B40W ink problem

[Mattie]

Hi Guys

Go a issue with my B40W i can not get black or yellow to work, i've tried numerous head cleans (Followed instructions not do more than 5 times), putting syringe in bottom of cartridge in case it's trapped air but still can't get them to work there is nothing at all coming out.

Anyone got any ideas what to do?

[Paul]

i would live it for couple hours and check again nozzle chek. if nothing then I would try cleaning solution.

[Mattie]

I'll have to try again tomoz i'm at home now.

i have saw grass kit installed, how would i use a cleaning solution?

[AdamB]

It is worth leaving it Matthew as Paul said. A couple of years ago I would do head clean after head clean but now I let them stand for 24hrs and it often works.

As an example, I had an epson 1290m sat upstairs for a couple of years (yes couple of years). Took it down, did a few head cleans, bit of cleaning solution - left a few hours - blocked! More cleaning solution, left for 24hrs and hey presto works like new!

[Mattie]

Cheers Adam, i'll have another go tomorrow.

It's been nightmare of a day in new shop today everything that could go wrong has gone wrong haha

[AdamB]

Hey mate, don't need those days!

I had one last winter ............

1. Bad snow - cold, caused printers not to work
2. Heaters on, later that day power cut!
3. Got home, missis had dropped keys outside in snow, spent 2 hrs digging to find them in her shoe (in doors).
4. That night pipes froze in house, no water.
5. Next day, snow came down from roof, taking guttering and telephone cable with it .............. ahhhhhh - no internet!

Still, at least I had my family to have a go at in these times of need. I mean come on, if they wasn't here I wold have probably got into a fight!

[Paul]

i used this one and it worked fine! after over a year my printes sat on the shelf. did not printed 3 colors. now is like new
LINKY

[Mattie]

I just hope tomorrow is better, i took it out on fiancee so think i owe her a night out to say sorry haha

[JSR]

You may find it works if you use a different cartridge and/or ink.

I had a 1290S sitting here for ages which I decided to resurrect. Using Sawgrass ink, I just could not get all the colours to print. I was about to throw the printer out - because it's quite old now - when I decided to grab a couple of refill cartridges and put some cheap ink in them.

What do you know - one quick headclean, and it worked like a charm.

I do have a B40W here which won't print cyan, though, but I suspect that's an air bubble somewhere. I haven't yet got around to fiddling with it (because I have enough printers working that it's not a priority).

[Mattie]

Hi guys

No look sorting printer spent most of spare time today trying to sort it, been to two local computer shops both said put a small amount of meth spirits in tube over heads and leave over night i've done that i will see what happens tomoz when i get in.

I managed to track down a brand new B40W online so i've ordered that to keep as spare or replace existing one if can't fix