Happens with any printer. Ink cartridges have an expiration date,
unopened. As soon as you open them, the inks are drying out.
Slowly, for sure, but inevitably.
Godfrey
On Mar 4, 2009, at 8:17 PM, [email protected] wrote:
Well, it was interesting to me anyway.
I have the Epson R1800 of which the Epson 2800 (I think) is a big
brother or
sister (the other does better B&W prints). I think they are up to
R4800 or
something now, but not too different from what I have.
I hadn't printed any photos for months and months and months -- I
know bad
idea with an Epson. Although I had a previous Epson I could let go,
and
running the clean print head function it would be alright.
So I went to print the other day and boom, I got a B&W print. (I
decided to
test print first.) I double checked, everything was set to color so
I ran a
couple more, B&W, B&W.
Luckily I had some unopened color cartridges, I installed them, ran
clean
print head, bingo, a color print. (I did have to do two nozzle
checks and then
run one more print to get a decent one, but no more than that.)
It was sort of amusing and, frankly, I didn't know it would do that
if
unused for a long time.
So I guess it's just the color inks that clog up?
Anyway, just thought I'd share this little discovery in the big
world of
digital photography/printing/etc.
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