<x-flowed>Robert L. Krawitz wrote "I saw this on a web site (don't remember which one, alas), except that it suggested boiling water rather than rubbing alcohol. Pick your poison." The web site in question is MIS Supply. Their new site is www.inksupply.com. Click on Refilling Tips/Cleaning Epson heads with hot water. This site has other great info on refilling. Hope this helps ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. </x-flowed>