John,
I believe I've cured my print head clogging problem altogether.
I got rid of my Epson stylus color photo printiamagigger 925 and bought
an HP printer. I was spending at least 2/3 of my ink unclogging and
charging the print heads on my Epson. I don't print much so just about
every time I wanted to use the Epson it needed cleaning from having the
ink dry on the heads. This was a total PITA (Imaging you pop home to
get the interweb to print you a map to where you need to be in about
fifteen minutes less that it'll take to drive there only to find that
the printer doesn't want to....print). The HP prints just as well, if
not better, and so far it prints when I want it to...
Cory
John Celio wrote:
No, I'm not looking for advice on how to clean my printer while
skydiving. I'm wondering what some of you folks do when you've cleaned
and cleaned and cleaned your printer's heads but still keep coming up
with clogged nozzles.
Last night I set up my old Epson 2200 for the first time in a couple
years. Naturally, the heads were all clogged from disuse. Recalling
my old Epson rep's advice, I sprayed some Formula 409 on Q-tips and
moved the head back and forth over the swabs. I did this many times
(at least two dozen, if not more). I also ran Epson's head cleaning
maintenance app (in their normal printing drivers) quite a few times.
The magenta and yellow heads are still partly clogged, and I just
can't get them to clear up. The rep said not to use alcohol to clean
the heads, so instead I put a couple bottles of alcohol in me (in this
case, Pyramid Apricot Hefeweisen) and called it a night.
Anyone have any other cleaning ideas?
Also, is there any way to easily remove and clean the waste ink pad,
where the automated head cleaning takes place?
Thanks,
John
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