black blob

[themink]

using my epson stylus c64 i stupidly put a glossy pdoto sheet in upside
down and got a lot of excess ink over the page, now when i print anything i
get a small but ruinous blob of black ink at the bottom corner, anything i
can do to clean up the machine?
tia

 

[Davy]

I would try running a sheet of plain paper through a few times t
save paper, then a couple of clean sheets

Dav

 

[Jan Alter]

You have some ink debris that has caught on an edge of the printing
head. As the paper leaves the pressure rollers it's hitting that debris.
That area needs to be cleaned up to get the residue off.
You might take a stiff piece of oak tag and try running it underneath the
head. That may clean it. You may want to move the head off its locked
docking station. To do that start the printer. As soon as the head moves to
the left of its docking station pull the plug out of the wall. That will
allow free movement of the head. The front of the head moves along a front
guide rail. You should be able to tilt it up slightly to allow the oaktag
easy entrance underneath and then move the head back and forth pushing it
against the oaktag to pick up any of the erroneous ink remainder.
Alternatively you could try the sheet jacketed ruler method below, which
I've found worthy in my recent bout with a now defunct C84 (from a head
clog).

If you take a piece of sheet, soak it in some original formula Windex,
wrap it around a thin stainless steel 6" by 3/4" wide carpenter's ruler (the
thickenss of the ruler is less than 1/16"). The end of the ruler makes a
good stiff handle to hold as you swipe the head back and forth for cleaning
the underside. Windex has long been considered an excellent solvent for
Epson inks as it contains ammonia.

 

[Mark]

You have some ink debris that has caught on an edge of the printing
head. As the paper leaves the pressure rollers it's hitting that debris.
That area needs to be cleaned up to get the residue off.
You might take a stiff piece of oak tag and try running it underneath the
head. That may clean it. You may want to move the head off its locked
docking station. To do that start the printer. As soon as the head moves
to the left of its docking station pull the plug out of the wall. That
will allow free movement of the head. The front of the head moves along a
front guide rail. You should be able to tilt it up slightly to allow the
oaktag easy entrance underneath and then move the head back and forth
pushing it against the oaktag to pick up any of the erroneous ink
remainder. Alternatively you could try the sheet jacketed ruler method
below, which I've found worthy in my recent bout with a now defunct C84
(from a head clog).

[snip]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is "oak tag"?

 

[Jan Alter]

It's another name for the stuff those manilla folders are made from that sit
in filing cabinets. Kind of cream brownish color.

--
Jan Alter
(e-mail address removed)
or
(e-mail address removed)12.pa.us

You have some ink debris that has caught on an edge of the printing
head. As the paper leaves the pressure rollers it's hitting that debris.
That area needs to be cleaned up to get the residue off.
You might take a stiff piece of oak tag and try running it underneath
the head. That may clean it. You may want to move the head off its locked
docking station. To do that start the printer. As soon as the head moves
to the left of its docking station pull the plug out of the wall. That
will allow free movement of the head. The front of the head moves along a
front guide rail. You should be able to tilt it up slightly to allow the
oaktag easy entrance underneath and then move the head back and forth
pushing it against the oaktag to pick up any of the erroneous ink
remainder. Alternatively you could try the sheet jacketed ruler method
below, which I've found worthy in my recent bout with a now defunct C84
(from a head clog).

[snip]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is "oak tag"?

 

[themink]

thanks all, very helpful.

It's another name for the stuff those manilla folders are made from that
sit in filing cabinets. Kind of cream brownish color.

--
Jan Alter
(e-mail address removed)
or
(e-mail address removed)12.pa.us

You have some ink debris that has caught on an edge of the printing
head. As the paper leaves the pressure rollers it's hitting that debris.
That area needs to be cleaned up to get the residue off.
You might take a stiff piece of oak tag and try running it underneath
the head. That may clean it. You may want to move the head off its
locked docking station. To do that start the printer. As soon as the
head moves to the left of its docking station pull the plug out of the
wall. That will allow free movement of the head. The front of the head
moves along a front guide rail. You should be able to tilt it up
slightly to allow the oaktag easy entrance underneath and then move the
head back and forth pushing it against the oaktag to pick up any of the
erroneous ink remainder. Alternatively you could try the sheet jacketed
ruler method below, which I've found worthy in my recent bout with a now
defunct C84 (from a head clog).

[snip]

Pardon my ignorance, but what is "oak tag"?

 

[Mark]

It's another name for the stuff those manilla folders are made from that
sit in filing cabinets. Kind of cream brownish color.

[snip]
Pardon my ignorance, but what is "oak tag"?

Thanks

 

[Arthur Entlich]

You need to determine where the ink is now coming from, and clean that
area. You can try running a page of non-inkjet coated watercolor paper
lightly sprayed with some ammoniated window cleaner, and then run that
through the printer numerous times and methods using the load and eject
buttons until it comes out "clean".

Art