Printer Heads: How To Clean Without Wasting Ink

There is, and there are a few companies that sell various solvent filled carts.... the company that produces the macinker does, if they are still in biz. http://www.cfriends.com/ Computer friends. And they still sell the macinker (reinking tool for ribbon carts :) ) -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of John Foust Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 8:55 AM To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Printer Heads: How To Clean Without Wasting Ink At 09:13 AM 10/30/2006, you wrote: allowing so much ink to be wasted by the machine blowing the ink through the heads to clean them. A good question. I usually scrub the print heads with a tissue soaked in water or other solvent, but it's not foolproof. I've wondered if there isn't a process of filling a spare cart with a solvent that might help dissolve ink build-up. - John