Ken, Very good advice. In my experience, there is a difference between the "cheap" epsons and the good ones. My first 870 (good one) is still going strong with almost no problems ever. The two in the garbage, an 820 and 785 didn't last more than a year. Paper feed problems, ink clogs, etc. They printed just as nicely as the 870, but were not built to the same standard. Not overly suprising, that the cheapest ones are cheap :)
-- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, December 18, 2003, 5:07:38 AM, you wrote: kpc> Remember to always shut the printer off using the kpc> printer on/off switch. Don't shut off any other way kpc> (i.e.- unplug, wall switch controlling outlet, etc) kpc> I have a 7 year old Photo Stylus that I have maintained kpc> this way and have never had to run the cleaning utility. kpc> Kenneth Waller kpc> On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 00:44:07 -0500, Ann Sanfedele wrote: >> >> Juey Chong Ong wrote: >> >> > On Wednesday, Dec 17, 2003, at 11:34 >> America/New_York, Ann Sanfedele >> > wrote: >> > >> > > Dunno. But I do get irked when the ink is low and >> it won't let me >> > > clean the head, >> > > even though there really is plenty of ink in the >> bucket . Ionly use >> > > Epson inks myself. >> > >> > Me too, and I notice the more expensive black ink >> gets clogged more >> > often than the color ink. >> > >> > Here's the trick to do a head cleaning when the ink >> is too low: take >> > the cartridge out and put it back in. >> > >> > --jc >> >> I thought I tried that once and couldnt get it to >> clean. hmmm. >> >> a kpc> Ken Waller kpc> ________________________________________________ kpc> PeoplePC: It's for people. And it's just smart. kpc> http://www.peoplepc.com
