On Oct 25, 2008, at 17:32 , Cory Waters wrote:
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.
As far as clogged inkjet heads go, I've had my share. I find the best
prevention is to turn the inkjet printers off as soon as you are
finished printing. That caps the heads when they get parked. If you
are going to put the printer away to use your newer better one, remove
the cartridges, and use a cleaning solution to clear the heads of ink.
When you take it out again, replace the cleaning pads, as they will
have hardened up and no longer absorb the ink when you clean your
heads. If it's easy to do, empty the cleaning liquid catch tray
underneath those pads. Messy jobs both. And store it upright or that
catch tray will pour it's contents into the guts of the printer.
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
Which is why I have two laser printers still hooked up to my network
at home. A letter sized Apple 12/640 I bought used for $25 (with
toner) and a tabloid sized (Apple 8500) that I bought for $15, and I
had to get a $100 toner cart for that. Which should last me for 10
years at least. By the way, I bought a second Apple 8500 for parts
should I ever need them. $10 no toner. 4 years ago. Except for my
photography, everything looks fine black on white.
Joseph McAllister
Lots of gear, not much time
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