Richard Prosser wrote:
> I've got an Epson printer with a blocked head but have been unable to
> clear the blockage.  (Glass cleaner was what was suggested to me but
> dfidn't seem to do the job).

I started with isopropyl alcohol, but that seems to have hardened the 
clog (or at the least forced it deeper into the print head). I've moved 
onto the Epson cleaning fluid from www.fixyourownprinter.com (I'm using 
the "cleaning solution plus" because the C86 uses Durabrite ink).

Assuming the cleaning fluid fails, my next plan is to get an ultrasonic 
cleaner and try that. Problem is the cost.. I'm kicking myself for not 
buying one last time Maplin had them on sale.

It's also worth pointing out that Epson printers are renowned for 
developing blockages in the tube that runs from the parking bay to a 
small peristaltic pump, or the tube that runs from the pump to the waste 
  ink pad. To deal with these, you have to remove the tube, clean it out 
(hot water works nicely) and then reinstall it.

Or you can pump some of the Fixyourownprinter cleaning fluid through it 
from the cleaning station, and force the ink through to the waste pad. 
Less disassembly, but more effort to force the cleaning fluid through.

And sometimes, occasionally, the tube gets disconnected from the parking 
station. Once this happens, the printer becomes completely unable to 
clean the heads (no vacuum = no pressure = no ink moving through the 
cleaning system)...
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