Print Head Recovery

[APS]

Has anyone used a system for recovering print heads, and if so have you had much success?

[acacia print]

We havent but keen to see if it can be done... do you meen ink jet print heads?

[APS]

Yes Inkjet.

[Cliff]

what type of print head, whose ink ? what machine ? cross fire or blocked ?

[APS]

Cliff

I didn't have any particular device or head in mind, just generally interested if anyone is using these devices and what level of success they are having.

[Cliff]

APS

You really have to start with what type of print head, Some do not do well with ultrasonic, most hate being over-pressurized, some cleaning solutions are next to useless, , I have seen some work wonders other suck badly. Vutek for an example has a flush station for solvent that is ok, and have another for UV head that requires manual work. Other claim to be able to recover anything although a dried out and blocked head will drive you nuts. Aquas based ink are easy to clean.

[APS]

Cliff

Thanks for sharing your information you clearly have experience in this area.
As all ways it would appear the answer is never straight forward.

[acacia print]

Cliff

I am a newbe to wide format inkjet printing. Asuming that we have a printer with a blocked head and we were about to thorw it out. Is there anything that we can try to resurect the head (In general), given that it is in a state placing it about to be biffed out in the trash, or should we Google for a appropriate solution? Is there a You-tube clip on this etc... The heads for our wide format are ok right now, but at $1000 per head I cant see too much of a problem risking some sort of recovery method.

[Cliff]

Cliff

I am a newbe to wide format inkjet printing. Asuming that we have a printer with a blocked head and we were about to thorw it out. Is there anything that we can try to resurect the head (In general), given that it is in a state placing it about to be biffed out in the trash, or should we Google for a appropriate solution? Is there a You-tube clip on this etc... The heads for our wide format are ok right now, but at $1000 per head I cant see too much of a problem risking some sort of recovery method.

Again ,... what tpye of head, what ink, UV, Aqua , solvent. @ 1000 per head I will hasard a guess that is not Vutek, oce , or Fuji. Hp so that would leave some epson, mimaki etc.

[RBA2000]

I did'nt know where to put this so...

Is there somebody out there with a lot of experience about CTP machines?
Like: what’s a good Computer to plate brand?
Or: is there a special kind of site with lots of information?
I ask this because, the firm I work for, is still working with film, (one of the only one in this Dutch country), but it’s time to expand the workflow.

So they asked me to look a round about the possibilities and… I thought, working a lot with Adobe products, and printing so the best place to ask is here.

Sorry...