped up a few small cardboard boxes under the exposed head assembly and wedged a Windex soaked bundle of paper towels underneath the clogged head unit and let it set for two hours.
After the two hours went by and after a few head cleanings the DTG then returned a perfect white nozzle check and that was that.
A FEW RULES TO FOLLOW
1.) Use ONLY standard Windex. Not the foamy kind.
2.) DO NOT leave soaking for more than two hours or you run the risk of delaminating the head.
3.) Dab only. Never wipe.
4.) After every dab use a new paper towel EVERY time.
5.) Only use a paper towel. No cloth of any kind.
Good luck!